Rob Jetten and D66 won the Dutch election. Who are they?
LEIDEN, the Netherlands — Waking up bleary eyed this Thursday morning and wondering who won the Dutch election? Well, it’s a stunner. Here’s our brief explainer on the progressive liberal party that...
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Why the Dutch will stop worrying about free trade and start to love France
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s club of free-trading nations is about to lose a founding member. With radical-right politician Geert Wilders forging a new Dutch coalition that includes the...
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Belgian PM warns Israel against using hunger as ‘weapon of war’ in Gaza
AMMAN, Jordan — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warned Israel on Saturday against using hunger as a “weapon of war” in the Gaza Strip, urging the Israeli government to open more access points...
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The cold fish deal: How EU spending talks went to Brazil and back ― just in...
BRUSSELS / PARIS ― When the VIP vending machine broke down in the early hours of the morning near the Brussels high-security room where the EU’s 27 finance ministers were locked in fraught...
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The Dutch Trump: Who is Geert Wilders and what does he want?
Geert Wilders, with his peroxide blond hair and fiery rhetoric, has long been one of the Netherlands’ best-known lawmakers at home and abroad. Nicknamed the Dutch Donald Trump, he is famous for his...
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Dutch on brink of electing first female leader
THE HAGUE — Dutch voters may be about to get someone very different from the outgoing veteran prime minister Mark Rutte. A former refugee, Dilan Yeşilgöz, who succeeded Rutte as leader of the VVD...
View ArticleFranco-German disagreement stalls EU fiscal rules reform
LUXEMBOURG — France and Germany remain at odds over the EU’s plan to overhaul rules on government spending — making a bloc-wide deal by the end of the year still look some way off.Sparks flew between...
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Benelux battle: How 3 ex-PMs could end up jostling for jobs
Small countries sometimes have the biggest ambitions. After a decade leading the Grand Duchy, with a population of just 650,000, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel faces an uncertain future....
View ArticleŠefčovič replaces Timmermans as EU Green Deal chief
Maroš Šefčovič — the European Commission’s Mr Fix It — on Tuesday took control of the EU’s climate policy after Frans Timmermans quit to make a run for Dutch prime minister. Šefčovič was handed the...
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9 ways Dutch political paralysis hits the EU
It’s hard to punch above your weight if you’re handcuffed. In Brussels, the Netherlands is known for its assertive positioning in EU legislation in a wide range of policy files. Despite its...
View ArticleTop Dutch minister steps down from party leadership over ‘intimidation’ and...
Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag said Thursday she would not lead her liberal Democrats 66 (D66) party into the next election in the fall, citing the toll on her family after she faced multiple...
View ArticleEU budget top-up for Ukraine is a hard sell
BRUSSELS — The EU Commission will ask countries for tens of billions of euros to cover gaps in its long-term budget left by the unforeseen crises of COVID, inflation and war. But the EU executive is...
View ArticleIt’ll be a tough job getting countries to approve EU’s spending rules reform
BRUSSELS — The European Commission’s proposal to reform government spending rules is only a few hours old yet it’s already been met with a chorus of complaints. For Germany it is too soft, despite...
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Protecting nature, destroying lives: The chemist vs. the Dutch farmers
PROTECTING NATURE, DESTROYING LIVES The chemist vs. the Dutch farmers Is Johan Vollenbroek saving the Netherlands — or tearing it apart? By KARL MATHIESEN in Nijmegen, Netherlands Guido Benschop/De...
View ArticleDutch PM slams farmers for ‘intimidating’ top minister with burning torches
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said it was “unacceptable” that Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag was confronted by farmers holding burning torches at a campaign event over the weekend....
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NATO’s new secretary-general, same as the old one?
With war raging in Europe, the race to find NATO’s next chief is on. Jens Stoltenberg was a steady hand as Western capitals rushed to help Ukraine push back invading Russian troops. But as his term...
View ArticleBrussels seeks to end era of fiscal rigor
The European Commission is turning the page on budgetary strictures in a review of the rules meant to contain EU countries’ debt burden proposed on Wednesday. The review’s aim is “a simpler system of...
View ArticleHungary’s tax veto leaves EU adrift and Bruno Le Maire burned
LUXEMBOURG — Hungary’s last-minute decision to veto the EU’s efforts to implement a global corporate tax rate of 15 percent will leave European policymakers squirming on the world stage. But no one...
View Article4 EU countries to state concerns on Polish recovery plan approval
The Polish recovery plan is set to be approved by EU finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Friday — but four countries will be calling on the Commission to closely monitor Warsaw’s implementation...
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The Hague’s pick for EU bailout fund isn’t ‘typical Dutch’
The Dutch candidate to lead the EU’s bailout fund has a novel pitch: He’s not that Dutch. Not in the hawkish, frugal sense, anyhow. “I don’t see myself as typical Dutch,” Menno Snel, 51, told POLITICO...
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