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Demonstrations in France and the Netherlands against health pass
Europe, France, Netherlands

Demonstrations in France and the Netherlands against health pass

October, last months, the governments of the Netherlands and France decided, together with other members of the European Union, implement a “Health Passport” system to reopen and encourage the traffic of people across Europe. further, some of these countries have also started to require vaccination certificates., which have as their main objective the prevention of the disease, but also allow a greater incentive to economic activities such as the occupation of bars, restaurants, festivals and sporting events. In compensation, several governments have lifted social distancing restrictions for those already vaccinated, seen the most favorable context. However,, a...
Re-election of Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Coalition Difficulty
Netherlands

Re-election of Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Coalition Difficulty

ANP/Picture Alliance During the Dutch elections, which occurred in March 2021, the leader of the right-wing liberal party (VVD), Mark Rutte, was re-elected with popular support for his fourth term as the country's prime minister, even after resigning from his position in January of the same year. Yet, during the alliance formation process, there were disagreements regarding new coalitions between the parties. Such frictions came to light following recent accusations made at the beginning of 2021 about Mark Rutte, which pointed out lies made by him during the search to form the government coalition. A minister from her party had notes leaked, mainly regarding the Christian Democrat deputy Pieter Omtzigt, in which he said that this could be a problem due to his criticisms..