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The Hague is playing a crucial role in diplomatic efforts to avert sweeping US sanctions against the International Criminal Court. But reports about the compromises being discussed are now causing alarm in the Dutch parliament, raising an uncomfortable question for the host country: how far can it go to save
The Netherlands’ fragile minority government has been pushed towards a potentially existential crisis after D66 and CDA struck a tax deal with left-wing opposition parties PRO and Volt, prompting the VVD to openly question whether it can remain in the coalition. D66 and CDA, however, are refusing to back
Prime Minister Rob Jetten has cancelled his trip to an EU leaders’ summit in Dublin as the political crisis inside his own coalition intensifies. After already pulling out of the climate summit, Jetten is now staying in The Hague for an emergency parliamentary debate that could determine whether his three-
The Netherlands is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros extra on strengthening democracy, civil society and the rule of law abroad, while making respect for democratic values a more explicit factor in deciding where Dutch development money goes. The new strategy signals a significant shift in how The