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Mark Rutte

Rutte Between Rock and Hard Place in Dutch Farm Crisis

Farmers feel betrayed by the center-right. Giving in to their demands would upset the left.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 5, 2022October 4, 2022
Cannabis

How Politicians Keep Making Bad Drug Laws

Some just won’t accept the evidence on decriminalization.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 23, 2022November 2, 2022
Netherlands

The Netherlands’ Farm Crisis, Explained

One in three Dutch livestock farmers could lose their business.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 12, 2022October 4, 2022
Dutch soldiers

How the Netherlands Is Spending Billions More on Defense

Soldiers get a raise, the Air Force six F-35s and four Reaper drones.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 5, 2022August 15, 2022
Ter Apel Netherlands asylum seekers

Why Dutch Asylum Centers Are Full

There is not enough housing for immigrants.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 30, 2022August 3, 2022
Almere Netherlands

Dutch Government Created Housing Shortage, Blames Market

Far from trusting the market, politicians won’t leave housing alone.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 24, 2022November 13, 2022
Amsterdam Netherlands cannabis store

Amsterdam Won’t Keep Weed from Tourists

Banning the sale of cannabis could cause a surge in street crime.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 1, 2022January 16, 2023
Sigrid Kaag

Netherlands’ Kaag Disappoints Liberal Well-Wishers

Foreign journalists thought this Dutch finance minister would be different.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 26, 2022April 23, 2022
The Hague Netherlands

Dutch Ignored Warnings About Relying on Russian Gas

The Dutch government was warned many times Russia could not be trusted and bought its gas anyway.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 17, 2022April 8, 2022
Olaf Scholz

Germany Exports Its Energy Failures

Earthquakes in Groningen, dirty coal mines in Poland and leaky Soviet-era gas pipes in Russia.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 5, 2022March 4, 2022
Amsterdam Netherlands

Dutch Labor Reforms Don’t Address Root Causes of Liberalization

Why are firms reluctant to hire full-time employees?

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 4, 2022May 31, 2022
Mark Rutte Justin Trudeau

What’s in the Dutch Coalition Agreement

Investments in climate, child care and defense; nuclear power and government-funded weed.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 15, 2021January 31, 2022
Mark Rutte

The Next Dutch Government, Explained

Why it took so long and what happens next.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 13, 2021January 31, 2022
Emmanuel Macron Mark Rutte

Commission Sides with Rutte over Macron on Industrial Policy

A Franco-German plan to relax antitrust rules is defeated.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 24, 2021December 19, 2021
Mark Rutte Emmanuel Macron

Dutch Get Preview of Next Government’s Policies

A deal between two of the negotiating parties was found on a train.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 17, 2021December 15, 2021

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