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2015-05-23

Cabinet

The Cabinet of the Netherlands approves a proposal for bill on a partial ban on the burqa and niqab.

Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns from the current cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Farmer–Citizen Movement over implementing additional sanctions against Israel.
2025-08-22

The Party for Freedom withdraws from the current Dutch cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners over amending the Netherlands's asylum rules.
2025-06-3

State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Mona Keijzer is dismissed from the Cabinet by Prime Minister Mark Rutte after publicly criticising the cabinet's position on COVID-19 measures.
2021-09-25

The Government closes down all schools and Horeca establishments, and the Royal Dutch Football Association suspends all football matches until April 6.
2020-03-15

In "Urgenda Foundation v. State of the Netherlands", the Supreme Court of the Netherlands upholds a 2015 ruling that "protection from the potentially devastating effects of climate change" is a human right, ordering the Dutch government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by the end of 2020 compared to 1990 levels.
2019-12-20

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2015-05-23

Cabinet

The Cabinet of the Netherlands approves a proposal for bill on a partial ban on the burqa and niqab.

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