Europeโs leaders find no quick response to Trumpโs bombshell on Ukraine
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
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Macron and Trump have โfrank conversationโ minutes before European meeting on Ukraine
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
Dutch government ordered to cut nitrogen pollution โย or face โฌ10M fine
Greenpeaceโs victory means that PM Dick Schoof must achieve emission-reduction targets by 2030 or face the penalty.
Dutch coalition government survives despite minister resignation over Amsterdam violence
Prime minister Dick Schoof said party leaders decided to work together after five-hour crisis meetingThe Dutch prime minister Dick Schoofโs rightwing government averted a crisis on Friday when a junior minister resigned over alleged racist comments by …
Dutch coalition survives (for now) after chaos fueled by fuming Geert Wilders
The Netherlands’ most right-wing government ever was rocked by the fallout from violent clashes between locals and Israeli football fans.
Fragile Dutch government teeters as minister resigns and Geert Wilders rages
Leaders of the Netherlands’ four governing parties are set to hold urgent talks Friday as turmoil builds in The Hague over response to football violence.
Amsterdam football violence exposes first cracks in Dutch government
The Netherlandsโ new four-party coalition faces first unity test after locals attacked Israeli soccer fans.
Azerbaijanโs president slams โcolonialโ French, Dutch overseas territories at COP29ย
Ilham Aliyev also accused the European Parliament of sharing responsibility for deadly riots in New Caledonia.
Dutch PM condemns ‘anti-Semitic violence’ after Amsterdam football match
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Monday that Israeli football fans in Amsterdam were subject to “unadulterated anti-Semitic violence” after clashes betweenย Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters and groups of men on scooters on Thursday evening.ย The cond…
Dick Schoof cancels COP29 trip to deal with fallout from attacks on Israeli football fans
Dick Schoof cancels COP29 trip to deal with fallout from attacks on Israeli football fans
Netanyahu condemns ‘anti-Semitic attack’ on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered two rescue planes be sent to the Netherlands on Friday after violence targeting Israeli football fans broke out in Amsterdam overnight. Netanyahu condemned on Friday what he described as a premeditated…
Israeli soccer fans โambushedโ in Amsterdam attack
The Dutch prime minister said the assailants would be โtracked down and prosecuted.”
Dutch PM calls violence targeting Israeli football fans ‘unacceptable’
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday that the violence targeting Israeli citizens was “unacceptable”. The police said 57 people were arrested amid violence surrounding a football game between Dutch and Israeli teams. Israel said it was send…
French PM Barnierโs shadow follows Macron to Brussels
Weakened on the domestic front, the French president could also face pressure from his prime ministerโs influence in Brussels.
Netherlands requests opt-out clause from EU asylum rules, a bold move with low chances of success
The four-party coalition in the Netherlands, led by Prime Minister Dick Schoof, has promised to build up the “strictest asylum regime ever.”
New Dutch government unveils toughest asylum reform in history
The new programme of the Dutch cabinet under Dick Schoof reflects the tough migration stance from the coalition agreement, outlining a comprehensive plan to radically reform the asylum system of the country and to pursue an opt-out from EU migration po…
Dutch government announces โstrictest asylum policy everโ
Netherlands will ask the European Commission for an opt-out on EU asylum and migration policies.
Dutch cabinet bans phones in meetings over espionage fears
Devices are kept in vault during weekly gatherings, prime minister said.
7 EU countries press Venezuela to release voting records of contested election
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal urge the Venezuelan government to “release promptly all the tally sheets” from controversial vote.
Wopke Hoekstra nominated as Dutch EU commissioner
Current climate commissioner to return to Brussels, and The Hague wants him to get a financial or economic portfolio.
Security and defense will have to rest more on Europe โ and less on the US
After decades of underinvestment and spending cuts to NATO, there remains much more to be done. But virtually all members now understand the urgency of the task at hand.
First F-16 jets heading to Ukraine after months of training and negotiations
Dutch and Danish leaders say Ukraine will be โflying operational F-16s this summerโ as Kyiv seeks battlefield winsNato summit โ live updatesThe first F-16 fighter jets are on their way to Ukraine and will be flying sorties this summer, according to a s…
Divided, reshuffled and politically bruised: Europeโs leaders head to the NATO summit
Political turmoil on the Continent is reshuffling power players going to the NATO gathering.
Dutch right-wing government installed as Wildersโ shadow looms large
Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders saw ministers from his party sworn in for the first time ever on Tuesday (2 July), as the Netherlands’ new right-wing government was installed almost a year after the previous administration resigned.
The Netherlands has a new government. Here are 3 things to know.
After the far right won the most votes, it’s now also a powerful force in the Dutch government.
Dutch government sworn in after Wilders election win
Geert Wilder’s far right PVV party is the largest in the new ruling right-wing coalition government, headed by Dick Schoof.
Dutch government sworn in after Wilders election win
Geert Wilders’ far right PVV party is the largest in the new ruling right-wing coalition government, headed by Dick Schoof.
Dutch king swears in a new government seven months after far right won elections
Dick Schoof, former head of the Dutch intelligence agency and counterterrorism office, is the new prime minister.
Former spy chief Dick Schoof sworn in as new Dutch prime minister
Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the new ministers and state secretaries at the royal Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague on Tuesday.
New Dutch government sworn in amid concerns over far-right ministers
Questions over suitability of ministers from Geert Wildersโs Freedom party and populist Farmer-Citizen MovementThe development aid minister has argued that development aid should be abolished, the asylum and immigration minister has referred to โpopula…
Wilders coalition talks yield new hard-right Dutch government
Euro-skeptic Geert Wilders could be sending his new prime minister to Brussels on his first day at work.
All politics is local: What the EU election is actually about in each country
When EU voters head to the polls later this week, one thing is certain: Almost none of them will be thinking of Europe when they cast their ballot.ย A plethora of studies โ and sky-high abstention rates โ show that most of the blocโs citizens neither understand nor care about the European Parliament vote. Because [โฆ]
Who is Dick Schoof?ย 8ย things to know about the new Dutch PMย
Nicknamed โTricky Dickโ, the new head of the Netherlandsโ far-right-led government is not afraid of bending the rules.ย
Who is Dick Schoof and why did Geert Wilders appoint him?
The new government is expected to take office in next few weeks.
Dutch ex-spy chief Dick Schoof named as PM-candidate
After 14 years of Mark Rutte as Dutch prime minister, a former domestic spy chief is picked to replace him.
Dutch ex-spy chief Dick Schoof named as PM-candidate
After 14 years of Mark Rutte as Dutch prime minister, a former domestic spy chief is picked to replace him.
Former spy chief to become Dutch prime minister
Dick Schoof will lead four-way coalition that includes far-right Freedom party
Dutch coalition taps former security boss as next prime minister
Dutch right-wing coalition parties on Tuesday (28 May) nominated former security chief Dick Schoof as their preferred candidate to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister.
Former Dutch intelligence chief Dick Schoof tipped as country’s new prime minister
It has taken months of post-election negotiations to form a right-wing government.