The Irish Times

The Irish Times view on the Dutch coalition deal: Rutte’s return

The resilience of “Teflon Mark”, one-time budget hawk, is remarkable

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 00:02

‘Teflon Mark’ set to lead new Dutch government as crises stack up

Housing, education and climate change will be in Rutte’s in-tray – along with Covid-19

Tue Dec 14 2021 - 19:33

What does it take to dislodge Mark Rutte from high office?

Hague Letter: Having led four coalition governments, the caretaker prime minister was censured for ‘damaging public trust in government’

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 20:00

Netherlands repatriates ‘jihadi bride’ and children from Syrian camp

Government says ‘Ilham B’ returned to stand trial amid contentious debate on issue

Sun Jun 06 2021 - 17:42

EU to hit summer vaccination target, Donohoe says

Income supports must be maintained to aid recovery, Minister for Finance says

Thu Apr 08 2021 - 17:27

Mark Rutte fights for his political life amid government talks controversy

Netherlands’ caretaker PM faces no-confidence motion and accusations of lying

Thu Apr 01 2021 - 20:27

Dutch populist party in shock provincial elections win

Forum for Democracy wins most votes as PM Mark Rutte’s party loses Senate majority

Thu Mar 21 2019 - 10:02

Netherlands election: The centre cannot hold

Rutte’s comeback attributable to his embrace of Wilders’s ideas on migration and robust confrontation with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 19:30

Dutch election: GreenLeft’s boyish leader becomes key player

Jesse Klaver’s party of left-wing ecologists performed especially strongly in urban areas

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 17:51

Dutch election result holds back populist tide in Europe

But Wilders has succeeded in moving Dutch politics as a whole to the right

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 11:22

Dutch election: Rutte wins and celebrates ‘rejection of populism’

Many parties had adopted most of Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration platfom

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 08:53

Voting gets under way in Dutch parliamentary elections

Election being closely watch as a possible indicator of the strength of far-right populism

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 08:05

Austrian and Dutch politicians call for ban on Turkish rallies

Defiant Ankara says it will continue to campaign for Erdogan in April referendum

Sun Mar 05 2017 - 16:53

Geert Wilders: far-right populist who paints himself as an outsider

Freedom Party leader has inflamed the political climate ahead of the Dutch election

Fri Feb 17 2017 - 17:24

‘It. Is. Not. Going. To. Happen’: Wilders trades barbs on March poll

Anti-Islam Dutch politician says promises not to work with him likely to be forgotten

Sun Feb 12 2017 - 15:34

Dutch referendum on EU-Ukraine treaty too close to call

Political, trade, defence pact must be ratified by all 28 EU states to have full legal force

Wed Apr 06 2016 - 21:18

Taking more migrants only temporary fix, says Netherlands

Dutch government plans to cut off food and shelter for those whose applications are refused

Tue Sept 08 2015 - 14:40