State Secretary Hans Vijlbrief is threatening to resign if his proposal to close the Groningen gas field is delayed any longer by the Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate. The Cabinet member in charge of mining policy said he will not play politics with the issue.
Professor of Public Administration and Senator Caspar van den Berg will become the new president of the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL). He will lead the association of Dutch universities from June 1. The VVD member will also remain in the Senate, but he will resign from the Committee for Education, Culture and Science.