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    • Monday, 15 November, 2021
      Shell PLC
      Dutch government rushes to keep Shell in Netherlands

      Last-ditch push to scrap dividend tax that has been cited by energy group as reason for planned UK move

      Shell barrel caps on a sorting line
    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
      Coronavirus
      Austria and Netherlands set out stringent curbs to control Covid-19

      Vienna targets unvaccinated and Dutch impose nationwide lockdown measures as infections surge

      Dutch riot police face protesters in The Hague on Friday outside a press conference by the prime minister announcing new Covid-19 restrictions
    • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
      News in-depthNetherlands
      Scandals tarnish Dutch reputation for clean government

      Austerity and a slimmed down state blamed for administrative blunders

      Mark Rutte
    • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
      Europe Express
      Netherlands’ Mark Rutte plots latest great escape Premium content

      Dutch prime minister clings to power as political rivals struggle to dislodge him

    • Friday, 2 April, 2021
      Dutch PM’s future hangs in balance despite surviving no-confidence vote

      Mark Rutte still faces motion of censure and may struggle to form new coalition

      Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte
    • Friday, 2 April, 2021
      Mark Rutte survives no-confidence vote

      Long-serving Dutch PM was embroiled in scandal over coalition appointment

      Caretaker Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte in parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 1 2021
    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      Dutch election
      Rutte set for historic fourth term in coalition with pro-EU party

      Dutch poll results could herald ‘more constructive’ attitude to Europe, say analysts

    • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
      Rutte on course for fourth term as Netherlands PM

      Exit poll shows pro-EU D66 party finishing strong second in a parliament with 17 groupings

    • Monday, 15 March, 2021
      The Big Read
      Netherlands election: Mark Rutte and Europe’s new awkward squad

      The leading EU naysayer looks set to celebrate a record fourth term as Dutch PM this week. But will there be cheering in Brussels?

    • Friday, 12 March, 2021
      Europe Express
      Rutte well placed to reign on after dud Dutch election campaign Premium content

      Culture wars dominate uneventful race with status quo set to prevail

      Mark Rutte
    • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      Lessons from the Netherlands on staying in power

      ‘Governing by text message, PM Mark Rutte absorbs intelligence nonstop. Free of ideology, he can work with anyone’

    • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
      Dutch extend Covid curfew despite violent backlash

      Anti-lockdown protests and rioting have rocked country

      Dutch police arrest a man during clashes on Beijerlandselaan in Rotterdam, on Tueday
    • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
      Tony Barber
      Europe’s far right is often its own worst enemy

      Anti-establishment populists in the Netherlands and Estonia are on the back foot

    • Friday, 15 January, 2021
      Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal

      Mark Rutte will stay on as caretaker prime minister for 2 months before new elections

      Mark Rutte will hand his resignation to the king on Friday after the government came under fire over a scandal in which thousands of families were falsely accused of defrauding the state
    • Monday, 17 August, 2020
      Dutch plan to tax departing multinationals gains momentum

      Unilever has said the bill would change its plans to unify its UK operations

      Unilever office
    • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
      News in-depthEU common budget
      Dutch resistance stands in way of deal on EU recovery fund

      European leaders beat path to PM Rutte’s door in bid to persuade him on €750bn programme

      French president Emmanuel Macron, left, was said to have been taken aback by Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte’s questioning of him at a dinner in The Hague in June
    • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
      EU common budget
      ‘Frugal four’ chief Mark Rutte leads opposition to EU recovery plan

      Dutch PM wins plaudits at home with resistance to Berlin-backed pandemic grants

      Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte
    • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
      News in-depthCoronavirus
      Dutch PM faces dissent at home over hardline coronabonds stance

      Coalition partners call on Mark Rutte to reconsider position as southern Europe suffers

    • Monday, 18 November, 2019
      Netherlands
      Dutch government tries to avoid cuts to pension payouts

      Millions of retirees face reductions to their incomes for first time next year

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by KOEN VAN WEEL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10255669a) Activists take part in a demonstration asking for better pensions in The Hague, The Netherlands, 29 May 2019. Trade unions CNV, FNV and VCP called for a large-scale strike to reinforce their pension wishes. Sign in picture reading 'A good pension is a matter of decency.' Activists demonstrate for better pensions, The Hague, Netherlands - 29 May 2019
    • Friday, 24 May, 2019
      European Parliament elections
      Frans Timmermans welcomes Dutch voters’ backing for pro-EU parties

      Voters turned out in bigger numbers for European Parliament elections

      Frans Timmermans: ‘I hope that this gives a tailwind for a lot of other social democrats in Europe’
    • Monday, 8 April, 2019
      EU common budget
      Dutch step up pressure over Macron’s eurozone budget

      Threat underlines steep resistance to fund as June deadline looms

      Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra has signalled the Netherlands is ready to walk away from new eurozone budget
    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
      Dutch Eurosceptic party storms to victory in regional elections

      Result means PM Mark Rutte’s coalition will be stripped of its majority in Senate

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by BART MAAT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10161506e) Thierry Baudet of political party Forum voor Democratie (Forum for Democracy) during the election night of the Provincial Council elections and the water board elections in Zeist, the Netherlands, on 20 March 2019. Provincial Council elections, Zeist, Netherlands - 20 Mar 2019
    • Monday, 18 March, 2019
      Netherlands
      Suspect arrested after three killed in Utrecht shootings

      Police apprehend Turkish national in connection with attacks in Dutch city 

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by RICARDO SMIT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10158992i)
									Special Police Forces inspect a tram, after the attack on a tram at the 24 Oktoberplace in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 18 March 2019. According to the the Dutch Police, several people have been injured in a shooting on a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht. The perpetrator is still at large.
									Several injured in shooting on a tram in Utrecht, Netherlands - 18 Mar 2019
    • Friday, 1 March, 2019
      Air France-KLM
      France and Netherlands to work together on Air France-KLM strategy
    • Monday, 19 November, 2018
      Eurozone reform
      Dutch finance minister hits out at ‘unconvincing’ eurozone budget plan
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