House of Representatives news

Monday 7 April, the Speaker of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives, Anouchka van Miltenburg, addressed her European colleagues at the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments, in Vilnius. In her keynote speech she asked for augmentation of the EU legislative process that would allow National Parliaments to be of greater influence.

The Speakers of the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives will attend the opening ceremony of the Nuclear Security Summit 2014 in The Hague. The summit will officially be opened on Monday 24 March at 3 PM in the World Forum The Hague.

On Wednesday 19 March, Dutch citizens can vote for the municipal council in their cities. One does not need to have Dutch nationality in order to be able to vote in these elections.

On 19 February 2014 the standing committee on Security and Justice appointed Mr Ard van der Steur rapporteur. On behalf of the House he will monitor the negotiation process with regard to the EU-proposal for the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). The House of Representatives is against this proposal.

The French President, François Hollande, met the Speakers of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) in The Hague during his one-day visit to the Netherlands on Monday 20th January.

You can now virtually explore the Dutch House of Representatives premises. Google Streetview added some of the most important rooms of the Tweede Kamer to its three-dimensional maps.

The parliamentary committee of inquiry into the Fyra was set up on 19 December 2013

Dutch army veterans visited both chambers of the Parliament on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 November.  

A yellow card has been raised by national parliaments for the proposal from the European Commission to establish the European Public Prosecutor´s Office (EPPO).  

On  October 16 and 17 the House of Representatives held the yearly  general financial debate, in which the financial experts of the various political groups discussed the National Budget with the minister of Finance. 

A delegation of 8 Dutch Members of Parliament attended the annual session of the Nato Parliamentary Assembly in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 11-14 October.  

The Speaker of the House, ms. Anouchka van Miltenburg, takes initiatives to come to less tight schedules for the ‘yellow card procedure’ within the European Union. 

The standing committee for Infrastructure and Environment will organize a public hearing about the alternatives for the Fyra trains on the high speed railway connection between Amsterdam and Brussels. 

The standing  committee on Foreign Affairs invited experts and stakeholders for a public round table on the government plans for reorganizations in the field of international diplomacy.     

The standing  committee for Foreign Affairs invited experts and stakeholders for a public round table on international security on October 7.