Dutch Government surprises with choice of Hoekstra as nominee commissioner
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has gone against expectations and chosen to nominate Wopke Hoekstra as the country's commissioner in the new European Commission.
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New Dutch PM targets migration while opposition slates Wilders
Dick Schoof, the newly installed Prime Minister of the Netherlands, declared that solving the migration problem was a key issue.
PVV ‘wants former Dutch MP who aimed to abolish foreign aid as new foreign aid minister’
Dutch media report that Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) wants to make Reneitte Klever the new minister of foreign trade and foreign aid, a department she wanted…
Dutch civil servants ‘in fear over new right-wing government’
Civil servants in the Netherlands reportedly fear job cuts and policy changes in directions they do not want as the country braces for new leadership featuring the…
Wilders and Left head-to-head in EP exit polls
According to exit polls, Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) and the alliance of Greens and Socialists (Groenlinks-Pvda) are in a tight race, with Wilders predicted…
Dutch kick-off European Parliament elections
Most countries in the 27-nation European Union will vote on the last day of the contest, June 9.
Dutch pro-Chinese party denies CCP financing
A pro-China political party operating in the Netherlands has denied it is being funded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
European Parliament crisis for Renew faction as Dutch Liberals join government with Geert Wilders
European Liberals are in turmoil following the decision by the Dutch Liberal VVD party to join a coalition government with Geert Wilders.
In depth: The new right-wing Dutch coalition agreement
With Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) as its biggest partner, the coalition has promised the toughest-ever laws on asylum, a relaxation of climate policies and…
Dutch province of Utrecht returns to fossil fuel as power-grid faces meltdown
The Dutch province of Utrecht announced it will switch back to fossil fuel to relieve the overworked electricity grid, as the road to net-zero in the Netherlands…
Dutch Government ‘pays €4 million a week to put up migrants in hotels’
More than 8,000 asylum seekers are currently residing in at least 50 hotels and holiday parks in the Netherlands at an estimated total cost of around €4 million…
Is the Netherlands set to get a new ‘people’s party’?
Talk of political fragmentation in the Netherlands has been near-constant amid the run-up to the European Parliament elections in June, though Dutch MP Geert Wilders,…
Dutch double-up on nuclear power
The Dutch Parliament passed a move to build four new nuclear-power plants, doubling the planned two major installations originally envisaged.
Dutch EV drivers: ‘Don’t charge your cars between 4pm and 9pm’
Electric car charging station managers have been urged by the Dutch grid operator to shut down their services between 4pm and 9pm.
Rival Eritrean groups set The Hague aflame as riots erupt
Major rioting broke out in The Hague as rival groups of fighting Eritreans destroyed parts of the city.
Netherlands joins coalition to provide Ukraine with hi-tech drones
The Netherlands is joining a military coalition with allies including Britain that will supply Ukraine with advanced drone technology and bolster its offensive capabilities…
Netherlands’ Wilders drops ‘unacceptable’ legislative proposals in bid to please
In a move designed to appease his colleagues, Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party have formally withdrawn three controversial legislative proposals.
Dutch elections: Farmer-Citizen Movement urges talks with Wilders
Dutch Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) leader Caroline Van der Plas has called on the centre-right Liberals and centrists of Pieter Omtzigt to sit down and talk with…
Timmermans failed to live up to Dutch elections hype
Former vice-president of the European Commission and “Green Pope” Frans Timmermans took a pasting in the November 22 elections, even among his potential supporters.
Dutch elections to trigger ‘big changes in EU’, says Brussels Signal’s Carl Deconinck
The Right's victory in the recent Dutch elections will result in big changes in the European Union, according to Brussels Signal's expert on the country Carl Deconinck.
Landslide victory for Wilders in Dutch elections
The PVV party outperformed all predictions and more than doubled in size. From 17 seats, the party grew to 37: by far the largest party in the Netherlands
Leading the polls, new Dutch party announces election programme
The new political party founded by Pieter Omtzigt, a centrist politician in the Netherlands, has been leading in the polls for a few months but has only now made…
Dutch Greens and Socialists want to ditch the monarchy
A majority of Dutch Green (GroenLinks) and Socialist Party (PvdA) coalition members want to get rid of the Dutch monarchy.
Dutch suffer biggest loss of purchasing power in 40 years
In 2022, the Dutch lost 1.2 per cent of their purchasing power - the biggest drop in almost 40 years.
‘Shortest Hague career ever’ for spokesman of Dutch NSC party
On September 12, Onno Aerden was installed as the new spokesman for Pieter Omtzigt and his newly formed New Social Contract (NSC) party in the Netherlands.
Netherlands should have right to opt out of EU ‘green’ agenda, farmers’ party says
The Netherlands should obtain the right to opt out of all European Union policies regarding the bloc's “green” agenda, the country's farmers' party has said.
Rising foreign-student numbers in the Netherlands puts pressure on education system
An influx of foreign students is threatening the proper functioning of the Dutch higher-education system, the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported.
Farmer-Citizen Movement leader doesn’t want to be Dutch prime minister because she ‘can’t walk in heels’
The Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) in the Netherlands has put forward its primary candidate for the upcoming elections alongside its choice for prime minister and…
Dutch plans to ‘shrink’ Schiphol airport spurs anger and US sanctions threat
The outgoing Dutch government wants to "shrink" Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Anti-Quran protests spread to the Netherlands
The leader of the Pegida-movement in the Netherlands has publicly ripped to shreds a copy of the Quran as a form of protest in The Hague, angering local Muslims.