World news about “Netherlands politics” published by euronews.
Fighting youth unemployment in the Netherlands While youth unemployment rates in Greece and Spain hover around 60 percent, the figure in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands is below ten percent. How do… 25/01/2013
Bonus interview: Marco Florijn, Rotterdam City Social Affairs Councillor Complete interview with Marco Florijn, Rotterdam City Social Affairs Councillor. 25/01/2013
Bonus interview: Wiemer Salverda Complete interview with professor Wiemer Salverda, from the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies. 25/01/2013
Dutch set to pick Mark Rutte for second term Five months after the last government collapsed, Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday in a race most pundits say is too close to call. Prime Minister… 11/09/2012
Dutch ponder end of long Queen Beatrix reignThe people of the Netherlands are taking in the idea that their queen who has reigned for 33 years is to abdicate. The announcement by Queen Beatrix, who… 29/01/2013
Dutch queen abdicates to make way for ‘new generation’Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced plans to step aside in favour of her son. During a televised address to the nations she said: “I am not… 28/01/2013
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of her sonQueen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced her abdication in favour of her son Prince Willem-Alexander. The oldest reigning monarch in Dutch history… 28/01/2013
New Dutch cabinet sworn in by QueenThe Netherland’s new centrist government has been sworn in by Queen Beatrix. Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals have taken five weeks to form a coalition… 05/11/2012
Rutte and Samsom agree Netherlands coalition dealDutch Labour party leader Diederik Samsom has agreed to form a coalition with current prime minister Mark Rutte, whose Liberal Party was the biggest winner in… 29/10/2012
Netherlands: Rutte seeks coalition with LabourDutch Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader, Mark Rutte, says he wants to form a government with the Labour Party and possibly with the… 14/09/2012
Centrist coalition looks likely after Dutch electionThe Netherlands’ prime minister Mark Rutte could form a new coalition government of the two biggest Dutch parties; his liberal VVD Party and Labour, after… 13/09/2012
Victory for pro-European parties in Dutch electionsThe Dutch electorate has reconfirmed its commitment to the EU by giving a resounding victory to the two pro-European parties. Leader of the centre-right… 13/09/2012
Labour celebrate late surge in Dutch pollDiederik Samsom and his Labour Party have been quick to celebrate. Early in the election campaign they had been trailing the hard-left Socialists but an… 13/09/2012
Liberals and Labour prosper in Dutch pro-Europe pollMark Rutte and his Liberals look set to be the biggest winners in the Dutch general election after exit polls showed the party picked up the largest number of… 13/09/2012
Dutch voters know austerity follows Wednesday’s voteDutch voters are going to the polls on Wednesday in a neck and neck race between the Liberal party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the social democratic… 12/09/2012
Netherlands election: Polls show Liberals and Labour neck and neckDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has reminded eurosceptic voters in today’s parliamentary election that his Liberal party is the one most committed to fiscal… 12/09/2012
Netherlands election is too close to callDutch voters go to the polls today in an election that has been heavily influenced by how to deal with the eurozone’s debt crisis. With a close race… 12/09/2012
Dutch elections a ‘strong possibility’ after govt collapsesDutch far-right politician Geert Wilders is in the spotlight after his party PVV refused to endorse deep austerity measures in the Netherlands, causing the… 24/04/2012
Dutch PM quits as austerity talks founderDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has resigned after talks to agree a new austerity package failed over the weekend. The coalition collapsed after Rutte’s… 23/04/2012
Dutch prime minister quits as austerity talks failDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has resigned after talks to agree a new austerity package failed over the weekend. The coalition collapsed after Rutte’s… 23/04/2012
Budget breakdown forces Dutch back to the pollsThe Netherlands look to be heading for early elections after budget talks collapsed. Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Liberal Party heads a minority… 21/04/2012
Dutch parties closer to budget dealTense negotiations on the budget have restarted in the Netherlands, after being brought to an early end on Wednesday. The parties are now in their fourth… 29/03/2012
