Opinion: One-Way Ticket
So this is how things work in Dutch politics: a minister (Ivo Opstelten) gives the parliament incorrect information and after some toing and froing he steps down. His State Secretary Fred Teeven, who was up to his eyeballs in the deal about which Opstelten gave incorrect information, also left office.
Did these politicians commit a crime? Is there an irrevocable criminal conviction?
No. None of that.
And what was it all about? An issue that played fifteen years ago, when Teeven was a public prosecutor Read more
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