DutchNews podcast – The Curse of Henk Krol Edition – Week 40 2022

A farmers' protest in central Amsterdam this summer. Photo: DutchNews.nl
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Johan Remkes, the government’s polder tsar, works his magic again as Dutch farmers cautiously welcome his plan to buy out up to 600 of the biggest nitrogen polluters – essentially the same plan that sparked two years of furious protest. There seems little hope of reconciliation between Khadija Arib and her successor as chair of parliament, Vera Bergkamp, after Arib quits as an MP and accuses Bergkamp and her PvdA colleagues of stabbing her in the back. The coronavirus season begins with the traditional ‘don’t panic’ message from the health ministry as hospital beds fill up. Inflation rises to record levels, led by the bill for the government’s energy price cap, which hits €23.5 billion. Nine men go on trial in Lelystad accused of being involved in a fatal attack on another Dutchman on Majorca. And the remains of two medieval lions are dug up in The Hague, just as Ajax suffer their worst mauling in the history of the Champions League.

Ophef of the week: Hema in hot water after vegan hot dogs are mislabelled as chicken

News

Voluntary farm buyouts ‘unlikely to be enough to meet nitrogen targets’

Activist farmers warn protests will resume if compulsory buyouts go ahead

Up to 600 farms will have to go to meet nitrogen targets

Background: What’s all the fuss about nitrogen in the Netherlands?

Police to investigate leak of inquiry into former parliamentary chair Khadija Arib

More generous energy price cap will benefit households with heat pumps

Trial begins of nine men accused of being involved in deadly brawl on Majorca

Bones of two 14th-century lions uncovered near The Hague’s political heart

Sport

Ajax slump to record 6-1 defeat in Champions League as Napoli run riot

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