News - Forming a new government
1. Rutte tenders government’s resignation
Prime Minister Mark Rutte has tendered the resignation of all the members of the government to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, ...
2. Rutte delivers new government's policy statement
The government will do everything it can to make the Netherlands 'stronger, safer and more prosperous,' said Prime Minister Mark ...
3. Rutte government sworn in
Queen Beatrix has sworn in the Rutte government. The new government consists of twelve ministers and eight state secretaries.
4. Rosenthal and Knapen new government members at Foreign Affairs
Her Majesty the Queen today swore in Uri Rosenthal as Minister and Ben Knapen as Minister for European Affairs and International ...
5. Electoral Council announces election result
The Electoral Council has announced the official result of the parliamentary elections held on 9 June 2010. 9.442.977 of the ...
6. Caretaker government
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende believes that some very clear conclusions can be drawn from the Queen's consultations with ...
7. Maxime Verhagen takes over portfolios of ex-ministers Koenders and Timmermans
The Queen has accepted the resignations of the Labour Party (PvdA) ministers and state secretaries and has asked the caretaker ...