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Dutch general election 2010
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Article: Senate too close to call
Prime Minister Mark Rutte will be biting his nails today as he anticipates the results of Monday's Dutch Senate election. He hopes the parties in his coalition government will scrape by with a majority. But the outcome is far from certain...
Article: Calls for cooperation in Dutch election debate
In the interest of government stability, the left-of-centre parties must not gang up against the minority coalition of the conservative VVD and the Christian Democrats (CDA), which has parliamentary support from Geert Wilders’...
Article: 100 days of the New Right in the Netherlands
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte marks 100 days in power today. The coalition between his free-market liberals and the Christian Democrats, supported by Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party, promised to usher in a new era of right-wing...
Article: "Your parents were our colonisers. That makes us family"
The Belgian writer David van Reybrouck has won the Dutch AKO literary award with his book 'Congo'. Last month he won another literary prize - the Libris award for history. Mr Van Reybrouck spoke to RNW's Sophie van Leeuwen about his prize-...
Article: Dual nationality could dominate Rutte's first debate
Today's debate in parliament in which Prime Minister Mark Rutte will read out his government policy statement, is likely to be dominated by the issue of dual nationality. In a speech to the Lower House, the prime minister will lay out the...
Article: New Dutch government - will it last?
A new Dutch cabinet is about to be sworn in. It is an historic cabinet in many respects – the first Liberal prime minister since early last century, the first minority government and first government supported by a right-wing,...
Article: Dutch Christian Democrats face uncertain future
You could feel the suspense. “Those in favour of the resolution, raise your yellow cards”. Thousands of yellow cards shot up in the air. An excited murmur went around the hall. It was already clear which way it would go. Then...
Article: Christian Democrats vote for Wilders--for now
A majority of Dutch Christian Democrats have voted in support of forming a coalition government backed in parliament by Geert Wilders' anti-Islam Freedom Party (PVV). At a party conference, 68 percent voted in favour of cooperation with...
Article: Christian Democrat rift widening over anti-Islam PVV
Concerns among Dutch Christian Democrat leaders about cooperation with the anti-Islam PVV party are growing by the day. Today, caretaker Christian Democrat Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin voiced grave apprehension at the rift that is...
Video: Pick of the Day: Dutch politics in limbo on Budget Day
Normally the third Tuesday in September is the high point of the Dutch political year with the state opening of parliament, the presentation of the budget, and a royal appearance. But today, the country is in political limbo as attempts to...
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