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1 week, 2 days ago

Minister Madlener faces pushback over proposed e-bike regulations

NL Times

A new government-commissioned study has deemed a fatbike-specific ban for children "unworkable," as reported by AD. Minister of Infrastructure Barry Madlener is now exploring broader regulations for all e-bikes, but this proposal has met significant resistance in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, including from his own PVV party. The Tweede Kamer has demanded targeted regulations …

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2 weeks ago

Dutch Parliament majority wants to ban boiling of live crabs and lobsters

NL Times

Members of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, have renewed calls for a ban on boiling lobsters and crabs alive, describing the practice as unnecessarily cruel. The practice of boiling lobsters and crabs alive is still common in many Dutch restaurants, driven by the belief that the fresher the preparation, the better the taste. Several countries, including …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Netherlands freezes Syrian asylum application decisions for six months

NL Times

The Dutch Cabinet is imposing a six-month freeze on decisions regarding Syrians who have applied for asylum in the Netherlands, said Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber in a letter to the Tweede Kamer. Due to the fall of the Assad regime, there is too much uncertainty about the situation in the country to carefully assess asylum applications, Faber told …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Parliament majority for national guidelines on recommended screen time for children

NL Times

Parliament voted in favor of two motions to make a national guideline on how much screen time is responsible for each age group. This guideline for “screen time” should also be on the label given with the purchase of digital items, the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament thinks. According to the initiators of the motion, Hanneke …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Dutch border checks begin on Monday: Decision criticized by dozens of mayors, experts

NL Times

The Netherlands will begin implementing new border checks on Monday in an effort to curb migration and human trafficking, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from dozens of mayors and members of the Tweede Kamer. The decision, spearheaded by Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber, aims to empower the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee to conduct targeted border inspections based on …

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1 month ago

Justice State Sec. moves parliament to silcence with personal account of sexual assault

NL Times

State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie of Justice and Security made an impression in parliament by telling how she was sexually assaulted as a teenager. The PVV State Secretary said she had “hesitated” about telling her story, even though she had done so in interviews before. “For victims, it is very important that someone with empathy and decisiveness is at the helm,” …

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1 month ago

Parliament employee to be prosecuted for leaking information to the press

NL Times

An employee of the administrative committee of the lower house of Dutch Parliament, the Tweede Kamer, is being prosecuted for leaking sensitive information to the press. This concerns information about an investigation that the administrative committee wanted to conduct into the former chair of the Tweede Kamer Khadija Arib. Arib took the matter to court, claiming that neither the Tweede …

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Two NSC parliamentarians resign over racism in Cabinet after Amsterdam riots

NL Times

NSC parliamentarians Rosanne Hertzberger and Femke Zeedijk have resigned from the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament. Hertzberger told ANP that Achahbar’s departure after having to address racism in the Cabinet meetings “makes it clear to me that things are seriously getting out of hand in this Cabinet.” She said she has been warning her party for …

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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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After resignation of NSC member, Schoof claims there is no racism in the Cabinet

NL Times

An early end to the Cabinet has been averted for the time being. "The polarizing manners of the past few weeks have had such an impact on me that I can no longer effectively fulfill my position as State Secretary of this Cabinet," said the outgoing NSC minister. Her party leader Geert Wilders said in parliament on Wednesday that the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

African aid organization calls Dutch aid cuts a "catastrophe"

NL Times

African organizations expressed alarm following Dutch Minister Reinette Klever's recent proposal to slash two-thirds of funding for non-governmental organizations aiding human rights and development projects. The cuts, totaling roughly 1 billion euro, sparked immediate concerns across Uganda, Sudan, Mali, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where NGO work heavily relies on Dutch support. "Around 40 percent of our budget is …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Almost all Dutch say they are ready to relax euthanasia rules

NL Times

A recent RTL survey of nearly 20,000 Dutch citizens hows strong public support for relaxing the euthanasia laws. Currently, euthanasia is only permitted for individuals suffering from terminal illness or unbearable pain, but the debate is now turning to whether elderly people who feel their lives are "completed" should be allowed to choose euthanasia. It would allow individuals over the …

Dutch Euthanasia Rtl

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli Foreign Min. heading to Netherlands; Parliamentary debate on violence next week

NL Times

Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa’ar will travel to the Netherlands on Friday to talk with his Dutch counterpart, Caspar Veldkamp, about attacks on Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam on Thursday. Minister David van Weel of Justice and Security said that the perpetrators of the violence against Israeli football fans would be tracked down and punished. Earlier on Friday, Schoof …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gov't pressing forward with plans to increase sales tax on books, culture, entertainment

NL Times

The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, has repeatedly pressed the government to phase out tax schemes, including the low VAT rate, Finance Minister Eelco Heinen emphasized. In a parliamentary debate, he defended the government’s decision to scrap the low VAT rate for books, sports, and culture. The reduced VAT rate is ineffective, evaluations showed, And tax …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Acceptance of homosexuality has increased, decrease seen regarding other LGBTIQA+ groups

NL Times

Dutch people are generally more positive when it comes to accepting homosexuality. LGBTIQA+ people experience more online hate and discrimination than cis-heterosexuals, or rather, people who have the same gender identity as their birth gender and feel attracted to the other gender. Previous editions focused only on LGBT people, this time, the researchers distinguished between more different groups. In addition …

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7 months ago

Dutch foreign minister wants EU to let Ukraine fire supplied weapons on Russian targets

NL Times

Ukraine should be allowed to utilize weaponry supplied by Western countries to strike Russian targets. Outgoing Foreign Affairs Minister Hanke Bruins Slot promised on Thursday that the Netherlands would state this position in communications with the European Union and NATO members. When British Foreign Affairs Minister David Cameron announced at the start of this month that the government in Kyiv …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Political party 50Plus in money trouble after finance boss disappears with bookkeeping

NL Times

The political party 50PLUS is currently unable to access its financial administration. The former head of the Financial Commission, Johan Hessing, took the paperwork home after being voted out last month, and it is still missing from the party's offices in The Hague. In the meantime, an advertising agency has hired a collection agency to help recover an overdue payment …

Party Dekker

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Cabinet member threatens to resign if Senate further delays Groningen gas field closure

NL Times

State Secretary Hans Vijlbrief is threatening to resign if his proposal to close the Groningen gas field is delayed any longer by the Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate. "I am not going to take that up that politically, so I will leave," Vijlbrief said in a debate in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Parliament, on Wednesday. Like several …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative Christian party SGP to sign international declaration against surrogacy

NL Times

Two politicians from the conservative Christian party SGP will travel to Rome this week to sign an international declaration against surrogacy. Member of European Parliament Bert-Jan Ruissen and parliamentarian Diederik van Dijk think that many people are against surrogacy but don’t dare to say so “out of fear of the fierce lobby from the LGBTI corner,” NOS reports. “Little babies …

Surrogacy

9 months, 2 weeks ago

“Terrible” that multinationals could soon leave the Netherlands, says Cabinet minister

NL Times

It is “terrible” that multinational businesses are contemplating leaving the Netherlands, said Micky Adriaansens, the caretaker Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The reduction of tax schemes that make it attractive for highly-skilled workers from abroad to take a job in the Netherlands has also caused concern among business leaders. “That is dreadful,” the minister said prior to the …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Final report on failed Cabinet formation attempt delivered to parliament today

NL Times

Cabinet formation leader Ronald Plasterk will submit his final report to chairman Martin Bosma of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, on Monday. He will explain how he thinks the Cabinet formation should proceed now that the NSC has pulled out of a potential majority Cabinet with PVV, VVD, and BBB. Still, the remaining negotiators expressed …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch MPs definitely do not want commercial flights to operate at Lelystad Airport

NL Times

The parliamentarians in the Tweede Kamer definitely do no want the regional Lelystad Airport to be used for commercial air traffic. Lelystad Airport was designated several years ago as a backup for the capacity issues Schiphol Airport. After the fall of the Cabinet in July, Lelystad Airport again ended up on the list of topics that the Tweede Kamer wanted …

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11 months ago

Podcast: The British Artists Are Worse Than Stag Parties Edition

Dutch News

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? While a toilet paper discount caused stampedes in Utrecht, Geert Wilders broke the coalition talks’ radio silence for the first time this week. Not to say how happy he is that tart from his home province is now officially on an EU heritage list, …

Dutch British Vvd

11 months ago

Podcast: The British Artists Are Worse Than Stag Parties Edition

Dutch News

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? While a toilet paper discount caused stampedes in Utrecht, Geert Wilders broke the coalition talks’ radio silence for the first time this week. Not to say how happy he is that tart from his home province is now officially on an EU heritage list, …

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Minister Madlener faces pushback over proposed e-bike regulations

Dutch Parliament majority wants to ban boiling of live crabs and lobsters

Netherlands freezes Syrian asylum application decisions for six months

Parliament majority for national guidelines on recommended screen time for children

Dutch border checks begin on Monday: Decision criticized by dozens of mayors, experts

Justice State Sec. moves parliament to silcence with personal account of sexual assault

Parliament employee to be prosecuted for leaking information to the press

Two NSC parliamentarians resign over racism in Cabinet after Amsterdam riots

NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt may return to Parliament next Tuesday

After resignation of NSC member, Schoof claims there is no racism in the Cabinet

African aid organization calls Dutch aid cuts a "catastrophe"

Almost all Dutch say they are ready to relax euthanasia rules

Israeli Foreign Min. heading to Netherlands; Parliamentary debate on violence next week

Gov't pressing forward with plans to increase sales tax on books, culture, entertainment

Acceptance of homosexuality has increased, decrease seen regarding other LGBTIQA+ groups

Dutch foreign minister wants EU to let Ukraine fire supplied weapons on Russian targets

Political party 50Plus in money trouble after finance boss disappears with bookkeeping

Cabinet member threatens to resign if Senate further delays Groningen gas field closure

Conservative Christian party SGP to sign international declaration against surrogacy

“Terrible” that multinationals could soon leave the Netherlands, says Cabinet minister

Final report on failed Cabinet formation attempt delivered to parliament today

Dutch MPs definitely do not want commercial flights to operate at Lelystad Airport

Podcast: The British Artists Are Worse Than Stag Parties Edition

Podcast: The British Artists Are Worse Than Stag Parties Edition