The open data archive of Dutch parliamentary debates.
Fractiepedia is the public data archive of the Burgerfractie project — a civic tech initiative from the Netherlands. Its mission is to foster radical transparency in the Dutch parliament by making debates accessible and searchable.
🌐 Website: fractiepedia.nl
The complete archive of debate transcripts can be browsed directly in the folders of this repository.
The archive is organized chronologically:
/YYYY/MM_MonthName/
Each transcript file follows this naming convention:
YYYY-MM-DD_START-END_DEBATE-TYPE_TOPIC_SUBTOPIC_CHAMBER.txt
Every file is a clean, readable transcript of a single debate.
All transcripts are based on the official video streams published by Debat Direct, the debate platform of the Dutch House of Representatives.
Transcripts are produced through an automated processing pipeline that downloads, transcribes, and cleans the debate recordings.
These transcripts are AI-generated and may contain errors. They are intended as a searchable reference archive, not an authoritative record. For direct quotes, always verify against the original video on Debat Direct.
This is an open project and contributions are welcome. Found an error or have a suggestion? Open an issue.
Released under the MIT License.
When using this data, please attribute Burgerfractie, the civic tech initiative behind Fractiepedia.