Hague Letter: To say the two countries have a difficult relationship is an understatement

Netherlands renews commitment to new €7 tax on all flights from January next

Mark Rutte denies that ‘herd immunity’ was ever an active strategy

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte rises to occasion but others struggle to reassure fearful public

Mainstream radio station apologises for playing parody about Chinese food

The Unheard Netherlands secures 50,000 subscribers needed for broadcast licence

Geert Wilders targeted after announcing contest to draw prophet Muhammad

Muslim community told amplified message no longer necessary in age of phone apps

Growing view prohibition on Muslim facial wear unnecessary and unlikely to be policed

Dutch police and public transport staff decide not to implement prohibition

Law seeks to ensure rescue missions not used to facilitate human trafficking

The Netherlands just gets on and solves problems like housing

Hague Letter: In some quarters, his political obituary is already written

The far-right surge was smaller than expected while liberals and Greens made big gains across the Continent

Country-by-country guide to elections that saw modest gains for the far-right in many member states

Labour Party of EU commissioner Frans Timmermans secures big win, exit polls show

Hague Letter: Right-wing Forum for Democracy may crush Wilders’ Freedom Party

Netherlands’ Council of State condemns ban as unnecessary and unconstitutional

Far-right parties from as many as 20 countries are understood to be invited to the event in Milan

The centre has held, but the far-right is not going away

Use of WB Yeats by politicians and media is an index of how bad world has become

Far-right leader hails retrial decision after ‘selective prosecution’ claim

US equity markets reached new highs seemingly on a daily basis for much of 2017

New programme for coalition government promises to prioritise ‘our citizens’

Tomio Okamura backs ‘Czexit’ and opposes Islam and immigration

It is hard to justify the displays of racism and xenophobia on display in the election

Success of Freedom Party in Austria’s election shows populism far from a spent force

Despite having no ruling government since March, Netherlands economy is thriving

Hague Letter: Pete Hoekstra was born in Groningen but advocates Tea Party morality

Multiparty negotiations between unlikely bedfellows must bridge ideological gulfs

Europe’s Future: Despite setbacks, disillusioned millions still swell populist movements

Threat to western idea of progress comes from within, a new book argues

Negotiations have been going on for three months following fragmented poll result

Leader Mark Rutte has said he will not work with the Freedom Party because of their anti-Islam views – but options are growing thin

Holocaust-deniers in Front National hold back candidate’s attempts to present softer image

Phillip Lahm told by AfD to stick to soccer after comments about rise of right in Germany

‘Why on earth should the Ghent taxpayer have to pick up the tab for a private visit which our authorities actually advised against?’

Leaders of four parties meet as ‘robust’ economic growth continues in the Netherlands

60 years after Treaty of Rome, the argument over a multi-speed Europe is just beginning

Ryanair and Smurfit Kappa among main gainers in rising Dublin market