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    • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Populists seek dividends from a climate change backlash

      Hard-right parties make gains in Europe by exploiting fears that incomes and ways of life are under threat

      Defaced election campaign posters in Kaufbeuren for Germany’s Green Party. The red lettering reads ‘AFD’, the name of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, ahead of the regional election in Bavaria last month
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Geert Wilders’ victory is a warning for Europe

      Success of the far right in the Netherlands will embolden populists elsewhere

      An election poster for Geert Wilders
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Netherlands politics
      Geert Wilders faces early setback in Dutch coalition talks

      Business community warns prolonged instability could scare off investors

      Geert Wilders and Dilan Yeşilgöz
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      What the Dutch far-right win means for the EU

      Record net migration to the UK post-Brexit

    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Geert Wilders: the anti-Islam leader vowing to ‘put the Dutch first’

      Freedom party founder has made crude attacks on Muslim faith, migrants and Brussels

      Geert Wilders
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Wilders’ win in Dutch election is a boon for Europe’s far right

      Veteran anti-Islam, anti-EU politician has capitalised on voter fears about immigration

      Geert Wilders gives a speech in The Hague on Wednesday after the announcement of the first exit poll results
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      Far-right Dutch victory puts European liberal democracy on defensive

      Geert Wilders’ success will make it harder for EU to forge common stances on migration, Ukraine and enlargement

      Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Freedom party (PVV)
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Dutch election
      Far-right’s Geert Wilders wins big in Dutch election

      Anti-EU politician pledges to curb ‘asylum tsunami’ but will need other parties for coalition

      Geert Wilders
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      OpenAI and Sam Altman’s superpowers

      Israel and Hamas agree a deal to release 50 hostages

    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Geert Wilders set for political comeback in Dutch election

      Veteran far-right, anti-Islam leader could be kingmaker in next coalition government after Wednesday’s vote

      Geert Wilders at a convention in January 2023
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      The Dutch are piloting a saner European right

      Post-Thatcherite, post-Trumpian, next week’s elections are tapping into a mood for dry moderation

    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Pollution
      Dutch government shelves plans to cut flights at Amsterdam airport

      Decision comes after US threatened ‘countermeasures’ as well as opposition from EU and Canada

      An airplane takes off from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Pieter Omtzigt: the radical centrist who could become Dutch prime minister

      New party of former Christian Democrat politician tops opinion polls ahead of November 22 elections

      Pieter Omtzigt
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      France and Netherlands draw up plans to ship aid to Gaza

      Scheme aims to ease dire humanitarian situation but would require pauses in fighting

      Smoke rises from anchored boats
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Interview
      Europe at risk from Israel-Hamas war, warns Dutch justice minister

      Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius is leader of the ruling VVD party and could become prime minister after elections next month

      Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said the cycle of violence ‘will get translated to our societies’
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      FT SeriesExtreme renting
      Extreme renting: Amsterdam’s two-tier system pits tenants against landlords

      Renters challenge high prices for poor-quality properties as owners pass on interest rate rises and battle regulations

      FT montage of apartment blocks in Amsterdam with a symbol of the euro and chart lines in the background
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      European banks
      Shares in Dutch banks hit after lawmakers vote for higher tax

      Big increase in levy as part of a series of new measures must still win Senate approval

      ABM Amro signage outside the bank’s headquarters in Amsterdam
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      European Commission
      Dutch government nominates foreign minister as EU commissioner

      Wopke Hoekstra faces tough parliamentary hearing over his time as finance minister

      Wopke Hoekstra
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      European Union
      EU climate commissioner resigns to run in Dutch elections

      Frans Timmermans to head recently formed Green-Labour alliance leading in the polls

      Frans Timmermans
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Netherlands and Denmark confirm plans to provide Kyiv with first F-16s

      Lengthy pilot training process means fighter jets are unlikely to arrive in time to bolster summer counteroffensive

    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US approves Denmark and Netherlands sending F-16 jets to Ukraine

      Granting of requests marks first step in significant upgrade of Kyiv’s military capabilities

      Two F-16 fighter jets in flight
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Spanish EV company to list in Amsterdam with Spac deal

      QEV’s €200mn value will test investor appetite in market littered with failures and frauds

      Jake Dennis of Great Britain and Avalanche Andretti, Norman Nato of France and Nissan and Sam Bird of Great Britain and Jaguar TCS Racing compete in Race 2 during Formula E 2023 Rome E-Prix
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      News in-depthGermany
      Bombs, car chases and ‘free money’: Dutch gangs blow up German cash machines

      A love of banknotes and a fragmented police force make the country Europe’s chief target for ATM attacks

      Montage of euros, an ATM, an Audi with cannisters of fuel in the boot
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Netherlands politics
      Frans Timmermans plots return to Dutch politics

      EU climate commissioner will bid for leadership of leftwing coalition ahead of November’s general election

    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      EU energy
      Dutch emissions laws stall €10bn of green investment at Europe’s biggest port

      Planned hydrogen and biofuel projects at Rotterdam would boost EU decarbonisation effort

      Neste’s bio-diesel refinery in the Maasvlakte area in Rotterdam port
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