What Rutte Wants
Why the Dutch prime minister is fighting a €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund.
Why the Dutch prime minister is fighting a €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund.
We have more in common with each other than we do with the woke left or the reactionary right.
The Dutch prime minister no longer has to rely on left-wing opposition parties.
The prime minister calls the crisis the worst of his career, yet the ruling parties remain popular.
The two center-right leaders may have moved too far to the middle.
The prime minister once flirted with the far right. Now he calls for compromise in the center.
Foreign media emphasize the Dutchman’s opposition to higher EU spending.
The Dutch prime minister is reprimanded. Small-town Americans take matters into their own hands.
Postwar perceptions of America still shape French and German attitudes today.
The Dutch leader has no need for lofty visions.
The Dutch see a role for themselves as champions of free trade and the single market.
The Dutch leader believes Europe must be careful not to overreach.
The liberal incumbent has framed the election as a choice between optimism and pessimism.
The liberal prime minister rules out a pact with his Freedom Party rival, Geert Wilders.
Culture wars help Mark Rutte’s competitors. He wins on the economy.