Dick Schoof
Dutch snap election set for Oct. 29
Geert Wilders’ far-right coalition has been in place for less than a year.
NATO’s Rutte embraces 5 percent defense spending goal
Dutch PM to Geert Wilders: We don’t need your permission to criticize Israel
EU cheers Mark Carney’s election win in Canada
Southern Europe rebuffs von der Leyen’s debt-based defense plan
Europe’s leaders find no quick response to Trump’s bombshell on Ukraine
Germany’s Scholz: It’s ‘inappropriate’ to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
Macron and Trump have ‘frank conversation’ minutes before European meeting on Ukraine
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
Dutch government ordered to cut nitrogen pollution — or face €10M fine
Greenpeace’s victory means that PM Dick Schoof must achieve emission-reduction targets by 2030 or face the penalty.
Dutch coalition survives (for now) after chaos fueled by fuming Geert Wilders
The Netherlands’ most right-wing government ever was rocked by the fallout from violent clashes between locals and Israeli football fans.
Fragile Dutch government teeters as minister resigns and Geert Wilders rages
Leaders of the Netherlands’ four governing parties are set to hold urgent talks Friday as turmoil builds in The Hague over response to football violence.
Amsterdam football violence exposes first cracks in Dutch government
The Netherlands’ new four-party coalition faces first unity test after locals attacked Israeli football fans.
Azerbaijan’s president slams ‘colonial’ French, Dutch overseas territories at COP29
Ilham Aliyev also accused the European Parliament of sharing responsibility for deadly riots in New Caledonia.
Amsterdam football violence forces Dutch prime minister to skip COP29
PM Dick Schoof says “major social impact” of last week’s clashes will keep him from climate summit in Azerbaijan.
Israeli football fans ‘ambushed’ in Amsterdam attack
Multiple clashes erupted between Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab slogans and Dutch locals shouting “Free Palestine.”
Hungary piggybacks on Dutch EU migration opt-out request
EU countries are legally bound to abide by the bloc’s migration and asylum rules.
Dutch cabinet bans phones in meetings over espionage fears
Devices are kept in vault during weekly gatherings, prime minister said.
7 EU countries press Venezuela to release voting records of contested election
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal urge the Venezuelan government to “release promptly all the tally sheets” from controversial vote.
Wopke Hoekstra nominated as Dutch EU commissioner
Current climate commissioner to return to Brussels, and The Hague wants him to get a financial or economic portfolio.
New Dutch government’s top NATO priority: Act normal
Support for Ukraine and maintaining a presence in Taiwan Strait will continue, new Dutch defense minister tells POLITICO.
Divided, reshuffled and politically bruised: Europe’s leaders head to the NATO summit
Political turmoil on the Continent is reshuffling power players going to the NATO gathering.
The Netherlands has a new government. Here are 3 things to know.
After the far right won the most votes, it’s now also a powerful force in the Dutch government.
Wilders coalition talks yield new hard-right Dutch government
Euroskeptic Geert Wilders could be sending his new prime minister to Brussels on his first day at work.
What the EU election is actually about in each country
Voters will be thinking about domestic issues – and not Ursula von der Leyen – when they go to the polls.
Who is Dick Schoof? 8 things to know about the new Dutch PM
Nicknamed ‘Tricky Dick’, the new head of the Netherlands’ far-right-led government is not afraid of bending the rules.
Why the Dutch will stop worrying about free trade and start to love France
Under radical right-winger Geert Wilders, the Netherlands is likely to swing behind France’s defensive trade agenda.