By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The incoming Dutch government led by nationalist Geert Wilders’ PVV party will aim to pursue its curbs on immigration by opting out of European Union migration rules, setting up a clash with Brussels before it has even taken office. Wilders won an election nearly six months ago and reached…
THE HAGUE -Police deployed water cannon to disperse thousands of climate activists protesting on a highway in the Netherlands on Saturday to demand an end to government subsidies for the fossil fuel. -Today at 03:04 pm- MarketScreener
By Jason Hovet, Sabine Siebold and Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) -Divisions between European Union leaders over capping gas prices and national rescue packages resurfaced on Friday, with Poland accusing Germany of selfishness in its response to a winter energy crunch caused by Russia s war in Ukraine. A majority of EU states has asked Brussels to propose a cap on gas prices, but they disagree on the details. Some capitals seek a broad cap on all gas trades and import contracts, while others prefer a limited cap in the power sector only. The cap is among a range of proposals and initiatives by European states to cope with plummeting gas supplies from Russia, which once supplied 40% of Europe s needs, and rocketing prices. They have eased off this year s peaks but remain more than 200% higher than at the start of Sept. 2021. Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands oppose a cap, worried that it would make it difficult to buy the gas their economies need and dampen any incentive to reduce co
The Hague (Reuters) -NATO must build out "even higher readiness" and strengthen its weapons capabilities along its eastern border in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the military alliance's chief said on Tuesday.
THE HAGUE -The Netherlands will go into a strict lockdown over the Christmas and New Year period to try to contain the highly- contagious Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.