Eddy van Hijum

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Hans Vijlbrief
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Young people aged 16-20 to earn higher minimum wage in 2027; Still lower than most
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Eddy van Hijum
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Van Hijum steps down as NSC leader after election loss; Party pauses leadership choice
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Construction workers in Rotterdam
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Interest groups plead for Minister to maintain measures to protect migrant workers
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Parliament in the Netherlands
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Dutch employers can continue to deduct housing fees from minimum wage migrant workers
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A polling place sign in front of the library in the Indische Buurt in Amsterdam during the Tweede Kamer election. 29 Oct. 2025
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Centrist D66 wins Dutch election, knocking far-right PVV to second, exit poll shows
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PVV leader Geert Wilders voting in the parliamentary election on 29 October 2025
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Photos: Dutch party leaders cast their votes in parliamentary election
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PVV leader Geert Wilders during a parliamentary debate ostensibly about the national budget, but really about the upcoming elections. 17 September 2025
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Wilders shouts asylum; Deserter, Timmermans says: Parties use budget debate to campaign
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The ceremonial briefcase traditionally used by the finance minister to carry the Dutch Cabinet's budget proposal to the Tweede Kamer on Prinsjesdag. 7 Sept. 2017
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Dutch leaders react sharply to King’s Budget Day speech, criticize caretaker cabinet
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Demissionary Prime Minister Dick Schoof arrives at the Ministry of General Affairs with his partner, Loes Meurs, during Prinsjesdag in The Hague, September 16, 2025.
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Parliamentarians arrive for King’s Budget day amid gusty winds
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof reiterates the Netherlands' commitment to support Ukraine on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, 24 February 2025
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Dutch leaders angered by Russian drone incident amid debate on show of force
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VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz in a parliamentary debate on the Cabinet formation talks between PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB, 29 March 2024
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VVD, CDA, NSC, and JA21 leaders discuss possible coalition options at congresses
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Nicolien van Vroonhoven and Pieter Omtzigt at the first NSC membership meeting
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Nicolien van Vroonhoven quits politics after being pushed down NSC candidate list
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Caspar Veldkamp
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NSC ministers resign after Foreign Minister Veldkamp quits over blocked Israel sanctions
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A Picnic delivery vehicle on Buitenhofdreef in Delft, 19 January 2019
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Picnic warns it may leave Netherlands if workers fall under collective labor agreement
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NSC leader calls VVD election plans ‘direct attack’ on social security and healthcare
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Hand Over Social Security Benefits Form
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Dutch gov't to punish mistakes with benefits, allowances less harshly
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Grocery store worker
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Bill against fake self-employment aimed at helping freelancers earning less than €36 p/h
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Eddy van Hijum
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Dutch government targets loophole letting non-EU workers bypass labor rules
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Transavia passenger planes on the tarmac of Eindhoven Airport
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Transavia stops controversial peak/off-peak labor contracts after criticism
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Ingrid Coenradie
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Former PVV State Sec.'s switch to JA21 wins party 7 seats in polls
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NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt (right) and Eddy van Hijum (left) in a parliamentary debate on the Cabinet formation talks between PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB, 29 March 2024
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NSC leaders considered disbanding the party
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Eddy van Hijum
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NSC board nominate the Minister of Social Affairs for party leadership in the elections
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Van Vroonhoven withdraws as NSC leader, Van Hijum and Boomsma enter race
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The Tweede Kamer shoots down a pension initiative from coalition party NSC. 20 May 2025
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Parliament votes against NSC plan to give pensioners more say in new system transition