Dutch politics

Geert Wilders goes back to the drawing board – POLITICO

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“Incredibly disappointing,” “very surprised” and “complete surprise,” were their reactions on X. “What you see is that everyone is busy with the blame game: trying to point at Omtzigt as the guilty party and feigning surprise,” even though there had long been palpable tension, Rachid Azrout, a political analyst at the University of Amsterdam, told POLITICO. … Read more

Russian police detain Western journalists at protest by soldiers’ wives – POLITICO

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Upon his release, one of the detained journalists said he and others had been held in a police van for some three hours after which they were brought to a police station, questioned and issued with an official “warning” for having participated in an “unsanctioned protest,” before eventually being released.  Notably, no women were detained. … Read more