18.12.2025
Dutch Elections: What Went Wrong for the GreenLeft-Labour Alliance? 

As the two parties prepare for a full merger in 2026, their future prospects remain uncertain.

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21.10.2025
Migration: Anatomy of a Dutch Obsession

Where does the Dutch obsession with migration come from, and how can it finally be overcome?

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09.09.2025
The Unravelling of a Success Story: How Politics Is Killing Europe’s Wolves

The EU’s fresh support for culling threatens wolves and bears and fails to ensure co-existence between humans and large predators.

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06.08.2024
Land Policy in Practice: A Tale of Two Dutch Cities 

How does a municipality regain control of its land? An interview with Martijn Balster of The Hague and Rik Thijs of Eindhoven.

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12.06.2024
Returning Land to the River: Planned Relocation in the Netherlands

Chloé ten Brink looks at the tangible and intangible impacts of community displacement.

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29.11.2023
Dutch Elections: What Wilders’s Victory Means for the Green-Labour Alliance

Though Wilders’s victory represents a serious blow to the Green-Left alliance and the progressive future of the Netherlands, it also is an opportunity.

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03.10.2023
A Dutch United Left: Greens and Labour for a Just Transition

The Green-Left alliance ahead of the 22 November election is the result of groundwork laid at grassroots level and a common vision for the future.

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22.08.2023
“Good food is a public good”: Lessons From the Netherlands

Here’s what one year of running a community restaurant in Almere taught one of its creators.

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27.06.2023
Sex Work in Europe Between Decriminalisation and Prohibition

With countries pursuing their own policies, a EU-wide political compromise on sex work looks far off.

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13.06.2023
Nitrogen Wars: How the Netherlands Hit the Limits to Growth

Food expert Jeroen Candel on the farmers’ protests that have reshaped Dutch politics.

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