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Dutch lawmakers will vote on Tuesday on a first step towards requiring King Willem-Alexander and his family to pay income tax, a plan that would require an amendment to the constitution.... -January 19, 2024 at 07:43 am EST - MarketScreener

The Dutch royal family receives tax-free money from taxpayers on top of their private income, some of which is taxed

After two days of facing severe criticism from all sides of parliament in a debate on natural gas extraction in Groningen, Prime Minister Mark Rutte is still in office. Almost the entire opposition supported a motion of no confidence against him, personally. But the coalition parties managed to keep him in his seat, NOS reports.

Government led by Mark Rutte allegedly proceeded with gas extraction in north Netherlands despite knowing earthquakes were likely to result

Rutte accused of lying to inquiry into Groningen gas extraction

Members of the Tweede Kamer is not at all confident that the great ambitions of Housing Minister Hugo de Jonge will be able to be accomplished. De Jonge wants about 900,000 additional homes to be built in the Netherlands by 2030, but the question now is whether that will succeed, thanks to a combination of factors, like rising interest rates, more expensive building materials, the nitrogen emissions crisis and unenthusiastic investors. So far, De Jonge has acknowledged there are "headwinds&...

Funding pot for quake-hit Groningen houses emptied on first day

Groningen gas extraction could double this year, despite earthquake problems

In a wild twist, Facebook demanded that its data center be designated a project of “national importance.”

Multi-billion euro lawsuits derail climate action An archaic energy treaty is being weaponized by big emitters to sue EU governments who are phasing out fossil fuels. Hundreds of billions of taxpayer funds could be redirected from climate action to corporate coffers. RWE will have to shutter its brown coal power stations but wants billions of euros in return In February, German energy company RWE invoked an obscure agreement called the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to sue the Netherlands for 1...