Joost Sneller

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Ankle monitor
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Majority set to pass more use of ankle bracelets instead of short prison sentences
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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
Motion for mandatory members has Wilders on shaky ground after 10,000 days in parliament
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D66 MP Joost Sneller thanks his colleagues after passing a motion to make the prosecution service more independent from the justice minister. 25 Nov. 2025
Politics
Parliament backs D66 plan to curb Justice Minister’s power over prosecutions
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Politics
MP's want to scrap Minister of right to force prosecution to prevent "cronyism in court"
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PVV leader Geert Wilders sitting alongside MP Edgar Mulder, in front of their colleagues in the Tweede Kamer, Elmar Vlottes, Gidi Markuszower, and Léon de Jong. 1 October 2024
Politics
VVD wants 3-seat threshhold for parliament; D66 wants to ban parties with 1 member
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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema presiding over a City Council meeting on 9 October 2024.
Politics
Far-right MP wants Amsterdam mayor sacked for allowing pro-Palestinian rally on Oct. 7
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Dick Schoof during an interview as the top civil servant at the Ministry of Justice and Security. 8 June 2021
Politics
Growing uncertainty about coalition’s plans and budget, Schoof as PM
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Transgender flag
Politics
NSC uses transphobic argument to try and kill bill to simplify passport gender change
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Sex worker on a bed
CrimePolitics
Dutch celebrities, politicians popping up in deepfake porn
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Cannabis plant with fully grown buds, ready to be harvested
Politics
Many doubts in parliament about continuing regulated cannabis experiment
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Justice Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz defends debates the issue of legalizing hard drugs in the Netherlands in the Tweede Kamer. 8 February 2024
Politics
Justice minister: It’s too late to discuss legalizing hard drugs in the Netherlands
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Left to right: King Willem-Alexander, Princess Beatrix, crown princess Amalia, December 2022
Politics
MPs and Senators agree: King must pay taxes
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Pregnant woman at the doctor
HealthPolitics
New bill to regulate surrogacy in the Netherlands divides coalition parties
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Scales of justice and gavel on law book
Politics
MPs want to increase maximum punishment for manslaughter to 25 years
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CrimePoliticsBusiness
New Cabinet members must publicly detail their financial holdings, D66 says
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(Left to right) Princesses Alexia, Amalia and Ariane at the Huis ten Bosch palace, 17 July 2020
HealthPolitics
Princesses' longer stay in Greece a "private matter", Dutch PM says
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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, and their daughters pose at the Huis ten Bosch palace. 17 July 2020
HealthPolitics
Dutch uproar prompts King to drop Greek holiday plans hours after arrival
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A KLM plane at an icy Schiphol Airport, 12 Feb 2018
Business
Lack of climate safeguards prompts disappointment in KLM coronavirus aid
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Dutch flags on Liberation Day
Politics
Support swells to make Liberation Day a national day off
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima
CrimePolitics
Queen Maxima accused of tax evasion in Argentine media
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Journalist
Politics
Turkey says deported Dutch journalist is suspected of having "terrorist ties"
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Mark Rutte
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Dutch gov't to appoint "designated survivor" for emergencies
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima during the King's Speech on Budget Day 2016
Politics
Dutch gov't party wants to appoint two 'designated survivors' in case of attack