Dilan Yesilgöz is gambling with the VVD’s future, writes Gordon Darroch, in an analysis of the party leader’s failings and self-claimed successes.  “We’re going to party tonight.” That was the ...

The election results reveal a paradox. The Netherlands has more far-right MPs than ever before, yet it is the centrist ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. While Rob Jetten, who narrowly defeated Geert Wilders and his far-right party, has brought a glimmer of hope in the face of rising populist movements in the Netherlands and across ...

The process of forming a new Dutch government has begun in earnest, following Thursday’s parliamentary debate and the appointment of two new informateurs to lead the negotiations. But the process got ...

Discover Rob Jetten, Netherlands' youngest and first gay PM, whose D66 triumph on 29 October 2025 blends green policies, EU ...

Rather than a lesson in how to beat the right, this seems likely to prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for the centre. Read on: Wolfgang Streeck, ‘The Road Right’, NLR 152.

Most of the newly sworn-in members of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, who previously held political positions, have decided not to have their salaries supplemented with ...

Five former Filipino cleaners of luxury gym Saints & Stars and gym owner Tom Moos met for the first time in court. A ...

Democrats could learn a lot from a leader like Rob Jetten. Go directly to the people, be unafraid to take a bold stance.

Following Oct. 29 elections, parliament now has 15 parties, with D66, PVV holding the most seats - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The members of parliament elected on October 29 were sworn in on Wednesday in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, before the caretaker President Martin Bosma.Three members of ...

Much of the commentary on the results of the Dutch elections of October 29 can be summarised as “the centre is back”. However, the fact that the centrist party D66 won significantly while Geert ...