Netherlands
UK government deports Dutch politician
By Niall Green, February 17, 2009
The UK government has banned right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders from Britain. Wilders is a racist provocateur who is seeking to whip up anti-Muslim chauvinism. Wilders’s deportation, however,...
Benelux countries intervene to bail out Fortis
The rise and fall of Fortis
By Stephan Steinberg, October 1, 2008
Stock markets across Europe tumbled on Monday following the news that leading banks across the continent were facing collapse.
Netherlands: Geert Wilders releases his anti-Islamic film
By Jordan Shilton, April 3, 2008
The decision of right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders to screen a short film claiming that the Koran is a “fascist” book is yet another effort to stir up anti-Islamic sentiment and promote a c...
Netherlands: the grand coalition and the role of the Socialist Party
By Jörg Victor, February 8, 2007
More than two months after the parliamentary elections, Dutch parties have finally agreed on a new government in the Netherlands. Those parties that fared worst in the election have joined together to...
Sharp reversal for Social Democrats in Dutch elections
By Dietmar Henning and Jörg Victor, December 7, 2006
Two developments dominated the Dutch parliamentary elections held on November 22. First, the outgoing conservative government was unable to profit from its exploitation of racism in the election campa...
Amid a furore over immigration policy, Dutch government resigns
By Jörg Victor, July 5, 2006
On June 30, Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende submitted his resignation after one of his coalition partners, the Democrats’66 (D66), withdrew from his government.
Netherlands: Government suffers heavy losses in local election
By Dietmar Henning, March 25, 2006
The federal government of prime minister Jan-Peter Balkenende was punished heavily in local elections held in the Netherlands on March 7. Following the failure to win a majority in the referendum on t...
Fire kills at least 11 at Amsterdam airport detention centre
By Chris Marsden, October 28, 2005
At least 11 people have died and 15 are in hospital, as a result of a three-hour blaze in a detention centre at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport in the early hours of Thursday, October 27. Police ha...
Netherlands: referendum revealed broad opposition to EU constitution
By Jörg Victor and Martin Kreickenbaum, June 4, 2005
On June 1, three days after the failure of the referendum in France, voters in the Netherlands likewise rejected the European Union constitution. The “no” vote was even more pronounced tha...
The Netherlands: decisive “no” vote on European constitution
By Chris Marsden, June 2, 2005
Voters in the Netherlands have overwhelmingly rejected the proposed European Union constitution. Initial projections based on more than half the ballots cast in the June 1 referendum indicate that at ...
Dutch government facing likely defeat in upcoming referendum
By Jörg Victor, May 27, 2005
On June 1, just three days after the planned referendum in France, the Netherlands is holding its own national referendum on the new European Union (EU) constitution. Polls indicate that the governmen...
The Netherlands: xenophobic campaign follows Theo van Gogh murder
By Jörg Victor, November 23, 2004
Social tensions have mounted in the Netherlands following the murder of the film director and journalist Theo van Gogh. Politicians, the media and some sections of the intelligentsia are responsible f...
