Tag: Rob Jetten
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New Dutch Prime Minister calls for qualified-majority voting at the European Council in first visit to Brussels
In his first visit to Brussels, the new Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten has called for the introduction of a qualified-majority decision-making process for foreign policy in the European Council after Hungary vetoed Ukraine’s €90 billion loan. He also called on Hungary’s President Viktor Orban to respect the deal made by European leaders and stop…
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Centrist party Democrats 66 wins Dutch parliamentary elections
Centrist party D66 has won the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands with up to 16.7% of the vote, narrowly beating its far-right competitor, the Party for Freedom (PVV), with up to 1600 votes. The leader of D66, Rob Jetten is set to become the youngest Prime Minister of Netherlands at just 38 years-old. The Netherlands…
