77,000 Asylum Seekers Expected in the Netherlands in 2023
Unlike most European governments, the Dutch government must demonstrate that asylum protection is not required in order to issue a rejection notice.
Unlike most European governments, the Dutch government must demonstrate that asylum protection is not required in order to issue a rejection notice.
Calls for Rutte’s resignation have grown in the wake of a report from the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on Natural Gas Extraction in Groningen which concluded “the interests of the people of Groningen have been systematically ignored in the natural gas extraction” in the city, and added the result has “had disastrous consequences for them.”
Presently, there’s little evidence to suggest that farmers won’t resist the government’s plan for compulsory sales. How far the farmers are willing to go to resist, however, remains to be seen.
The Dutch government wants nitrogen emissions being halved by 2030. The farmers’ organizations want lower targets for agriculture, as well as a later deadline.
Only bottom-up demands for accountability can strengthen Dutch liberal democracy.
Although Rutte’s coalition is a step forward, it lacks prized political capital. Infighting and the lack of a comprehensive policy on COVID-19 especially have damaged Dutch citizens’ trust to a great extent. That distrust is observed in the many anti-government demonstrations, often accompanied by violence on both sides, and several ministers having received death threats.
On Wednesday, the newly established formation, composed of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Democrats 66 (D66), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Christian Union (CU) presented its coalition agreement. Mark Rutte (VVD) is expected to be appointed Prime Minister for a fourth term.
The issue here is not Eastern Europe vs. Western Europe, or even traditionalist Europe versus progressive Europe. The issue is preserving real cultural diversity within a European Union.
Mark Rutte is about to form a new coaliton, six months after the election.
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