Home » World News

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...