Dutch politics
Under Prime Minister Rob Jetten, the Netherlands is once again emphatically positioning itself as one of the most fiscally cautious EU member states in the negotiations over the European Union’s new multiannual budget. Jetten has flatly rejected the European Commission’s proposal to raise the EU budget for the
Dutch politics
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Netherlands has spent more than €20 billion on Ukraine or on Ukrainian refugees. Funding commitments run through to 2029, according to a new parliamentary document released by the Dutch cabinet.
Ukraine
Europe & EU
The European Parliament is demanding clarification from the European Commission about planned talks with the Taliban. At the initiative of MEP Tineke Strik (GroenLinks), the Parliament has summoned European Commissioner Brunner to account for the plans.
Asia & Australia
Former Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp will be the new ambassador of the European Union to China, sources in The Hague confirm. Veldkamp is expected to take up his post in Beijing this summer. The EU ambassadorship in China is regarded as one of the Union’s most politically and
Dutch politics
The Hague has reacted positively to the breakthrough in Brussels on the European loan of 90 billion euros for Ukraine. Prime Minister Rob Jetten calls it “a very important step” now that the support package, after months of blockage, has been definitively approved.
United States
The Dutch cabinet wants to reduce the country’s digital dependence on the United States and place a stronger focus on European data and cloud infrastructure. The Netherlands does not want to be steered by American pressure, writes the Minister for the Digital Economy and Sovereignty, Willemijn Aerdts, in answers
Europe & EU
For years, Dutch politics has talked about tightening asylum policy. That made the political blow all the more painful when a key asylum bill was rejected in the Senate. While parties are busily blaming one another, the defeat represents not only a substantive setback for the minority cabinet, but also
Dutch politics
The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom Berendsen (CDA), has described the recently adopted Israeli law allowing the death penalty for Palestinian detainees as “unacceptable.” He writes this in his answers to parliamentary questions about the legislation, which critics say is discriminatory and violates the international legal order. The Netherlands
Dutch politics
The dinner at the White House began shortly after seven o’clock in the evening local time and lasted longer than expected. For more than two and a half hours — perhaps closer to three — the Dutch delegation spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump and his closest advisers. When Prime
Africa
In the Dutch House of Representatives, questions have been raised about the government’s plan to close the Dutch embassy in Juba, South Sudan. The questions were submitted by SGP-leader Chris Stoffer and SP MP Sarah Dobbe and are addressed to the ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Foreign Trade