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Rapporteurs: additional measures needed to prepare for hard Brexit

8 March

With less than 31 days to go before the United Kingdom leaves the EU, there is also some urgency for the Netherlands to prepare properly for the possible scenarios. In their third Brexit report on behalf of the European Affairs Committee, Anne Mulder, Pieter Omtzigt and Lodewijk Asscher have warned of the consequences of a no-deal scenario, which is becoming increasingly likely. The rapporteurs are calling for additional preparations and measures.
Dick Dolman, former President of the House of Representatives: "face and guardian of parliamentary democracy"

5 February
House of Representatives meets with European Commissioner about fake news

31 January
Exhibition on the 100th anniversary of universal suffrage

21 December
Government Committee for the Parliamentary System publishes final report

13 December

The House through the ages

Through the ages

Dossiers

Committee debate on Brexit and transport

On Thursday, 14 February 2019, the Infrastructure and Water Management Committee met from15.00 to 18.00 to discuss the consequences of Brexit for the transport sector. The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, attended on behalf of the government.

Container terminal

Summer time or winter time?

On Tuesday 4 December 2018 the standing committee on the Interior had a debate with Ms Kasja Ollongren, minister of the Interior, about a proposal from the European Commission to discontinue the seasonal changes of time.

Clock in the Plenary Hall of the House of Representatives

Hundred years of universal suffrage, a celebration

Almost a century ago, in 1919, Dutch parliament made a decision: henceforth, all Dutch men and women would be entitled to vote. A milestone that is worth celebrating. Find out how it all started and how the law on voting in the Netherlands is ever changing.

Hundred years of universal suffrage

General Political Debate 2018

Immediately after Prince's Day, the leaders of the parliamentary groups discuss the headlines of the Budget Memorandum and the national budget. This debate is called the "General Political Debate on the Budget Memorandum". It is normally held on the Wednesday and Thursday following Prince's Day, but this year, it will take place on Wednesday 19 and Friday 21 September.

General Political Debate 2018

Prince's Day

18 September 2018, the third Tuesday in September, is "Prince's Day" (Prinsjesdag) in the Netherlands. On that day, King Willem-Alexander delivers the so-called "Speech from the Throne" (Troonrede), in his capacity as Head of State. He does so on behalf of the Government, in the Hall of Knights in the Binnenhof in The Hague. Subsequently, the Minister of Finance presents his "third-Tuesday-of-September"-briefcase to the President of the House of Representatives. This briefcase contains the Government's financial plans for the coming year. Prince's Day is an important day in Dutch politics, as it marks the start of the new parliamentary year.

Prince's Day 2018

Circular economy and deposit money

On Thursday, 15 March 2018, the standing committee on Infrastructure and Water Management had a debate with Ms Stientje van Veldhoven, state secretary of Infrastructure and Water Management, about the circular economy. Deposit on plastic bottles was one of the items on the agenda.

Plastic refuse being recycled into usable raw material