DutchNews.nl
17 years, 4 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

Everywhere you look, you see how the coalition system of government is failing. Look to the right and you see the mess that is the education system which has lost track of which method it is supposed to be following. Look straight up the middle and you see a broken down car that was supposed to speed the country towards road pricing and put an end to traffic jams. Instead of bold steps, the Dutch political system, which has to cater for multi-party interests, produces indecisiveness, compromise and endless delays. Although school pupils in the north rioted this week over the number of lessons they have to follow, the masses have not yet stormed parliament.

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Hard-right Dutch coalition will lay out priorities as leaders bicker
6 months, 1 week ago

Hard-right Dutch coalition will lay out priorities as leaders bicker

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A speech by the Dutch king on Tuesday is to lay …

Dutch left unites behind alternative government agreement
7 years, 4 months ago

Dutch left unites behind alternative government agreement

Dutch News  

The three main left-wing Dutch opposition parties have drawn up their own ‘alternative’ coalition agreement which they say will involve real investment in Dutch society rather than big business. The three parties suggest scrapping a number of measures the new government plans to take including the rise in the lower VAT tariff, from 6% to 9 %, the lower tax …

Going Dutch: Bus stop, wet day? Please share my green taxi
7 years, 8 months ago

Going Dutch: Bus stop, wet day? Please share my green taxi

Dutch News  

Electric charging stations may be a more common sight in Dutch cities and car parks, but smart shared transport services are helping the Netherlands reduce empty buses and polluted skies, reports Senay Boztas On his weekend trip to see his parents, and their washing machine, Jason David no longer has to wait for a bus if there’s no chance of …

Europe is happy gambling with its politics
8 years ago

Europe is happy gambling with its politics

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Nic Robertson is CNN’s international diplomatic editor. And that’s the story of the Dutch election: Traditional parties lost votes to smaller political outliers, including Left Greens and D66. Denied the evolutionary political spread of the Dutch election, voters will have to hope that whatever the outcome – Macron’s difficulty finding the allies to form an effective government able …

The Dutch general election: what the foreign press is saying
8 years ago

The Dutch general election: what the foreign press is saying

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is getting plenty of attention the foreign press at the moment, as scores of reporters fly in to assess the state of the nation and its political parties ahead of the March 15 vote. A decade after the first problems were reported ‘the country still hasn’t come up with a secure tech system to cast and count votes.’ …

Government lacks vision, system is out-of-date: mayor
11 years, 2 months ago

Government lacks vision, system is out-of-date: mayor

Dutch News  

The current government does not have a clear vision and the political system will hold back the Dutch economy over the coming years, Eindhoven mayor Rob van Gijzel said in his New Year speech on Monday. Van Gijzel, a Labour party member, says the political system is out-of-date and no longer works. ‘I see a government that inhabits a vertical …

Government lacks vision, system is out-of-date: mayor
11 years, 2 months ago

Government lacks vision, system is out-of-date: mayor

Dutch News  

The current government does not have a clear vision and the political system will hold back the Dutch economy over the coming years, Eindhoven mayor Rob van Gijzel said in his New Year speech on Monday. Van Gijzel, a Labour party member, says the political system is out-of-date and no longer works. ‘I see a government that inhabits a vertical …

DutchNews.nl: The need for speed
12 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews.nl: The need for speed

Dutch News  

The winning VVD and PvdA need to get their skates on and make sure we have a new coalition before the winter, writes DutchNews.nl editor Robin Pascoe. Putting together the stable government the Netherlands needs from the fragmented political landscape is going to be a tricky job although an alliance between the victorious VVD and Labour seems unavoidable. Spent force …

DutchNews.nl: The need for speed
12 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews.nl: The need for speed

Dutch News  

The winning VVD and PvdA need to get their skates on and make sure we have a new coalition before the winter, writes DutchNews.nl editor Robin Pascoe. Putting together the stable government the Netherlands needs from the fragmented political landscape is going to be a tricky job although an alliance between the victorious VVD and Labour seems unavoidable. Spent force …

Keep the PVV's Dutch gains in perspective
15 years ago

Keep the PVV's Dutch gains in perspective

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is a fragmented country – neither a liberal paradise nor swept up in mass far-right fervour, writes Mark Fonseca Rendeiro in the UK’s Guardian. The media have recycled the same headlines following Dutch elections for about a decade now, and similar observations are regularly trumpeted in international newspapers. I shall go against the international headlines and some of …

Keep the PVV's Dutch gains in perspective
15 years ago

Keep the PVV's Dutch gains in perspective

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is a fragmented country – neither a liberal paradise nor swept up in mass far-right fervour, writes Mark Fonseca Rendeiro in the UK’s Guardian. The media have recycled the same headlines following Dutch elections for about a decade now, and similar observations are regularly trumpeted in international newspapers. I shall go against the international headlines and some of …

DutchNews.nl
16 years, 1 month ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

The figures we have all been waiting for are finally in. The Christian Democrats have already said that mortgage tax relief will be spared – even though this is about the only country in Europe to give home owners such generous tax breaks when they borrow money to buy a house. The orthodox Christian parrty ChristenUnie is totally opposed to …

DutchNews.nl
16 years, 1 month ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

The figures we have all been waiting for are finally in. The Christian Democrats have already said that mortgage tax relief will be spared – even though this is about the only country in Europe to give home owners such generous tax breaks when they borrow money to buy a house. The orthodox Christian parrty ChristenUnie is totally opposed to …

DutchNews.nl
17 years, 4 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

Everywhere you look, you see how the coalition system of government is failing. Look to the right and you see the mess that is the education system which has lost track of which method it is supposed to be following. Look straight up the middle and you see a broken down car that was supposed to speed the country towards …

DutchNews.nl
17 years, 7 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

The Dutch Labour party has a mini rebellion on its hands that could, if not properly managed, turn into a fully-fledged coup. Over the past few years the party has copied the middle road, business-friendly politics that made the British Labour party under Tony Blair such an electoral success. Like Blair, the fresh-faced leader of the Dutch party, Wouter Bos, …

DutchNews.nl
17 years, 7 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

The Dutch Labour party has a mini rebellion on its hands that could, if not properly managed, turn into a fully-fledged coup. Over the past few years the party has copied the middle road, business-friendly politics that made the British Labour party under Tony Blair such an electoral success. Like Blair, the fresh-faced leader of the Dutch party, Wouter Bos, …

Morning-after headache for the Dutch
18 years, 4 months ago

Morning-after headache for the Dutch

Dutch News  

Dutch politics is in confusion today following mixed signals from voters in yesterday’s general election. The bigger than expected gains for both the ‘extreme’ left Socialist Party and Geert Wilders’ ‘extreme’ right-wing anti-immigrant Party for Freedom have added to what many political commentators and politicians are describing as a chaotic situation. While all three major parties – Christian Democrats, Labour …

Morning-after headache for the Dutch
18 years, 4 months ago

Morning-after headache for the Dutch

Dutch News  

Dutch politics is in confusion today following mixed signals from voters in yesterday’s general election. The bigger than expected gains for both the ‘extreme’ left Socialist Party and Geert Wilders’ ‘extreme’ right-wing anti-immigrant Party for Freedom have added to what many political commentators and politicians are describing as a chaotic situation. While all three major parties – Christian Democrats, Labour …

Disenfranchised
18 years, 4 months ago

Disenfranchised

Dutch News  

It’s tough being an expat at election time. Especially a well assimilated foreign national from a large EU member state who speaks Dutch and follows the local media. There are so many, that the final televised debate on Tuesday night had to be split into two leagues like the premier and the first division in soccer. Yesterday’s premier league debate …

Disenfranchised
18 years, 4 months ago

Disenfranchised

Dutch News  

It’s tough being an expat at election time. Especially a well assimilated foreign national from a large EU member state who speaks Dutch and follows the local media. There are so many, that the final televised debate on Tuesday night had to be split into two leagues like the premier and the first division in soccer. Yesterday’s premier league debate …

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