GroenLinks-PvdA

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A Dutch soldier speaking to a man in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan with the help of an interpreter, June 2010
Politics
"Death sentence", "broken promise": Opposition fierce about abandomnent of Afghan guards
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Messaging apps Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp
Politics
Experts urge Dutch gov't to reject EU plan to scan citizens' messages for child porn
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David van Weel
Politics
Dutch Justice Min. wants a European Union ban on heavy fireworks
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Doctor holding T-shaped intrauterine birth control device on blurred background, closeup
Health
Women deserve better care & pain relief for IUD placement, parliamentarians decide
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FNV Centraal Vakbondshuis in Utrecht
PoliticsBusiness
Cabinet bends to union’s national strike threat, will negotiate early retirement deal
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Health Minister Fleur Agema (PVV) arguing that the Netherlands should stockpile Mpox vaccines instead of sharing them with African nations to stop an outbreak, as the World Health Organization recommended. 11 September 2024
HealthPolitics
Dutch politicians vote to order Cabinet to donate Mpox vaccines to Africa
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GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans holds up a heavily redacted memo from advisors telling Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber that there is not a legal basis to declare an asylum emergency. 19 September 2024
Politics
Heavily redacted memo: Officials do not think Cabinet can simply declare asylum “crisis”
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the second day of the Budget Debate in the Tweede Kamer, 19 September 2024
Politics
Budget debate suspended immediately as MPs demand legal basis for asylum crisis decree
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Nehterlands, 21 May 2024
Politics
Hungary following Dutch example and asking for opt-out on EU asylum policy
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GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans speaking in the first parliamentary debate with the Schoof I Cabinet, 3 July 2024
Politics
EU says Dutch asylum opt-out won't happen soon; Timmermans pushes foreign student cuts
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Books
PoliticsBusiness
Meters-long banners to protest against VAT increase for books, sports on Budget Day
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof answers questions from the media about policy plans for his Cabinet’s term. 13 September 2024
Politics
Dutch PM: Asylum emergency declaration is justified; No deal on when emergency is over
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Police clash with people demonstrating against a Pegida Quran burning stunt in Arnhem. 13 January 2024
Politics
Parliament shoots down Arnhem mayor’s ban on Quran desecration
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FNV Centraal Vakbondshuis in Utrecht
PoliticsBusiness
Union pleads for law that states that employees are unavailable outside of work hours
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A fatbike rider in Amsterdam
Politics
Majority in parliament calls for minimum age for fatbikes
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Nehterlands, 21 May 2024
Politics
Asylum Min. must help collect shelter contribution from working Ukrainians, MP's say
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Dutch-born child Mikael, an 11-year-old living with his mother in Amsterdam, who is set to be deported to Armenia. 31 July 2024
Politics
Entire left-wing opposition pleads with gov't not to deport Amsterdam boy to Armenia
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Jimmy Lai heading into court, 1 February 2021
Politics
Dutch parties call for release of Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai