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The Netherlands: Political development and data for 2017
Author(s) -
OTJES SIMON,
VOERMAN GERRIT
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of political research political data yearbook
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-8852
pISSN - 2047-8844
DOI - 10.1111/2047-8852.12216
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , parliament , austerity , appeal , deductible , politics , health care , democracy , political science , public administration , coalition government , liberal party , government (linguistics) , law , political economy , economics , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , history
The year 2017 was a period of contradictionary development in terms of political stability in the Netherlands. On te one hand, the Mark Rutte II cabinet, the longest serving cabinet since the Second World War, was the first since 1998 to complete the entire term. On the other hand, the highly volatile 2017 national elections yielded the most fractionalized parliament in Dutch history. The ensuing cabinet formation was the longest on to date.