In the media
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'Amending tax system would provide quarter million extra jobs' 27 August 2021
In 2017, at the start of the Rutte III cabinet, tax scholars Leo Stevens and Koen Caminada presented a blueprint for a new tax system. Today, four yea...
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Geerten Boogaard: 'Netherlands moving towards constitutional court' 27 August 2021
The House of Representatives in the Netherlands has requested advice from the Council of State about combining membership of the House of Representati...
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Wim Voermans in podcast on minority government 26 August 2021
The formation of a new government is in full swing in the Netherlands. Or more accurately, it is in full deadlock. As a result, the possibility of a m...
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Reijer Passchier in new episode of podcast 12 August 2021
Through the use of artificial intelligence, the executive is gaining in efficiency. At the same time, however, the judiciary is trailing behind in the...
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk on transfer Mallorca assault case to the Netherlands 28 July 2021
The suspects of the fatal assault on Mallorca will be investigated in the Netherlands. If the Dutch Public Prosecution Service sees sufficient reason ...
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Ministry’s appeal against WOB ruling: 'Sabotaging the law' 22 July 2021
The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is to appeal against a recent court ruling on the Public Access to Government Information Act (Wet ope...
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk comments on surrender of suspects fatal assault Mallorca 22 July 2021
One week ago a group of Dutch men were attacked out of the blue by another group of Dutch tourists on the Spanish island of Mallorca. One of the victi...
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'Multinationals in the Netherlands have many ways to lower tax burden' 22 July 2021
A report by interest group Tax Justice Network shows that the Netherlands is still one of the most attractive countries for companies when it comes to...
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'Global minimum corporate tax rate: ifs and buts' 20 July 2021
More than 130 countries, including the Netherlands, have decided to introduce a minimum corporate tax rate of 15 percent. The plan would lead to 125 b...
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Paul Nieuwbeerta in The Lancet on detainees’ health 20 July 2021
For the first time, research has been conducted on how the health of detained persons prior to their detention differs from that of non-detainees and ...
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Dirk Visser on copyright and platform liability YouTube 15 July 2021
In a column on Mr. Online, Dirk Visser, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, looks at what You Tube is doing or should be doing to counter copyrigh...
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Reijer Passchier on radio about Big Tech 06 July 2021
Last Saturday, Reijer Passchier was a guest on one of his favourite radio programmes: Dr. Kelder en Co.
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Jan Vleggeert: published memo 'quite remarkable' 06 July 2021
At the end of June 2021, The Dutch Ministry of Finance made a policy document public that dates back to 2016. In it, civil servants acknowledge that t...
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‘12-year-olds capable of deciding about vaccination with assistance’ 06 July 2021
Children aged between 12 and 17 years can decide themselves whether they want to be vaccinated or not. Experts say that children are capable of taking...
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Interview with Christa Tobler in de “Hofvijver” (Montesquieu Instituut) 30 June 2021
On Monday 28 June 2021, a text based on an interview with Christa Tobler appeared in the Hofvijver (Montesquieu Instituut) on the relationship between...