Etiket: Senate
Senate approves largest pension reform ever | Money
The Senate approved the Future Pensions Act this evening. This marks the biggest reform of the pension system ever. The pensions of millions of Dutch people, both working and retired,…
Drenthe members of parliament vote for Senate as expected
The new members of the Provincial Council in Drenthe voted on Tuesday afternoon as expected. BBB has seventeen seats and received seventeen votes. That is, together with Overijssel, the highest…
A quarter of the new Senate comes from North Holland: you will notice that
No less than a quarter of the new Senate is ‘North Holland’. This became apparent today after the members of the Provincial Council elected the new members of the Senate.…
This is why Brabant is important for the Senate elections
While the provincial elections are long behind us, the formation of the Brabant board is still in full swing. Many agendas of the newly elected Members of Parliament therefore seem…
Leader merger GL and PVDA known: Paul Rosenmöller will lead left-wing combination in Senate
GroenLinks politician Paul Rosenmöller will lead the merger faction of the Labor Party (PvdA) and GroenLinks (GL) in the Senate in the Senate. The GL party leader announced this in…
Pension law takes last hurdle: majority signs off in senate
A year’s postponement and the appointment of a new government commissioner. With these two commitments, Minister Carola Schouten (Pensions, ChristenUnie) also gained a clear majority in the Senate on Tuesday…
Point of contention coalition and opposition: what are senators allowed to discuss just before the installation of the new Senate?
Chambre de réflexion or political cauldron? With only a few weeks to go before the installation of the new Senate, the coalition factions and a large part of the opposition…
Senate President D’Hose (Open Vld) wants to agree before the summer on the abolition of the Senate: “The voter must be able to express an opinion on this in 2024”
Senate President Stephanie D’Hose (Open Vld) wants to reach an agreement before the summer to finally close the Senate. From contacts with the various political groups, she learns that there…
French Senate website hacked by pro-Russian hackers | Abroad
The Internet page of the French Senate has been inaccessible since Friday afternoon. The pro-Russian hacker collective NoName claims the attack after they took over management of the website of…
Berlin’s Senate is damaged before it even begins
By Jan Schilde Only in the third ballot was Kai Wegner (50, CDU) elected mayor of Berlin. This GroKo start raises a few questions. A comment from BZ editor-in-chief Jan…