Add to ORKGThe Dutch are known as practical people, pragmatic seafaring merchants, at least that’s how we like to present ourselves. Nothing reflects that practical, pragmatic bend better than the little-heralded doing away with the consultative referendum in July this year. What had started as an attempt by befuddled centrist politicians in 2014 to bolster the public’s trust in democracy, was barely allowed to survive beyond infancy after it became clear that it was in danger of becoming a tool for populists and might even lead to a Nexit vote. So, Brexit, in a way, killed the Dutch referendum
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[Introduction] A few months after the French and Dutch electorate rejected the constitutional treaty...
Just as surveys in the UK are starting to show a firm margin of Brexit regret – Bregret? – Brexit i...
The arduous process of withdrawing the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) began shortl...
The Dutch are known as practical people, pragmatic seafaring merchants, at least that’s how we like ...
Despite disparate attempts in both Conservative and Labour circles to get ‘beyond Brexit’, last week...
To understand the challenges facing European democracy today we need to think in three-dimensional t...
In late June 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum to consider its withdrawal from the European...
The Netherlands has been viewed as a natural ally for the UK in efforts to reform the European Union...
The result of the Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016 came as a shock to many, including much of the p...
The EU referendum result was not a triumph for democracy, so much as a symptom of large-scale manipu...
From 1972 to 1993 Denmark staged four referenda on the EU. Two of them in particular hold valuable l...
Jos de Beus discusses a scenario of getting rid of Dutch Euroscepticism. In the Netherlands widening...
Days before the vote, it’s time to make up the balance sheet. As the election campaigns have trudged...
The fact that we have left the EU is no surprise. Nor is David Cameron’s resignation. Brexit is the ...
Whether or not to hold a referendum on Brexit is a clear dividing line between parties in the upcomi...
[Introduction] A few months after the French and Dutch electorate rejected the constitutional treaty...
Just as surveys in the UK are starting to show a firm margin of Brexit regret – Bregret? – Brexit i...
The arduous process of withdrawing the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) began shortl...