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Will The Netherlands have elections in 2025?

It has been a year of political unrest in The Netherlands. For the most right-wing cabinet since WWII, it has been a challenge to keep everything together. Both the formation period and the time spent in government has been rough. And the question on everyone’s mind is not if the government will collapse, but when….

Max GorterDecember 19, 2024December 19, 2024011 mins

The 2023 Dutch elections: the first of Democracy’s many upcoming challenges

It is going to be a busy year for democracy. In Europe alone there will be more than 20 elections, including a European Union election. It will be an important year, but also a challenging year, in which democracy could be reinvented. As something of an appetizer, the first major election in a Western country…

Max GorterJanuary 9, 2024December 4, 2024010 mins