Also housing allowance for the free sector, but around 300,000 tenants are declining
The cabinet wants to implement a major change in the housing allowance system: the surcharge no longer depends on the amount of the rent, but only …
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Energy surcharge for minimums possible this year from 800 to 1300 euro
The cabinet will enter into discussions with the municipalities in the short term to do something extra this year for the purchasing power of people with …
Cabinet wants to give judge the opportunity to test laws against Constitution
The cabinet wants to give judges the opportunity to put aside ‘ordinary’ laws in a lawsuit for a while if they are contrary to the …
RIVM and GGD are preparing for new vaccination round in autumn
Minister Kuipers of Health has instructed the RIVM and the GGDs to prepare a new vaccination round against corona. In the autumn, vulnerable people will probably …
Remkes Nitrogen Plans Mediator, Farmers Find Choice ‘Nonsense’
Johan Remkes becomes a mediator in the discussions between farmers and the cabinet about the nitrogen plans. The 71-year-old VVDer will start preparations on 13 July and …
Again, the phone rings at Johan Remkes to solve a headache file
If there is something going on in politics that seems unsolvable, who do you call? Johan Remkes. Once again, the 71-year-old VVD mastodon has been drummed …
Rebekah Timmer elected new chairman of Bij1
Rebekah Timmer is the new chairman of political party Bij1, report NRC and Het Parool. 74 percent of the members supported her candidacy at the general assembly …
Tough criticism of regional CDA members on nitrogen policy, party summit due to dust
Regional CDA members have strongly criticized the nitrogen policy of their party and the cabinet. The goals are unattainable and the cabinet must return to the …
Researcher and duped: problems in Groningen are really sickening
So far, far too little attention has been paid to the sense of insecurity that people from Groningen have, and the damage it causes to their …
Cabinet reduces and makes fishing sector more sustainable by 444 million
There must be a new course for the Dutch fishing sector. This is what the cabinet believes is allocating 444 million euros for it in the coming …
Cabinet hopes to initiate conversation with anxious farmers with ‘reconciliator’
The cabinet appoints a mediator to initiate the conversation with angry and anxious farmers. Prime Minister Rutte is positive about a plan from the House to …
Chamber debates farmer protests, VVD, CDA and CU want mediator
The CDA in the House of Representatives proposes to appoint a mediator who should initiate the conversation between the cabinet and angry farmers organizations. In the …
Cabinet is working on extra asylum places with a sober regime
The cabinet is working on setting up new sober application centers or reception locations for asylum seekers who have little chance of staying in the Netherlands, …
Jorritsma: tried to properly regulate the handling of damage caused by gas extraction
Former minister Jorritsma thought in her time as an administrator that she had come up with a good solution for the damage handling of the earthquakes …
The Netherlands and Germany supply six additional armoured howitzers to Ukraine
The Netherlands and Germany will each supply three more armoured howitzers to Ukraine. This is what defense minister Ollongren and her German colleague Lambrecht say in …
Earthquake warnings Groningen waved away, researchers explain
Experts from government supervisor State Supervision of the Mines (SODm) warned against gas extraction in Groningen and the safety risks it entailed since 2001. This was explained …
From January, compensation for the sick due to toxic substances during work
People who have been exposed to toxic substances during their work and have become seriously ill as a result receive a one-off financial compensation. In January, …
Podcast De Dag: the rising star of Christianne van der Wal
Nitrogen Minister Christianne van der Wal currently has perhaps the cabinets toughest portfolio. Tomorrow, the Chamber will vote on its nitrogen plan and once again massive …
Parliamentary Survey Begins: Five Questions About the Earthquakes in Groningen
In the House of Representatives, the public interrogations of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Natural Gas Extraction Groningen will begin tomorrow. The Chamber uses this …
Cabinet announces plan for new nuclear power plants next week
The cabinet is unfolding plans for the development of two nuclear power plants next week. The construction plans had already been announced in the coalition agreement …
Volt: fast emergency plan energy saving, no cucumbers from the greenhouse
Political party Volt wants a contingency plan for energy savings to be put in place quickly. The Netherlands and Europe need to become independent of Russian …
Ouwehand thinks’ invisible ‘Rutte farmers should make excuses
The Party for the Animals (PvdD) believes that Prime Minister Rutte should do much more in the current nitrogen crisis. “Our prime minister is invisible,” party …
No jobs for nitrogen experts, despite shortage of nitrogen experts
Nitrogen experts who want to help the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management out of the fire will have to send an open application. The ministry …
Man penetrates House Member of Parliament Van Haga: ‘Great intimidating’
A man entered the home of Member of Parliament Wybren van Haga yesterday afternoon, when the politician was in The Hague at the nitrogen debate. Van …