Commonwealth - a nation, state, or other political entity founded on law and united by a compact of the people for the common good. Communist - a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single - often authoritarian - party holds power; state controls ...
The Christian parties were continuously in government from the First World War until 1994, allied to various groupings of other parties. Through the 1970s the governing coalitions were centre left, in the 1980s centre right. Unusually, in 1994 and 1998, ' purple ' (left-right) coalitions ...
but in the 1990s they were ejected from government for the first time in the 20th century. Nonetheless, the educational institutions and political parties that evolved in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along denominational lines remain aspotentas the more or less secularized parties and in...
CabinetMarkRutte.(马克吕特)Inpractice,theexecutivepowerisformedbytheministerraad,thedeliberativecounciloftheDutchcabinet.Thecabinetconsistsusuallyof13to16ministersandavaryingnumbersofstatesecretaries.TheheadofgovernmentisPrimeMinisteroftheNetherlands PoliticalPartiesPeople’sPartyforFreedomandDemocracy(VVD)LabourParty(Pvd...
Kingdom of the Netherlands(荷兰)英文国家介绍 TheKingdomoftheNetherlands Windmill Tulip TheNetherlandsNetherlandDutch Capitalcity:AmsterdamTheseatofgovernment:theHague[海牙]（InternationalCourtofJustice）Polity:Constitutionalmonarchy[君主立宪制]Lowcountry TheNetherlandsisageographicallylow-lyingcountry,withabout25%of...
In practice theprovinceofHolland, by far the wealthiest province in the union and the contributor of more than half therevenuesof the central government, became the preponderant political force in thecountry, along with the stadtholders of the house of Orange. The relationship between Holland and...
The central government’s basic health insurance package includes an annual deductible of €385, and the personal contribution for medicines remains a maximum of €250. This system covers workers in case of injury, illness, maternity, paternity, disability, and death. An employee’s family can ...
Government type: constitutional monarchy Capital: name: Amsterdam geographic coordinates: 52 23 N, 4 54 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: The Hag...
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Geert Wilders set for political comeback in Dutch election Veteran far-right, anti-Islam leader could be kingmaker in next coalition government after Wednesday’s vote Save Thursday, 16 November, 2023 FT MagazineSimon Kuper The Dutch are piloting a saner European right Post-Thatcherite, post-...