In the media
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Mariëlle Bruning at roundtable discussion on child protection system 04 November 2022
On 3 November 2022, Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law, spoke as an expert on child protection at a roundtable discussion with Dutch ...
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Mariëlle Bruning: ‘Give priority in youth care to children with a child protection order' 18 October 2022
‘I need the municipalities to solve the problems in youth protection’, said Franc Weerwind, Minister of Legal Protection, recently in the Dutch House ...
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Ann Skelton in Aljazeera on child rights in Syria Camps 17 October 2022
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has accused Finland of violating the rights of Finnish children by leaving them in life-...
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Mark Klaassen and Olaf van Vliet discuss European labour migrants in FD 04 October 2022
The Netherlands cannot stop European labour migrants coming here. Nor does The Hague have much influence on the influx of asylum seekers. But experts ...
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Jan Vleggeert on Irish meat company that used the Netherlands to evade taxes 29 September 2022
The Irish meat magnate Larry Goodman is under scrutiny: he is thought to have evaded taxes by using a Dutch company, among other things.
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Mariëlle Bruning in Trouw about extra money for youth protection 16 September 2022
The Dutch cabinet will allocate a total of 40 million euros extra for institutions providing youth protection and youth rehabilitation over the next f...
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Olaf van Vliet and Eduard Suari Andreu in NRC about research on migrants and social security 13 September 2022
EU migrants receive less frequent and lower benefits and allowances than Dutch citizens. This is according to research by Leiden economists Olaf van V...
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Olaf van Vliet in Trouw on purchasing power and effects of inflation on labour market 12 September 2022
The Dutch Government recently announced measures to limit the loss of purchasing power. These include, for example, raising the minimum wage and healt...
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Empirical-legal research on online price discrimination 25 August 2022
How do Dutch companies perceive online price discrimination? Kimia Heidary, Bart Custers, Helen Pluut and Jean-Pierre van der Rest recently published ...
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Jan van de Streek: ’Consumer spending contingency plan is tremendously complicated' 24 August 2022
The coalition parties of the Dutch Government plan to convene on Wednesday and Thursday this week for a priority meeting on the predicted 6.8% decline...
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Rising staff shortages despite fear of recession – Olaf van Vliet in NRC 18 August 2022
Economists are warning for a contraction of the economy during the second half of this year. The United States are already facing a ‘technical recessi...
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Olaf van Vliet discusses staff shortages on Omroep West: Untapped labour potential and higher wages 17 August 2022
All of society is having to deal with the effects of staff shortages. Hospitals are unable to fill their duty rosters, primary schools are having to c...
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Jan van de Streek: 'Tax Authorities broke the law by leaking information to Uber 12 July 2022
The Dutch Tax Authorities leaked information about an international tax audit to Uber. In addition, they ‘obstructed and delayed’ an investigation by ...
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Mariëlle Bruning on Inspectorate’s inquiry into placement in care 28 June 2022
Many parents whose children have been placed in care do not understand the basis on which the decision was taken. Dutch youth protection organisations...
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‘Taxation also plays a role in DSM’s departure from the Netherlands' 08 June 2022
After Shell and Unilever, DSM is the third major company to leave the Netherlands. Tax experts are not surprised: the business climate here is current...