In this week’s election podcast we analyse the results of the vote and look ahead to the business of forming the next government. There’s also some news on the giant pandas and a businessman who’s been ordered to remove 280 goldfish from a canal.

Note: this episode was recorded on Friday morning before it was known that PvdA MP Lilianne Ploumen had retained her seat on preference votes.

Top Story

Election results

News

Goldfish

Pandas

Discussion

Election 2017:

http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/verkiezingen

http://nos.nl/artikel/2163516-winst-en-verlies-op-de-kaart-hoe-deden-partijen-het-in-het-land.html

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/03/elections-2017-what-the-dutch-papers-say/

Cabinet formation:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/03/dutch-election-aftermath-coalition-options-and-the-influence-of-alt-right/

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/03/16/stratego-begint-meteen-op-dag-1-7416404-a1550747

And since we had a go at the foreign media coverage, here’s some welcome exceptions to the rule:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/03/the-dutch-general-election-what-the-foreign-press-is-saying/