Author: SAIM SAEED Posted: 15/5/17 Talks on forming a coalition government in the Netherlands have collapsed, the official in charge of exploring possible governing alliances said Monday. “Dear
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Mark Rutte’s ‘right kind of populism’
Βy NAOMI O’LEARY Date: 17/3/2017 THE HAGUE — A defeat for “the wrong kind of populism.” That’s how Prime Minister Mark Rutte described
European leaders breathe easier as Rutte routs Wilders
Source: cmb/sms (AFP, Reuters, dpa) Posted: 16/3/2017 With his first-place finish in the Netherlands’ elections, Mark Rutte has effectively halted the right-wing populist
Diplomatic row between Europe and Turkey escalates further
Source: ss,dj/rt (AFP, Reuters, dpa) Posted: 13/3/2017 Turkey has slammed the EU for siding with the Netherlands in a diplomatic dispute, after
Rutte and Wilders square off in lead up to Dutch election
Source: kbd/bw (AFP, dpa, Reuters) Posted: 14/3/2017 The election is being closely monitored amid the rise of populist parties in Europe. Wilders, the
New Europe, same battles
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Date: 10/3/2017 No matter how hard Europe’s leaders look to the future, they can’t seem to shake off fights of
Trans-Europe Express: Going Dutch – The Geert Wilders conundrum
By Joel Schalit Date: 3/3/2017 GOING DUTCH: THE GEERT WILDERS CONUNDRUM Don’t let the numbers fool you. Following several months of predictions that the Dutch Freedom
Dutch election: Christian Democrat would bin Ukraine treaty
By PETER TEFFER Date: 27/2/2017 The leader of the Dutch Christian-Democrats party CDA is slowly moving away from the traditional pro-EU message of its European
Netherlands’ Wilders not riding Trump’s coattails
By NICK OTTENS Date: 17/2/2017 When Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, Dutch nationalist party leader Geert Wilders hailed it as the beginning
Dutch politics stops minding its language
By NAOMI O’LEARY Date: 30/1/2017 The prime minister is starting to sound like his main challenger, giving a coarse tone to the campaign.
Migration anxieties deepen ahead of Dutch elections
By NAOMI O’LEARY Date: 27/12/2016 OUDE PEKELA, the Netherlands — As the Netherlands prepares for elections in March, immigration is emerging as one