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Esther Hesp2026-07-16 15:45:212026-07-16 15:45:21Regionals Dutch elections have double impact on national governance
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Esther Hesp2026-07-14 10:31:072026-07-14 10:31:07Future earning capacity requires more than a new taskforce
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Esther Hesp2026-02-23 17:57:302026-02-23 20:28:24Jetten I Cabinet on the steps: new term of office begins
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-10-07 16:25:142025-10-09 15:39:40Digital expertise at risk of disappearing from Parliament
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Mike de Wit2025-09-11 11:42:392025-09-11 11:47:13Unite, make & choose European: The State of the European Union 2025
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Mike de Wit2025-08-01 14:36:372025-08-01 14:36:37Conservative Liberal party VVD focuses on the global economic arena - and partly leaves domestic concerns behind
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Mike de Wit2025-07-14 11:56:282025-07-14 12:01:09Municipal elections 2026: a stronger mandate for public transport investment
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Mike de Wit2025-07-08 14:16:372025-07-08 14:24:33Budgetary advice in election season – the ‘menu’ for a next cabinet
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Mike de Wit2025-07-02 11:37:112025-07-14 12:45:43Industry and local politics: a necessary partnership
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-06-30 11:48:462025-08-11 17:15:25Public Matters continues to grow!
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Mike de Wit2025-06-27 15:43:352025-06-27 15:49:05Zero-emission zones: municipalities take the lead
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-06-20 15:25:302025-08-11 17:15:28House allows demissionary Cabinet to 'simply' continue governing
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-06-03 17:31:012025-06-27 15:50:19Fall of the Schoof I cabinet – caretaker status, controversial issues, and upcoming elections
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Mike de Wit2025-05-27 17:26:012025-07-14 12:41:29Conflict between municipalities and the national government is the new normal
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Bas Batelaan2025-05-26 08:58:102025-06-27 15:50:24Back from a week in DC – what Washington, Brussels, and The Hague can learn from each other about lobbying
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Bas Batelaan2025-05-19 02:02:342025-05-19 02:02:34Historic UK-EU summit: new opportunities or old pitfalls?
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Mike de Wit2025-05-16 12:38:472025-05-16 12:46:42Businesses also feel ignored by the government
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Mike de Wit2025-05-12 13:13:252025-05-12 13:14:38Why the Competitiveness Council on May 22 matters for Europe’s business climate
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Mike de Wit2025-04-25 15:53:312025-04-25 15:59:47Habemus papabile? How a pope is chosen – and what lobbying has to do with it
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Mike de Wit2025-04-09 14:35:162025-08-11 17:15:34Transparency beyond a lobby register: a recap of the event by Public Matters and Transparency International NL
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Bas Batelaan2025-04-06 12:28:512025-04-09 14:40:49
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Mike de Wit2025-03-13 09:36:292025-03-19 16:29:56Defense sector and investors: help The Hague (and Brussels) shape vision and policy
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Mike de Wit2025-03-03 13:56:232025-03-19 16:30:32Courage and visibility of CEOs in The Hague: a lesson from the US?
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Mike de Wit2025-02-27 10:31:342025-04-09 14:40:55German lobbyist Dominik Meier on Germany’s election results: “The AfD will hang over the new government like a sword of Damocles.”
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-02-20 09:02:052025-02-20 09:02:05Saskia Belleman receives the Machiavelli Prize 2024
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-02-17 17:23:332025-02-27 10:41:42Lobby Register Rotterdam: a break from the trend or a paper tiger?
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-02-13 10:15:072025-02-13 10:15:07Public Matters Team is strengthened with four new trainees!
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Mike de Wit2025-02-11 16:52:042025-02-11 17:29:15Political debate on private equity in healthcare: what does the Act on Integrity of Business Conduct in Healthcare and Youth Care Governance bring?
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Mike de Wit2025-01-28 15:53:562025-03-19 16:32:45The spoils system in the US & NL: political patronage with rules
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Mike de Wit2025-01-24 12:11:312025-02-27 10:41:50International Climate Coalition Netherlands: reflecting on cooperation with Public Matters ahead of COP29
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Mike de Wit2025-01-15 11:40:072025-03-19 16:33:37On revolving doors & pantouflage: French rules for lobbying transparency
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Mike de Wit2025-01-13 09:00:472025-01-10 16:21:05Research confirms: agendas of Dutch ministers fall short of transparency
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Mike de Wit2025-01-09 16:25:282025-01-10 15:39:21Leveraging social psychology in lobbying
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2025-01-09 13:16:042025-01-24 12:12:06Saskia Belleman awarded Machiavelli Prize 2024
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Mike de Wit2025-01-02 16:09:492025-01-02 16:10:35Six months of Schoof – “keep going”?
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Mike de Wit2024-12-23 15:43:392025-01-09 13:17:16The Art of Influence: Lobbying in Washington, Brussels, and The Hague
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Mike de Wit2024-12-03 15:35:102024-12-24 09:36:47CEO activism and value of the 'x-factor'
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Riezwaan Dinmahomed2024-11-29 15:51:332024-12-03 16:11:35How Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) impacts the work of a lobbyist
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