Podcast: The Pulling a Dick Out of a Hat Edition
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 right-wing cabinet afloat. Good news for his predecessor, Mark Rutte, who can now concentrate on collecting the last stamps he needs to become boss of Nato. We look ahead to next week’s European elections, which have been beset by allegations of Russian influence and Danish disenfranchisement. Women have become more independent in the last 50 years, but teenagers are still feeling the after-effects of the pandemic. And a Dutch Lego superfan is ordered to take his custom-made train sets apart or pay the price.
Ophef of the week: Drug-smuggling diva Nicki Minaj fights the law, law wins
Coalition news
New prime minister Dick Schoof pledges to represent “all the Dutch”
Outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte remains optimistic about Nato job
Other news
Few Dutch parties publish EU election information in English
More EU nationals sign up to vote in European elections
Forum voor Democratie office raided in Russian propaganda probe
BBB interview: “It’s important to have a strong lobby for Dutch interests”
Schiphol airport police confirm death in Cityhopper engine was suicide
Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent
Dutch teenagers feel less healthy and happy and more stressed
Court orders Dutch Lego fan to stop selling customised train sets
Sport
Koeman drops Maatsen, Timber and Olij from final Euro 2024 squad
Amsterdam police chief Frank Paauw chosen as new KNVB chairman
Dutch cricketers fall just short again in tri-series defeat to Ireland
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