Cabinet Rutte IV

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Wouter Koolmees from the NS and ProRail CEO John Voppen defend their organizations' response to June train disruptions during a Tweede Kamer committee meeting. 4 July 2023
Politics
D66 expected to nominate NS boss Wouter Koolmees to lead first talks to form Cabinet
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Dilan Yesilgoz reacting to Esther Ouwehands (PvdD) who was asking critical questions about the VVD during a parliamentary debate on the stalled Cabinet formation talks, 14 February 2024
Politics
VVD leader says party will no longer form a coalition with PVV's Geert Wilders
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaking about the Dutch responsibility regarding its legacy of slavery during the colonial era. 19 December 2022
Politics
Former Cabinet postponed apology for Dutch slavery past several times
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Tweede Kamer Char Martin Bosma accepts a status report from Kim Putters after a fresh round of Cabinet formation talks. 14 March 2024
Politics
Cabinet negotiator says loose structure will be more stable with more political support
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Frans Timmermans after being presented as GroenLinks-PvdA leader, 23 August 2023
PoliticsBusiness
Cabinet formation collapse: Left-wing parties want urgent debate; Others critical
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Pieter Omtzigt in The Hague on September 20, 2023
Politics
Dutch Cabinet formation negotiations collapse; Pieter Omtzigt's NSC withdraws from talks
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VVD Senator Marian Kaljouw speaking during a debate about the distribution of asylum seekers in the Netherlands. 16 January 2024
Politics
VVD now supports fair distribution of asylum seekers across the Netherlands; Senate majority reached
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Ernst Kuipers in April 2022
Health
Health Minister Ernst Kuipers steps down with immediate effect
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Metro Amsterdam Noord/Zuidlijn
PoliticsBusiness
National government's "short-term thinking" is jeopardizing public transport, critics say
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Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag brings the 2023 Dutch budget to the Tweede Kamer in a ceremonial briefcase. 20 Sept. 2022
Politics
Deputy PM Sigrid Kaag stepping down to become U.N. head for rebuilding Gaza
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The Rutte IV Cabinet at the marathon parliamentary debate on the 2023 Budget, 21 September 2022
Politics
Cabinet sees plans for minimum wage increase and low fuel taxes on shaky ground
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Mariëlle Paul during a debate in the Tweede Kamer on 23 May 2023
Politics
VVD MP Mariëlle Paul succeeds Dennis Wiersma as education minister
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Lilian Marijnissen
Politics
SP party leadership nominates Lilian Marijnissen as party chairwoman
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Gasunie's nitrogen installation near the village of Zuidbroek in Groningen
PoliticsBusiness
Billions in profit for Dutch fossil fuel firm NAM due to higher natural gas price
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A sign on a Zuid-Holland farm under an upside-down Dutch flag says, "Nitrogen is for letting crops grow, not for punishing the farmers!!!" 21 October 2022
Politics
Unclear what impact the Cabinet's fall will have on nitrogen policy
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte during his weekly press conference on 12 May 2023
Politics
Majority of Dutch people do not want Rutte to return to Cabinet, poll says
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The Rutte IV Cabinet at the marathon parliamentary debate on the 2023 Budget, 21 September 2022
Politics
After the fall of the Cabinet: ministers disappointed but also hopeful; provinces worried
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Mark Rutte at a press conference hours before his fourth Cabinet collapsed. 7 July 2023
Politics
Rutte says he’s not to blame for Cabinet’s collapse, but coalition parties say otherwise
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PVV leader Geert Wilders at the podium, D66 leader Jan Paternotte at the interruption mic during the parliamentary debate on the 2023 budget with the Cabinet looking on, 21 September 2022
Politics
Dutch opposition parties happy with the fall of the Cabinet
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Mark Rutte speaking with reporters shortly before his fourth Cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023
Politics
Rutte’s fourth Cabinet fell faster than his first; New elections likely this fall
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The Torentje, the main office of the Prime Minister, in The Hague.
Politics
Fourth Rutte Cabinet was politically shaky from the start
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Parliament in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusiness
Financial management is problematic at most Dutch ministries; Hasty policies a big issue
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An advertisement for the Boer Burger Beweging (BBB) political party on a farm ahead of the 2023 election. March 2023
PoliticsNature
Cabinet is halting nitrogen policy to prevent CDA from quitting coalition
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Denk MP Stephan van Baarle during a Tweede Kamer debate on missed housing construction targets. 30 March 2023
Politics
"Major concerns" in Parliament about Cabinet's housing construction plans, missed targets