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Alex Brenninkmeijer

Montesquieu Lecture

Tuesday 3 Sep 14:00 Raad van State, Den Haag register

On Tuesday September 3rd, Alex Brenninkmeijer will present the second Montesquieu Lecture.

 

Handen worden geschud

Happy with the polder model?

Is there a comeback of the polder model? A debate with Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (VVD), Jaap Smit (CNV), Gijs Herderscheê (de Volkskrant) and Ton Wilthagen (UvT).

 

poster zomerconferentie

Summer Conference 2013

Tuesday 27 Aug 16:00 Kloosterkerk, Den Haag register

On Tuesday August 27th, the Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs, Ronald Plasterk, will open the annual Summer Conference of the Montesquieu Institute.

 

Schijnwerper op Europese vlag

The Dutch position in Europe

The Netherlands was known as a pro-European nation. This changed in 2005, when the EU-referendum took place. But is that really the case? A research project from Groningen.

 

de Ridderzaal

Conference 'The Ideal Parliament'

EuParl.net organizes an international conference on the perceptions, interpretations and memories of parliaments and parliamentarism in Europe.

 

Handtekening koning Willem Alexander

The first signature

On May 1, a day after the investiture, King Willem-Alexander signed up for the first time. This and more in the May-edition of De Hofvijver, the newsletter of the Montesquieu- Institute (only in Dutch available).

 

 
Lange Voorhout (home of the Montesquieu Institute) with flowers