In April 2011, Von der Dunk was to give the annual Willem Arondéus lecture, organized by the States-Provincial of North Holland. The ruling Christian Democratic Appeal-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy government coalition, supported by the Party for Freedom, cancelled the lecture, asserting that his lecture was too partisan. However, the Christian Democratic Appeal and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy later decided to let Von der Dunk give his lecture anyway.
