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Now playing Next Green News Dutch farmer protest party wins big in provincial elections Action against new climate laws in the Netherlands has spurred the popularity of a new political party. 16/03/2023
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Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch PM Mark Rutte apologises for country's role in the slave trade Rutte gave a 20-minute speech at the National Archives in The Hague, despite campaigners' requests to delay a formal apology until next year. 19/12/2022
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Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch government 'set to officially apologise for slavery' Slavery helped fund the Netherland's 'Golden Age', a period of prosperity and trade in the 16th and 17th centuries. 08/12/2022
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Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch asylum seekers backlog as high as during the 2015 migrant crisis NGOs say "unorthodox" action is needed to end the "vicious circle" for asylum seekers. 05/10/2022
Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch PM Mark 'Teflon' Rutte rebuked over text message archives The Dutch PM famously used an old Nokia mobile, but has since changed it for a modern smartphone following the text archive controversy. 03/10/2022