In the media
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Pushing ahead with the EU's Agreements with Mercosur and Indiain the media 12 February 2026In an op-ed for EU Law Live, Joris Larik (Leiden University College The Hague and Europa Institute) stresses that delays to the Mercosur and India agr...
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Don’t leave digital autonomy to Big TechIn the media 12 February 2026Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of Digitalisation and the Democratic Rule of Law (OU), responds sharply in i...
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Cutting back politicians’ transitional benefits: financially unnecessary but hard to justifyIn the media 10 February 2026Figures from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior show that politicians’ transitional benefits have increased fivefold in a decade. Social security law ...
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AI can improve police workIn the media 06 February 2026The Dutch Police may receive an additional 300 million euros next year. Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science, spoke with current affairs pr...
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Billionaires should pay their fair shareIn the media 06 February 2026The popular French economist Gabriel Zucman visited the Netherlands last week, advocating an extra tax for billionaires. Egbert Jongen, Professor of E...
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Does the Netherlands need a minister for digital affairs?In the media 05 February 2026In radio programme ‘Spraakmakers’, Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of Digitalisation and the Democratic Cons...
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Climate and geopolitics putting international maritime law under pressureIn the media 04 February 2026Climate change, geopolitical tensions and conflicting interests in the Arctic have sparked renewed attention for enforcement and justice. Hilde Woker,...
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How a Jetten minority cabinet could work: lessons from DenmarkIn the media 03 February 2026The Hague can learn from Denmark, where minority governments function more stably through cooperation and an engaged opposition. Corné Smit, guest lec...
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Jetten cabinet reintroduces ‘activation’ at the expense of income securityIn the media 02 February 2026The new Dutch cabinet is shifting social policy back towards a focus on ‘activation’ and away from income security. Critics, including social security...
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Final hurdles in Dutch coalition talks: real test will be the budgetIn the media 29 January 2026The prospective coalition’s outline agreement is almost ready. The plans will be unveiled tomorrow and next week a concluding debate with the informat...
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Parents in Dutch child benefits affair penalised again by Tax Office’s lack of transparencyIn the media 28 January 2026The Dutch Tax Office still refuses to release crucial documents to victims of the child benefits scandal, which critics say violates the law and hinde...
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The relevance of labour law in a changing job marketIn the media 28 January 2026In the ‘Sleutelstad’ radio programme ‘Kennismakers’, Professor of Labour Law, Yvonne Erkens, explains why this area of law affects us all and is more ...
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The Netherlands will defy EU deadline for equal pay: critics sound alarmIn the media 28 January 2026The Netherlands will not meet the EU deadline for equal-pay legislation implementation and fears no repercussions. However, Professor of Labour Law Ge...
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Shadow fleet evades sanctions: Germany calls for actionIn de media 27 January 2026Germany wants to ‘modernise’ the law of the sea to tackle Russian ships that evade sanctions as part of the so-called ‘shadow fleet.’ The current lega...
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Can security concerns legitimise annexation?In de media 27 January 2026Legal experts, including Jens Iverson, a lecturer in international law, warn in 'Le Soir' that any attempt by US president Donald Trump to annex Green...