VVD opposes the asylum law of its own Secretary of State
VVD Secretary of State for Asylum Eric van der Burg is on a collision course with his own party members in the House of Representatives. Van …
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Number of asylum places is not increasing but decreasing, Secretary of State angry with municipalities
The asylum agreement at the end of August should solve the asylum crisis. But administrators and organizations are very concerned about the number of shelters. There …
Younes still speaks Dutch well after four years: ‘Is a bit of respect’
Amin Younes is having a great time at FC Utrecht. Bas Dost was one of the people who convinced the German to come to the Cathedral …
Municipalities can allocate half homes to their own residents
The cabinet wants municipalities to be able to allocate half of all housing and rental properties to people who already live within the municipality. They must …
Jetten stays with it: municipality must conclude more expensive gas contract without Russian gas
Minister Jetten for Climate and Energy insists that municipalities that buy gas from the Russian state-owned company Gazprom must have a different gas supplier as of 1 …
State Secretary and Municipality diametrically opposed to each other about forced asylum reception
Secretary of State Van der Burg (Asylum) believes that when passing through the municipality of Tubbergen when establishing an asylum seekers center, the cabinet had to “…
Local VVD members very critical of cabinet asylum policy: opt for asylum stop
There is increasing dissatisfaction among local VVD members with the cabinet’s asylum policy. The reason is the decision of VVD State Secretary Van der Burg …
Cabinet refrains from receiving asylum seekers at sea
The idea of accommodating asylum seekers on cruise ships at sea is off the table. Secretary of State Van der Burg writes to the House of …
Cabinet considers asylum reception at sea, current situation could take weeks
The cabinet is considering temporarily accommodating asylum seekers in cruise ships off the Dutch coast. Thats what State Secretary Van der Burg said after an emergency …
Refugee work gives the government ultimatum to properly arrange asylum reception
The Dutch government must ensure that the asylum reception meets the minimum requirements before 1 August, otherwise aid organization Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland will go to court.
Vluchtelingenwerk states …
‘Men who shot Dutch tourists targeted drug boss’
The target of the gunmen who shot and killed a Dutch tourist yesterday in a restaurant in Colombia was believed to be a Brazilian drug criminal. …
‘Plan Minister for Construction of Social Rental Housing Unachievable’
Municipalities in the Netherlands need to make more work of social housing. Minister Hugo de Jonge wants the housing stock of municipalities to consist of 30 percent …
Cabinet continues to struggle with asylum reception, hopes set on new ‘coercive law’
The cabinet continues to struggle with the reception of asylum seekers and status holders. In a letter to the House of Representatives there are a few …
Too little money for promised 800 euro energy compensation
The pot of money that municipalities get from the Empire to give poorer families 800 euro energy allowance is ‘almost not sufficient’ to give everyone who …
Senate calls cabinet to stop mega data center Zeewolde
The Senate wants the cabinet to stop the construction of the controversial mega data center of Meta (parent company Facebook) in Zeewolde. A motion to that …
The canvas seems to fall for mega data center Zeewolde
The arrival of the mega data center in Zeewolde has become very uncertain. Minister De Jonge of Housing and Spatial Planning wants to get rid of …
‘The youth care is sick’, and in Lelystad they try to do something about it
From Monday, we will be allowed to vote for the municipal elections. With the war in Ukraine, local issues seem equally far away, but municipalities are …
We want hundreds of thousands of new homes, but who wants them nearby?
The cabinet is pulling out billions to build 100,000 additional homes each year from 2024. But the question is, where should they come? Building plans are already encountering …
Rotterdam stops keeping benefit recipients, is the end of controversial law near?
Can you keep people with benefits or police records from certain districts or streets? Nine cities in the Netherlands do this by applying the so-called Rotterdam …
Corona support package for entrepreneurs will stop on 1 April
Entrepreneurs will no longer be able to use the corona support package from 1 April. The cabinet is calling it quits because the corona measures have expired. …
‘Scrap plans second Kaagbaan Schiphol for housing building’
The plot of land reserved for Schiphols second Kaagbaan must be released for other uses. Thats what D66 finds in the House of Representatives.
MP Boucke: “…
More and more people are voting locally, but does the difference make?
In the municipality of Druten in Gelderland, the locals are the service. The city council counts seven local parties. There is only one councilor from a …
‘Expansion of the electricity network must be faster to achieve energy transition’
According to network manager Tennet, the expansion of the electricity network is far too slow. If it doesn’t go faster, the energy transition is compromised, …
State Supreme Court: Citizen must be given more rights
After the surcharge affair and growing critical, the Council of State (rvs) sees opportunities for improvements. Where in cases that citizens bring against the government now …