podcast politically closeVVD leader Mark Rutte tries to kick off the campaign for the Provincial Council elections with a newspaper interview. The prime minister is aiming for a battle with PvdA and GroenLinks, but shouldn’t he be more afraid of JA21 and BBB?
And what will Rutte try to get in Brussels next week at the European summit on migration?
We discuss that and more in the new episode of our weekly podcast Politics Closewith this week Thomas Brouwer and parliamentary reporters Jan Hoedeman and Niels Klaassen.
It was the week that French President Emmanuel Macron became acquainted with Rutte’s love for Indian eateries, politician Richard de Mos heard a hefty sentence demanded against him and that the government’s vaccination communication came under fire.
And what is at stake at the party conferences of CDA, PvdA and GroenLinks this weekend?
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