Published: March 12th, 2025,
Last updated: March 22nd, 2025

The Dutch parliament has opposed Ursula von der Leyen’s rearmament plan for the EU. By a narrow majority, the Second Chamber in The Hague approved a motion rejecting the Netherlands’ participation in Rearm Europe and calling on the government to negotiate an opt-out. The vote is above all a political signal and weakens Prime Minister Dick Schoof. He now looks disgraced, writes the newspaper De Volkskrant.