defense spending

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Construction site with buildings under construction in Nijmegen, 8 February 2023
Business
Netherlands' increased Defense spending putting further pressure on housing construction
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Archive photo of a military convoy on a Dutch road.
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch defense spending surges past NATO targets as alliance sets sights higher
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Leopard 2 main battle tanks
PoliticsTechInnovation
Push extra defense spending into chips, not tanks, Dutch central bank urges
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Parliamentary leaders Rob Jetten (D66), Henri Bontenbal (CDA), and Dilan Yesilgoz (VVD) presenting their coalition agreement at Nieuwspoort.
Politics
Minority Cabinet deal: Billions for Defense, social media age minimum, later retirement
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D66 leader Rob Jetten
Politics
New Cabinet to increase healthcare deductible, keep mortgage interest reduction
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A container for ASML extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machinery is loaded into an airplane. May 2021
Business
Chip machine maker ASML, Nvidia, popular with Dutch investors in 2025
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Zuidas, the financial and business district in the south of Amsterdam
Business
Dutch businesses too vulnerable to internet, power outages: study
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Dutch soldier; Flag of the Netherlands on military uniform
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch manufacturers expand into defense sector with €22 billion in government funding
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PVV leader Geert Wilders facing criticism from other party leaders during a debate in the Tweede Kamer about rioting at an anti-immigration protest in The Hague. 25 September 2025
Politics
PVV leader Geert Wilders named second deputy chair of Dutch parliament
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Dutch soldier; Flag of the Netherlands on military uniform
PoliticsBusiness
Netherlands unlikely to benefit economically from NATO spending pledge
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Health insurance
Politics
Most political parties want to scrap plans for cutting healthcare deductible to €165
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Leopard 2 main battle tanks
Business
Dutch households' investments in Defense companies grow tenfold in 2.5 years: DNB
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A billboard in Amsterdam showing campaign posters for the European Parliament elections on 6 June 2024
Politics
Housing, health, asylum still Dutch voters' main concerns; Defense rising on list
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Three intercity trains at Groningen Central Station
Politics
Defense considering turning old NS trains into mobile emergency hospitals
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Leopard 2 main battle tanks
Politics
Netherlands to cut on asylum, development aid to achieve NATO defense spending norm
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A woman enters a polling station in Amsterdam to vote in the European Parliament election on 6 June 2024.
Politics
New electoral system, cannabis experiment declared too controversial for fallen Cabinet
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Soldiers of the Dutch 11 Airmobile Brigade
Politics
Netherlands spent over €1,100 per capita on defense last year; 7th in NATO
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PvdA-GroenLinks leader Frans Timmermans during the Tweede Kamer debate on the fall of Prime Minister Dick Schoof's first Cabinet. 4 June 2025
Politics
Parliamentary majority for higher defense spending as GL-PvdA throws support behind plan
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof addressing questions from reporters during his regular weekly press conference. 9 May 2025
Politics
PM Schoof confirms NATO's plans for members to increase defense spending by 2032
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof answers questions from reporters ahead of a European Council meeting. 17 October 2024
Politics
Russia could be preparing for war with Europe: Dutch PM on activities on Finnish border
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Klaas Knot presenting the DNB's annual report, 14 March 2024
PoliticsBusiness
DNB president renews call for eurobonds to fund EU defense
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On 8 July 2024, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, received the visit of Dick Schoof, Dutch Prime Minister, to the European Commission.
Politics
Dutch PM agrees to EU rearmament plan, but again stressed objection to joint loans
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Klaas Knot presenting the DNB's annual report, 14 March 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Stronger Europe more essential than ever, DNB says as trade war intensifies
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On 8 July 2024, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, received the visit of Dick Schoof, Dutch Prime Minister, to the European Commission.
Politics
EU united on Ukraine, despite Hungary dissent, Dutch PM says; Stresses debt limits