query: country_of_citizenship joshua livestro
supports: The Netherlands  is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing maritime borders with Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Amsterdam is the country's capital, while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of government and parliament. The name "Holland" is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. Utrecht is the capital and most populous city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands with a population of in . Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the Netherlands' main east-west and north-south rail lines. It celebrated its 750th birthday as a city in 2009. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein (born 4 April 1933) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Joshua Livestro ( born 16 December 1970 in Amersfoort ) is a Dutch columnist and political writer . He was a former assistant to EU commissioner Frits Bolkestein . Livestro read political science at Leiden University and philosophy at the University of Cambridge . Livestro was active in the Edmund Burke Foundation , a conservative think tank . During his studies , Livestro was an active checkers player , and became national students ' champion in 1994 . He writes a column about foreign affairs for De Telegraaf . Livestro succeeded Ronald Plasterk as a columnist for the Sunday morning television talkshow Buitenhof . Plasterk became an education and culture minister in the fourth Balkenende cabinet . The producers of Buitenhof fired Livestro after just four months , saying that his columns were subpar . Livestro said in a Telegraaf op - ed that he was fired for his `` right - wing views , '' that the show routinely ignores alternate viewpoints and even censures columnists ' views . He also called one of the broadcaster of Buitenhof , the NPS , a `` left - wing funnel , '' where `` a DDR mentality reigns . '' In wake of Livestro 's firing , political parties D66 and VVD asked parliamentary questions to the culture minister , Ronald Plasterk , who incidentally was Livestro 's predecessor at Buitenhof . Plasterk answered that there was enough diversity in Dutch public television . Livestro later wrote a longer account his experiences at Buitenhof for Pajamas Media . On 25 November 2010 , the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad published an article which names Livestro an advisor to Sarah Palin ; Livestro confirmed the announcement by telephone from his home in Nottingham , England .
candidates: belgium netherlands politician utrecht
answer: netherlands