Note: The ⇒ sign denotes parties which never achieved any representation in parliament. From Liberal Union until People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1885: Liberals formed the Liberal Union (Liberale Unie) 1892: A radical faction formed the ⇒ Radical League (Radicale Bond) 1894: A conservative faction formed the ⇒ Free Liberals 1901: A radical faction seceded to merge with the ⇒ Radical League into the ⇒ Freethinking Democratic League 1921: The LU merged with the ⇒ Economic League, the ⇒ League of Free Liberals, the Neutral Party and the Middle Class Party into the Freedom League (Vrijheidsbond) 1922: A conservative faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Party 1928: The Vrijheidsbond is renamed in Liberal State Party (Liberale Staatspartij) 1929: Staalman, founder of the Middle Class Party, leaves the LSP and found the Middle Party for City and Country 1945: The LSP is reorganised into the Freedom Party (Partij van de Vrijheid), including a faction of the ⇒ Freethinking Democratic League 1948: The Freedom Party merged with former members of the Freethinking Democratic League into the present-day People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) Radical League and Free-minded Democratic League 1892: A radical faction of the ⇒ Liberal Union formed the Radical League (Radicale Bond) 1901: A second radical faction of the ⇒ Liberal Union merged with the Radical League into the Free-minded Democratic League (Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond) 1917: A right-wing faction secededas the ⇒ Economic League 1946: The Free-minded Democratic League merged into the present-day Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid), a faction joined the ⇒ Freedom Party 1948: Some former members left the Labour Party and merged into the ⇒ People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (League of) Free Liberals 1894: A conservative faction of the ⇒ Liberale Union formed the Free Liberals (Vrije Liberalen), since 1906 renamed the League of Free Liberals (Bond van Vrije Liberalen) 1921: The league merged into the ⇒ Freedom League Economic League 1917: A right-wing faction of the ⇒ Freethinking Democratic League formed the Economic League (Economische Bond) 1921: The league merged into the ⇒ Freedom League Liberal Party 1922: A right-wing faction of the ⇒ Freedom League formed the Liberal Party (Liberale Partij) and disappeared in 1925 Democrats 66 1966: Independent progressive liberals formed the party Democrats 66 (Democraten '66), later without apostrophe Volt 2018: Volt Netherlands (Volt Nederland) was founded. Liberal leaders Liberals in the 19th century