Rutte Calls Early Election After Failed Push to Reform Asylum
Junior parties draw the line at limiting family reunifications for refugees.
Nick Ottens is a public affairs officer for the Dutch Animal Coalition and a board member for Liberal Green, the sustainability network of the Dutch liberal party VVD. He is a former political risk consultant and a former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has also worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for EUobserver, NRC, Trouw, World Politics Review and Wynia’s Week, among others.
Junior parties draw the line at limiting family reunifications for refugees.
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The social democrat has pulled Spain to the left.
Reforms could affect 43 million workers by 2025.
The Dutch center-right understand they can no longer cede climate policy to the left.
The prime minister is betting he can make the election a choice between him and the far right.
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If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Gene editing and lab-grown meat to feed the world, regenerative farming to save the planet.