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The Rutte Gets A Great Replacement Edition - Week 26 - 2024
Several opposition parties stayed away from this week's ministerial hearings, fearing it would become a political circus. It turned out to be a game …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Expats Have Snatched All Our Herring Edition - Week 25 - 2024
Exhausted and bedraggled after six months of bruising negotiations, the four parties in the new coalition this week hauled themselves over the start …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Mossad, Máxima and Mickey Mouse Edition - Week 24 - 2024
After months of slow progress, the formation of the next government hits warp speed as the new asylum minister resigns before he can be appointed. An…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Red Pencils and Black Markers Edition - Week 23 - 2024
The European election campaign didn't quite catch fire, but things warmed up in the final days with the PVV and GroenLinks-PvdA running neck-and-neck…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Pulling A Dick Out Of A Hat Edition - Week 22 - 2024
The six-month quest for a new prime minister ended this week when former spy chief Dick Schoof accepted his own Mission Impossible: keeping the new r…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Revolving Torentje Door Edition - Week 21 - 2024
Polish podcaster Patryk Kulpok joins us this week to chew over the progress of the incoming government and the coalition deal. Which opposition leade…
1 year, 11 months ago
The False Frikandel Paintball Edition - Week 20 - 2024
It was a week when a small European country finally got tough on foreigners who stir up trouble and harass its citizens. But most of the Netherlands …
1 year, 11 months ago
The We Will Never Get A New Cabinet Edition - Week 18 - 2024
As the coalition talks stall, Geert Wilders delivers on his promise to put the Dutch first by slinking off to Budapest to give a speech in English ab…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Blazing Banners and Non-Smoking Bureaucrats Edition - Week 17 - 2024
The coalition talks are in limbo as Geert Wilders turns up the Timmermans Threat level to 11 and the parties try to turn an refugee drama into a cris…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Fake Kremlins and Rotten Parliaments Edition - Week 16 - 2024
In the week that Hugo de Jonge revealed that the Binnenhof renovation will cost €2bn and last until 2028, we ask if there is any chance of a governme…
2 years ago