Getting a Grip on Migration but Mind European Law!
On September 13, the new Dutch government led by Dick Schoof outlined its programme (Regeerprogramma) for the next years. Unsurprisingly, a major point of this programme regards asylum and migration,...
View ArticleMemory Laws and Colonial Reckoning in France and the Netherlands
The colonial empires of France and the Netherlands once spanned vast territories across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, driven mainly by economic ambition. French possessions that extended from Algeria...
View ArticleThe Habitats Directive as a Tool for Systemic Biodiversity Litigation
On 22 January 2025, the District Court of The Hague found the Netherlands in breach of the Habitats Directive and the Dutch nitrogen targets by failing to stop the deterioration of protected habitats...
View ArticleGrüße aus den Niederlanden
Am 29. Januar 2025 stimmte der Bundestag über Anträge der Union zur Verschärfung der Migrationspolitik ab. Die von Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz initiierten Vorstöße forderten unter anderem mehr...
View ArticleBalancing on the Edge of Loyalty and Legality
A stricter asylum regulation has been one of the focal points of the current Dutch government, particularly so for Geert Wilders’s PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid). At the end of 2024, new legislation was...
View ArticleThe Nationality Lottery
On 24 March 2025, the Amsterdam District Court issued a consequential judgement on deprivation of nationality after a terrorist conviction, feeding into a broader debate on revocation of nationality....
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