Cabinet and parliament
The cabinet, ministers, the Tweede Kamer and Eerste Kamer, motions, bills, debates, coalition politics, the budget.
Stories on cabinet and parliament
- SGP files motion of disapproval against health minister over late abortions
- JA21 and asylum minister still split on forcing municipalities to take asylum seekers
- SP asks minister why inspectorate did not act on Utrecht care home neglect
- SP submits written questions on uncompensated business losses from benefits scandal
- UWV scraps €55m IT system after five years; MPs question minister
- Housing minister under fire for saying starters can "fortunately" live with parents
- Netherlands gives €15 million this year to help rebuild Syria
- MPs want stricter rules for new schools after FVD-linked school opens with four pupils
- KNAW wants academic freedom written into the Dutch Constitution
- King and farming minister visit Overijssel nature area on 21 October
- Cabinet to ban dolphin breeding in two years; 22 dolphins can stay in Harderwijk
- Cabinet still has no plan to compensate chronically ill for care cuts
- Jetten: deal with US over ICC sanctions will not be easy
- MPs back more powers for train enforcers on Emmen–Zwolle line
- Farmers' groups present own nitrogen plan; minister Van Essen rejects it
- Dutch roads and rail not ready for large military transport, audit finds
- Van Weel urges MPs to speed up law on glorifying terrorism after Dam protest
- Dutch parliament backs joint response plan to Russian sabotage
- Senate ends asylum penalty payments and passes stricter return law
- Tweede Kamer votes to make law on fair competition with government permanent
- Cabinet starts further study into selling the Nederlandse Loterij
- Government and provinces add €100 million for nature management in 2027
- No extra dentist training places, despite growing shortage
- Wadden Sea gas subsidence stayed within limits in 2025; MP questions margins
- Cabinet holds off on dispersal-law action against councils that open emergency asylum shelter
- Northern firms and colleges urge The Hague to keep Nedersaksenlijn rail plan
- Veilig Thuis asks cabinet for €70 million a year as waiting lists grow
- Opposition on left and right rejects cabinet's 'vrijheidsbijdrage' tax rise
- Minister Hermans scraps 13-week ultrasound for pregnant women from 2028
- Erkens wants tougher action against zoos that lag on animal welfare
- Cabinet to open a Werkcentrum job centre in every labour market region
- Amsterdam mayor: pro-Hamas slogans were shocking but not punishable
- Netherlands will not back Irish EU budget proposal, says Heinen
- Nijmegen lawyer Tycho Lam to join Council of State
- Cabinet unveils plan to support the 5.5 million informal carers
- Minister Hermans apologises to Q fever patients on behalf of cabinet
- Cabinet sends bill to parliament to stop Russian shadow fleet ships at sea
- Ministry issues handbook to help civil society groups handle disinformation
- No minimum amount yet for mandatory internship allowance
- Bill sets out steps and terms of support for parents hit by benefits scandal
- Cabinet adopts plan to simplify Dutch culture funding
- Equal pay with the hiring company to count in licences for staff lenders
- Van den Brink proposes prison sentences for migrants who obstruct their own deportation
- Van der Burg visits Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao from 12 to 17 October
- Cabinet extends 500-rule cut to rules affecting residents and professionals
- Minister Karremans: no plans to close parts of Wadden islands for good
- MPs vote to fly rainbow flag at parliament building
- Jetten hosts European Council president Costa for dinner before EU summit
- RIVM: sugar tax on food could cover more than 40% of sugars consumed
- Cabinet starts national dialogue on online discrimination and hate
- Rotterdam port can leave nitrogen lock if dune nature is restored
- Dutch ministries must scrap or simplify 750 rules by end of 2027
- Berendsen no longer calls Russia the enemy of the Netherlands
- Defence wants to use TikTok to reach young people, but the government bans the app
- Prime Minister Jetten gave parliament wrong information on AI use
- Eerste Kamer budget debate shows unusual PRO and VVD cooperation
- Parliament backs bigger citizen reserve for crises and disasters
- Cabinet wants phones kept at home or in lockers all school day
- Coalition split over paper gifts as box 3 tax reform needs billions
- Bertram wants tighter grip on regional public transport
- Cabinet wants hybrid heat pump required for many boiler replacements from 2029