EU politics
Alex De Jong – A confident far-right and a stagnant parliamentary left in the Netherlands
Analysis of Dutch politics ahead of a new election on 29 October. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
Netherlands
Gig Economy
María José Carmona – Lies and deceit in precarious logistics work in the Netherlands
Spanish migrants are hired by temporary employment agencies to work in the Netherlands’ sprawling logistics hub, only to find that the reality of their working and living conditions is not what they were promised. María […]
Corruption
Sergey Vasiliev – Tackling Israel’s Interference with the International Criminal Court
A criminal complaint filed in the Netherlands this month over Israel’s attempts to intimidate the ICC should be a wake-up call to Western states. Sergey Vasiliev is Professor of International Law at the Faculty of […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Court orders Netherlands to halt delivery of fighter jet parts to Israel
Incredible that it takes courts to order this, rather than the initiative of politicians, but that is sadly where western politics is at. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Politico – Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll
It looks like yet another lurch to the far-right in Europe. Read the article HERE.
Food Production
Floris Visser – ‘Good food is a public good’: Lessons from the Netherlands
Making good food affordable to all requires building a movement, not moralising messages and activist jargon. Floris Visser is the director of Public Food, an organisation working on food justice. Cross-posted from Green European Journal […]