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US ambassador Joe Popolo has said Rob Jetten is “absolutely welcome” at the White House after old social media messages resurfaced in which the prime minister described Donald Trump as a “misogynist” who “flirts with dictators”. Jetten will have dinner with the US president and his wife, Melania, during a state visit by king Willem-Alexander and queen Maxima to Washington that begins on April 13. Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV party, attempted to confect a row on social...
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All parties claim victory after this week's local elections, but the real winners were the local parties, who took more than one-third of the total vote. The losers were Rob Jetten and Carola Schouten
Our regular columnist Molly Quell thinks that more internationals need to avail themselves of their right to vote. It was a beautiful sunny Wednesday afternoon and I was walking through the city centre with my husband, ice cream cone in hand. The weather was perfect and we were having a lovely outing. The most romantic outing anyone can have, in fact. We had just voted. As we strolled, I passed by an acquaintance. A fellow international who has lived in...
Work on the sewage system in Wijk bij Duurstede in Utrecht province has turned up rare remnants of what may be a Viking ship from the 8th century, local media reported. A beam sticking out of the ground drew the attention of an amateur archaeologist who reported it to the council, which then called in a team of experts. The beam may have been part of a Viking ship, its shape and markings suggest, and pottery shards also point to...
Broadcaster NOS has a handy tool to check the results in your home town. How did your town or city vote? Populists win in The Hague Local populist party Hart voor Den Haag is the big winner in The Hague, with 16 seats on the 45-seat council, a rise of seven on 2022. D66 is unchanged on eight, while the GroenLinks-PvdA alliance has lost one seat, taking the total to seven. Support for the right-wing VVD plunged from seven to...
Local parties were the clear winners in Wednesday’s local elections, taking more than a third of the vote nationwide. With most results counted by early Thursday morning, turnout stood at just over 54%, slightly higher than at the previous local elections four years ago. Counting is still under way in Amsterdam and Hoorn. Local lists together received about 35.5% of the vote, up from 32.8% last time, meaning around 2.6 million voters backed a local party. In many councils, including...
A legion of foreign troll armies might be spreading misinformation online to influence Wednesday’s local elections – but ever more Dutch political parties are working out how to log into Instagram and trying to exploit social media. While some researchers are concerned about polarisation among young people and the huge reach of far-right parties such as Forum voor Democratie, Christians, Socialists and green advocates are taking them on. Dutch News has done an “extensive analysis” into the most successful –...