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Omtzigt and van der Plas clash over Quran ban proposal during coalition talks

NL Times

Pieter Omtzigt, leader of New Social Contract, and Caroline van der Plas, leader of the Farmer-Citizen Movement, publicly debated on Sunday over whether a proposed Quran ban had been part of coalition negotiations. Van der Plas responded via social media platform X, formerly Twitter, calling Omtzigt’s comments inaccurate. “For the record: A ban on the possession of the Quran was …

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2 days, 2 hours ago

Omtzigt walks out during interview over emotional questions

NL Times

NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt briefly left a pre-recorded interview with WNL host Rick Nieman after being questioned about claims that his emotional behavior had hindered the progress of coalition negotiations. The interview aired on Sunday, featuring the moment of Pieter briefly walking out after Nieman's questions. When Nieman pressed him on the reason for the break, Omtzigt grew irritated and …

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Timmermans: cut labour migration to keep population growth down

Dutch News

GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans has said the Netherlands needs to take steps to limit population growth in the long term by admitting fewer labour migrants. Timmermans’ comments were seen as a sea change in his party’s stance on migration, although the left-wing alliance said in its last election manifesto that restricting economic migration was part of a “realistic and humane …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Rutte scoped out possible successors during Cabinet formation; Schoof was third choice

NL Times

Former Prime Minister Mark Rutte played a crucial role in finding his successor, AD reports based on its own reconstruction of the Cabinet formation. On May 22, the Cabinet formation process began in earnest, with formation leader Richard van Zwol having no idea who would become Prime Minister and who wanted which Ministries. At the insistence of Omtzigt, the parties …

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1 month ago

Omtzigt addresses troubled NSC at congress after Cabinet members & MP’s resign

NL Times

Pieter Omtzigt is not planning a quiet start to the week of his return: On Saturday, he will be speaking at his party's NSC congress in Nieuwegein. In recent weeks, two state secretaries and just as many party MPs have resigned because they were annoyed by the way things were being handled in the coalition and the Cabinet. There were …

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1 month ago

NSC congress: You won't achieve anything with shouting and false solutions, Omtzigt says

NL Times

Several hundred members of NSC gathered on Saturday morning for the party's members' congress. NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt said during his speech that by shouting loudly and coming up with illusory solutions, the government will not solve the problems facing the Netherlands. "Polarization becomes a problem when politicians add fuel to the fire, use big words, make impossible proposals and …

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1 month ago

Dutch News podcast: The Make Dutch Cheese Grate Again Edition

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Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt returns to The Hague to survey the tattered remains of his Nieuw Sociaal Contract party. Two MPs follow junior finance minister Nora Achahbar through the exit, complaining of a lack of basic decency in government. Another NSC minister, Caspar Veldkamp, …

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1 month ago

NSC leader Omtzigt returns from sick leave after NSC Cabinet members & MP’s quit

NL Times

NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt is returning to the Tweede Kamer with immediate effect. The NSC State Secretary Folkert Idsinga for Taxation and Tax Authorities policy was persuaded by Omtzigt to take up a seat in the lower house again, after he resigned in a row over his financial transparency and criticism from PVV leader Geert Wilders. State Secretary Nora Achahbar …

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1 month ago

Schoof rules out releasing minutes to clear up racism claims

Dutch News

Prime minister Dick Schoof has ruled out releasing the minutes of last Monday’s ministerial council following the resignation of junior finance minister Nora Achahbar amid allegations of racist remarks by her colleagues. Opposition parties last week called for the documents to be published to clear up exactly what was said during Monday’s cabinet meeting, which apparently triggered Achahbar’s resignation. GroenLinks-PvdA …

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1 month, 1 week ago

NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt may return to Parliament next Tuesday

NL Times

After the fiasco on Friday when NSC State Secretary Nora Achahbar resigned due to racist statements by Cabinet members, throwing the NSC party and the entire Schoof Cabinet into chaos, a seat in the NSC may soon be filled again, namely by Pieter Omtzigt. The NSC leader may return to the Tweede Kamer as early as next Tuesday, the party …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Dutch royals should stick to ceremonial role, says Omtzigt

Dutch News

The Dutch royal family would be better focusing on their ceremonial roles, rather than being involved in more political issues such as the childcare benefit scandal, NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt has told news magazine EW in an interview. Either members of the royal family limit themselves to their own, mainly ceremonial jobs, or an “exception is made to the rule …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Dutch royals should stick to ceremonial role, says Omtzigt

Dutch News

The Dutch royal family would be better focusing on their ceremonial roles, rather than being involved in more political issues such as the childcare benefit scandal, NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt has told news magazine EW in an interview. Either members of the royal family limit themselves to their own, mainly ceremonial jobs, or an “exception is made to the rule …

Royal Laurentien Schoof Omtzigt

6 months, 3 weeks ago

New prime minister Dick Schoof will represent "all the Dutch"

Dutch News

Dick Schoof, the senior civil servant who is set to be the next Dutch prime minister on behalf of a right-wing cabinet, has told a press conference in The Hague that he aims to be a prime minister for all Netherlanders. PVV leader Geert Wilders said he is “happy and proud” to have Schoof as prime ministerial candidate. “He has …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

New prime minister Dick Schoof will represent "all the Dutch"

Dutch News

Dick Schoof, the senior civil servant who is set to be the next Dutch prime minister on behalf of a right-wing cabinet, has told a press conference in The Hague that he aims to be a prime minister for all Netherlanders. PVV leader Geert Wilders said he is “happy and proud” to have Schoof as prime ministerial candidate. “He has …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Omtzigt firm: NSC won't join a cabinet with the far right

Dutch News

NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt has told reporters he is prepared to support a right-wing cabinet made up of the PVV, VVD and BBB from the sidelines, if an agreement can be worked out which he can commit to. However, Omtzigt said again after Wednesday’s coalition formation talks with Kim Putters, his party will not join a majority or a minority …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Netherlands is having trouble forming a new far-right government. Here’s why

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Talks to form a far right-led government in the Netherlands have come to a premature end, for now, leaving the Netherlands in limbo amid a stalled move to build a political coalition around anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. Wilders said Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter, that the election’s result showed the Netherlands “wants a right-wing Cabinet with …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Dutch coalition talks falter as 1 out of the 4 leaders in talks to form a new government walks out

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Weeks of negotiations to form a new ruling majority coalition in the Netherlands led by anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders appeared to end fruitlessly Tuesday as one of the four party leaders involved in the talks walked out without an agreement. Omtzigt appeared to rule out taking part in a majority coalition, but said that his party …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Four parties hold rescue talks as mood sours over farm protests

Dutch News

The four parties trying to form a new Dutch government are holding a second day of informal meetings as they battle to meet next week’s deadline to deliver a progress report to parliament. Pieter Omtzigt, leader of Nieuw Sociaal Contract, criticised famers’ party leader Caroline van der Plas for not condemning a video posted by Mark van den Oever, leader …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Wilders sounds off on social media, ahead of new coalition talks

Dutch News

Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has again posted controversial comments on social media, raising further questions about his pledge to compromise on his far right policies and to be “the prime minister of every Dutch person”. In a social media post on Thursday, Wilders responded to a post by X founder Elon Musk by saying the biggest problem facing humanity …

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1 year ago

Far-right Dutch election winner Wilders wants to be prime minister, promises to respect constitution

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders, whose party swept to a shock victory in last month’s Dutch general election, said Wednesday he wants to be prime minister for “all Netherlanders,” and pledged that he will ensure his policies adhere to the country’s constitution. Frans Timmermans, the former European Union climate czar who now leads a center-left alliance in …

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1 year ago

Coalition talks move towards next stage, Plasterk "knows enough"

Dutch News

New coalition scout Ronald Plasterk has told reporters he now “knows enough” about the position of the four parties which may go on to form a right-wing coalition and will now spend the next few days writing his report. That report will focus on “how the informative round” – the next stage in the formation process – might look and …

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1 year ago

Preliminary Dutch government talks delayed as official seeking coalitions says he needs more time

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The official appointed to investigate possible coalitions after the Dutch election won by Geert Wilders ' far-right Party for Freedom said Friday he needs more time because of reluctance by potential partners to join Wilders in a government. The new leader of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy of outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte has …

Wilders Vvd Omtzigt Seeking Coalition

1 year ago

Omtzigt puts policy before partnerships in coalition talks

Dutch News

Pieter Omtzigt, the former Christian Democrat MP whose new party Nieuw Sociaal Contract won 20 seats in last week’s election, has said he is not yet ready to start talks on forming a new cabinet. However, he told Ronald Plasterk, who has been charged with carrying out initial coalition talks, that he was not ready to discuss forming either a …

Vvd Omtzigt Pvv Leader Plasterk

1 year ago

Raised eyebrows at Geert Wilders’ Kijkduin refugee visit

Dutch News

The leaders of two parties that could form a right-wing coalition with the far right PVV have both expressed their surprise at party leader Geert Wilder’s backing for an anti-refugee protest on Tuesday evening. Wilders, who did not go into the information evening organised by The Hague city council because of “security concerns”, told reporters outside he was there to …

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Omtzigt and van der Plas clash over Quran ban proposal during coalition talks

Omtzigt walks out during interview over emotional questions

Timmermans: cut labour migration to keep population growth down

Rutte scoped out possible successors during Cabinet formation; Schoof was third choice

Omtzigt addresses troubled NSC at congress after Cabinet members & MP’s resign

NSC congress: You won't achieve anything with shouting and false solutions, Omtzigt says

Dutch News podcast: The Make Dutch Cheese Grate Again Edition

NSC leader Omtzigt returns from sick leave after NSC Cabinet members & MP’s quit

Schoof rules out releasing minutes to clear up racism claims

NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt may return to Parliament next Tuesday

Dutch royals should stick to ceremonial role, says Omtzigt

Dutch royals should stick to ceremonial role, says Omtzigt

New prime minister Dick Schoof will represent "all the Dutch"

New prime minister Dick Schoof will represent "all the Dutch"

Omtzigt firm: NSC won't join a cabinet with the far right

The Netherlands is having trouble forming a new far-right government. Here’s why

Dutch coalition talks falter as 1 out of the 4 leaders in talks to form a new government walks out

Four parties hold rescue talks as mood sours over farm protests

Wilders sounds off on social media, ahead of new coalition talks

Far-right Dutch election winner Wilders wants to be prime minister, promises to respect constitution

Coalition talks move towards next stage, Plasterk "knows enough"

Preliminary Dutch government talks delayed as official seeking coalitions says he needs more time

Omtzigt puts policy before partnerships in coalition talks

Raised eyebrows at Geert Wilders’ Kijkduin refugee visit