At a congress on 21 January 2012 the party adopted a centrist course, dubbed by former minister of Social Affairs Aart-Jan de Geus as "Radical centrist" ("het radicale midden") [REF].
In 2014 partyleader Van Haersma Buma announced that the party is now officially in favour of an elected mayor,[REF] although a large majority of its party members are opposed to an elected mayor [REF].