The Council of State

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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Council of State: Public safety still at risk if fireworks ban rules are not tightened
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The Council of State in The Hague
CrimePolitics
Dutch Council of State doubts value of stripping citizenship from terror recruits
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The Council of State in The Hague
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Dutch Council of State backs terror glorification ban, urges clearer safeguards
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D66's Mpanzu Bamenga
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Dutch Council of State rejects proposal to explicitly ban ethnic profiling in law
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A woman enters a polling station in Amsterdam to vote in the European Parliament election on 6 June 2024.
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October election ballots finalized, cleared for printing
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Young man at a doctor's consultation
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Dutch Council of State warns health deductible cut risks harming vulnerable groups
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The Council of State in The Hague
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Dutch social housing rent freeze plan ‘legally flawed,’ Council of State warns
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Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber (PVV) during a tense debate about her decision to hold up royal honors for volunteers who assisted prospective refugees. 1 April 2025
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Asylum pilot to restrict offenders set to start with five spots and no enforcement plan
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A man holding a smartphone
HealthPolitics
Dutch Cabinet relents, will hand over COVID-era chats to inquiry panel
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A cover on a bicycle in Amsterdam says, "Asylum seekers are okay". February 2014
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Dutch Cabinet pleased with new strict asylum measures; Plan set to go to Parliament
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Lady Justice statue
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Hundreds of people take part in last day of " Rule of Law Week" in The Hague
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Asylum seekers sleep outside the asylum application center in Ter Apel, August 2022
Politics
Mayors call for rapid relaxation of rules on housing asylum seekers