The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, will debate Housing Minister Hugo de Jonge’s Affordable Rent Act on Wednesday. It seems likely that the law to regulate some rentals in the private sector will get majority support, after the PVV - the largest party in parliament - said it tended toward supporting the bill in a debate on Monday.
It is “unlikely” that the planned reduction of flight movements at Schiphol Airport will start in November, said outgoing Minister Mark Harbers (Infrastructure). The intention was that the number of flights would drop from 500,000 to 452,500 per year in November to reduce the noise pollution for locals. But the European Commission must look further into the government’s downsizing plans. It is not yet known when the Commission will make a decision.
GroenLinks-PvdA chairman Frans Timmermans is "worried" about a right-wing coalition should his party not win the most votes in the parliamentary elections. If a party wins the elections and takes the lead in forming a coalition, "you are not so easily looked at if you come from the left," Timmermans notes.