In the media
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Rowie Stolk on NPO Radio 1 about passport alerts 26 April 2023
In the Netherlands, anyone who loses their passport or ID card too often can be added to the Passport Alerts Register. As a result, a passport applica...
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Podcast: How open is our governance culture? 19 April 2023
A ‘new governance culture’ – a hot topic for a number of years now. What kind of culture of public administration do we have in the Netherlands and ho...
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Annemarie Drahmann on new European regulations for stallholders 12 April 2023
There is much unrest among local stallholders in Utrecht. Owners who for decades had a permanent pitch for their stall are no longer guaranteed this d...
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No-confidence votes in Rutte IV cabinet continue to rise 11 April 2023
The tally now stands at a 19th no-confidence motion in the Rutte IV cabinet, though it is just one year old. All Rutte cabinets combined have faced mo...
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Voermans and Drahmann positive about Advisory Board on public access to government information 05 April 2023
Today, the Dutch Advisory Board on public access and government information (ACOI) issued its opinion on how the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport...
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Dutch Urgenda climate change case inspires other Europeans 30 March 2023
Several cases inspired by the Urgenda case have now been filed. For example, by the Portuguese, concerning widespread forest fires, Swiss women of a s...
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Geerten Boogaard not concerned about conflict of interests at BBB 27 March 2023
The fact that a significant number of seats in the Dutch provincial councils are now occupied by members of the Dutch Farmer-Citizen Movement (BoerBur...
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Provincial council election results prove democracy is functioning well 20 March 2023
Voters sent a clear signal in the recent Dutch provincial council elections with the 'monster' victory for the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBewe...
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Tom Barkhuysen advises General Council of Netherlands Bar on supervision of legal profession 16 March 2023
For some time now, discussions have been held within the legal profession in the Netherlands about strengthening supervision in the sector and the est...
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Rogier Kegge on important provincial elections issue: nitrogen emissions 14 March 2023
Dutch provinces must finalise their plans this summer to meet the government's targets on nitrogen emissions. Can the outcome of the provincial electi...
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Wim Voermans in favour of merging Dutch House of Representatives and Senate 13 March 2023
The battle for a strong power position in the run up to the provincial council elections in the Netherlands is currently being fought fiercely. Prime ...
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Geerten Boogaard: 'emotion goes hand in hand with local democracy' 13 March 2023
On Thursday evening, three local councillors from the ONS.Vlaardingen party walked out of a council meeting during a vote on a no-confidence motion. O...
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Dutch cabinet considers legal coercion towards provinces in nitrogen strategy 23 February 2023
At present, the cabinet still maintains that all provinces are motivated to cooperate with the sensitive issue of the nitrogen strategy. However, ther...
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Reijer Passchier: Alternatives need to be created for services of big tech companies 16 February 2023
How can more people take ownership of technology? Underlying this question is the assumption that not enough people currently own technology. Accordin...
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Wim Voermans on laser message projected onto Anne Frank House 13 February 2023
‘Anne Frank inventor of the ballpoint pen’ was the laser message projected onto the Anne Frank House last Monday. It could be viewed on a video shared...