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Milly

Wednesday 17 March 2010

Yesterday journalism got it wrong, writes Jean-Pierre Geelen in Wednesday’s Volkskrant in an editorial.......more


Balkenende past sell by date.

Tuesday 16 March 2010

Christian Democrats and Labour can work together without any problems on a local level, in Enschedé for example. There’s still time to change course, say active CDA members Jan Bolscher and Armand Dohmen in Monday’s Volkskrant.......more
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Going, going, gone

Monday 15 March 2010

The weekend newspapers and current affairs shows were full of the latest round of political exits. Hanneke Sanou sums up.......more


Three down and who's next?

Friday 12 March 2010

As three political top dogs step down within a week, has politics just become too nasty for the good guys? asks Abi Daruvalla......more


Family Guys

Friday 12 March 2010

Wouter Bos and Camiel Eurlings could have done more to help other dads who want to spend time with their children, writes Hanneke Sanou.......more


Rotterdam is counting again

Thursday 11 March 2010

Rotterdam had no choice but to start a full recount of last week’s local council election votes, writes the Volkskrant in an editorial on Thursday.......more


Iceland says ‘no’

Monday 08 March 2010

The Icelanders have given the thumbs down to their government’s deal on Icesave with Great Britain and the Netherlands, writes the Volkskrant on Monday in an editorial.......more


Keep the PVV's Dutch gains in perspective

Saturday 06 March 2010

The Netherlands is a fragmented country – neither a liberal paradise nor swept up in mass far-right fervour, writes Mark Fonseca Rendeiro in the UK's Guardian.......more


A fragmented nation

Friday 05 March 2010

Prime minister Balkenende is vulnerable in the national election campaign. His CDA party should reconsider his leadership, says the NRC in an editorial.......more


The Wilders effect

Thursday 04 March 2010

We should not forget an overwhelming majority of people did not vote for Geert Wilders in the Hague and Almere, writes Robin Pascoe.......more
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What the papers say

Thursday 04 March 2010

Most newspapers seem to be in agreement about one thing this morning: The PVV’s win in Almere has changed the Dutch political landscape for good, NOS writes on its website on Thursday.......more
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Wilders Watch

Wednesday 03 March 2010

The Hague is proud of its status as the ‘legal capital of the world’, it being the location for many well-known institutions such as the International Criminal Court, the Yugoslavia Tribunal, and the Peace Palace among others. So why is Geert Wilders likely to be so popular there? asks local resident Jovan Pronk on theHollandBureau.nl.......more
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Cover up

Friday 26 February 2010

Geert Wilders has no intention of letting the PVV take a leading role in the new city councils in the Hague and Almere, writes Robin Pascoe......more


A lesson in geopolitics

Friday 26 February 2010

Former chancellor Helmut Schmidt’s take on the situation in Afghanistan makes a refreshing change from the endless bickering in this country, writes Paul Brill in the Volkskrant.......more


Kramer versus Balkenende

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Speed skating or the collapse of the government? For tv viewers at least, it is no contest, writes Robin Pascoe......more
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Know your councillors

Wednesday 24 February 2010

The local elections are the most important elections of all. But who should you vote for on March 3? The country´s very own National Mental Coach Wim de Bie has helpfully written a column in the Volkskrant with some useful advice.......more


Our Taliban

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Geert Wilders' Freedom Party is the Taliban of the Netherlands, writes John Feffer on the Huffington Post.......more
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The Netherlands lands a blow to the Afghanistan coalition

Wednesday 24 February 2010

The collapse of the Dutch government and the planned withdrawal of troops should serve as a warning to Obama, writes the Los Angeles Times in an editorial.......more


Not a prime minister

Monday 22 February 2010

A cruel twist of fate has ordained that Balkenende has ended up doing something he is completely unsuited for, writes Bert Wagendorp in the Volkskrant......more
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Reflections on a Fall - lets be Like Belgium

Monday 22 February 2010

The Netherlands has now had four governments in eight years, says Giles Scott-Smith in his first reflection on the domestic political dimensions of the cabinet collapse.......more
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