Frans Timmermans
Missing: A Socialist Green Deal vision
At a time when many want more government aid to help them survive a changing world, the Socialists can’t gain ground.
EU takes the ax to green farming rules
Top Dutch politician loves viral Eurovision entry. (Hint: It’s not Geert Wilders.)
In race for top EU, NATO jobs, Eastern Europe asks: ‘Are we equals or not?’
Europe’s struggling socialists play defense
Dutch farmers back Wilders as centrist nightmares come true
Von der Leyen’s Ukraine flip-flop angers Brussels
Europe’s Greens are on the ropes
Farmers’ ire and a right-wing surge is testing the EU’s climate goals. And the Greens that backed them are teetering.
Top EU officials have toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
Margrethe Vestager and Frans Timmermans among officials tested as EU debates potential ban.
Geert Wilders has a serious problem
Dutch coalition talks have hit a stumbling block: migration.
Europe’s conservative bloc calls for dropping ban on car engines, tripling border guards
The draft manifesto puts a heavy emphasis on border control, security and protecting Europe’s ‘Christian values.’
Nicolas who? Socialists close in on challenger to take on von der Leyen
Spanish and German support clears field for Luxembourg’s Nicolas Schmit to become socialists’ top candidate in EU election.
2023 in review: 2 steps forward, 1 step back for sustainability
From a crackdown on greenwashing to Green Deal drama, POLITICO takes you through the biggest moments of the year.
Europe’s far right flexes anti-Brussels muscles as it opens EU campaign
Anti-EU hardliners gathered in Florence to kick off their 2024 election drive.
How the political right took down Europe’s green agenda
Europe’s conservatives went on the offensive to wreck the Green Deal — and their strategy paid off.
The oil baron running the climate talks — and the US envoy who’s had his back
The Biden administration’s public embrace of the United Arab Emirates oil chief running the global climate talks brings political risks. Can it yield a deal to slash fossil fuel pollution?
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport gets a post-election boost from Wilders’ win
The far-right victory sets back plans to limit flights at the busiest Dutch airport.
Geert Wilders’ coalition scout resigns over fraud scandal
Gom van Strien, who was tasked with identifying potential coalition partners, was accused of misdeeds by his former employer.
Geert Wilders stuns with far-right election victory in the Netherlands
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Geert Wilders seeks coalition allies after seismic Dutch election
Coalition talks are set to begin Friday, but will anyone be willing to work with the election’s far-right winner?
Why the Dutch election result spells trouble for Europe’s climate efforts
Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party wants to undo the green transition.
The Dutch Trump: Who is Geert Wilders and what does he want?
The far-right, anti-Islam Euroskeptic who won Wednesday’s election will need a few friends to become PM.
Timmermans eyes opposition role after far-right win in Dutch vote
‘It is clear that a lot of people expect solutions from the right,’ former EU climate chief says after Geert Wilders’ victory.
Geert Wilders is the EU’s worst nightmare
The far-right Dutch election winner, who backs ‘Nexit,’ will be no friend to Brussels.
Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election
Wilders wants to ban mosques and leave the EU. ‘Voters are fed up,’ he says.
Dutch election is wide open as voting begins
Far-right leader Geert Wilders is surging in the polls. He’s up against EU big beast Frans Timmermans, popular outsider Pieter Omtzigt, and former refugee Dilan Yeşilgöz. Anyone could win.
Dutch election: Far-right surge gives Geert Wilders late boost
One poll puts the anti-Islam euroskeptic in joint first place ahead of Wednesday’s knife-edge vote.
Dutch on brink of electing first female leader
Dilan Yeşilgöz tells POLITICO she wants to cut immigration. With Wednesday’s election still wide open, she might just get the chance.
How to watch the Dutch elections like a pro
Who’s in the running? What’s at stake? What happens next? POLITICO explains everything you need to know as the Netherlands votes.
Meet Pieter Omtzigt, the Dutch election favorite who doesn’t want to win
Outsider who founded a new party that’s top of the polls might back someone else for prime minister.
Does the architect of Europe’s Green Deal truly understand what he’s unleashed?
As a candidate for Dutch prime minister, Frans Timmermans could soon be grappling with the changes he set in motion.