In the media
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Cabinet formation negotiations in The Hague: latest developments 01 May 2024
The Dutch cabinet formation – a process that has now been underway for five months – is at a standstill for the time being. Formation discussion leade...
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Can the ongoing asylum debate be classified as a crisis situation? 24 April 2024
The political parties in the running to form a Dutch cabinet are looking into solutions to curb the influx of refugees. The plan is to designate refug...
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Council meeting walkouts: ‘powerplay’ 15 April 2024
It rarely happens: halting a decision by walking out of a meeting. ‘But there’s nothing wrong with it from a constitutional law perspective,’ says Gee...
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A new prosecution process for abuse of office by MPs and politicians 15 April 2024
Last week, the Dutch Council of Ministers adopted the decision to modernise the process of prosecuting politicians. This action was taken following th...
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Is the ECtHR's ruling against Switzerland a blueprint for future climate cases? 11 April 2024
The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in favour of a group of older Swiss women. The issued concerned the health of senior citizens, espec...
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Gaza legal proceedings: gains and necessity 10 April 2024
Legal action relating to the situation in Gaza is now being taken in various countries and courts around the world. In a podcast for ‘NPO-Radio1’, Lar...
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Is the Netherlands liable for refugee suffering on Greek islands? 08 April 2024
Three NGOs are suing the Dutch state for actively contributing to the suffering of refugees on Greek islands. In Dutch newspaper ‘Trouw’, the organisa...
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Reducing information inequality between citizens and government 04 April 2024
The Netherlands aims to have open and responsive government. As part of the ‘Actieplan Open Overheid’, Ymre Schuurmans, Annemarie Drahmann and Louis H...
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Dutch MPs involved in promoting Russian propaganda 03 April 2024
Information obtained from Czech intelligence authorities has shown that politicians from several European countries, including the Netherlands, are in...
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Labour Authority to dish out fines for bogus internships 25 March 2024
A number of farmers and the exchange agency SUSP are accused of deception in their deployment of foreign interns. The agricultural companies allegedly...
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Opinion piece: Wilders’ remarks are offensive and unacceptable 21 March 2024
Recently, a pro-Palestine demonstration was held outside the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam during its opening, which was being attended by Pr...
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Dutch cabinet formation: how are we going to achieve the impossible? 20 March 2024
In his report, Dutch cabinet negotiator Kim Putters proposes the formation of a ‘programme cabinet’ and an outline agreement. The four political parti...
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New EU-Swiss negotiations 19 March 2024
A broad package of measures has been launched to deepen and expand the EU-Switzerland relationship. Christa Tobler was interviewed by both Süddeutsche...
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Do codes of conduct apply to civil servants’ free time? 18 March 2024
According to research conducted by regional Dutch newspaper ‘BN DeStem’, emigration to Russia certainly isn’t off the cards for some Dutch people. Inf...
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Political framing: migration figures 04 March 2024
Following the fall of the fourth Rutte cabinet, Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yesilgöz addressed the Dutch media about the ‘influx’ of ...