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Vaudevillian scenes in the Senate as the PVV block their own asylum bill before blaming D66 for not wanting to soil their hands with it. The cabinet still isn’t willing to cut fuel prices but hopes cheap train tickets and extra poverty relief funding will ease the pain. Utrecht is forced to take emergency measures after its electricity grid hits its limit. Artworks looted by the Nazis from Jewish families will go on public display for the first time. And in sport, there’s a potential kitchen-sink drama on the last day of the Keuken Kampioen Divisie season.
Ophef of the week: Bitter pill for bitterballen fans as Dutch snacks are eclipsed
Not a wind-up: oldest Wilhemlus recording found in museum attic
Rob Jetten’s fiancé Nicolás Keenan gives first interview as “first gentleman”
News
Jetten promises new restrictions on asylum in two weeks
Senate rejects law to criminalise living in Netherlands without papers
Cabinet say yes to €49 season ticket, lower tax for lorries
Cabinet spends €1bn on energy measures but no cut to fuel prices
No new electricity connections in Utrecht after grid reaches capacity
Markuszower forms new far-right party after split with Wilders
Looted WWII heirless artworks will be put on display
Sport
Dutch women edge closer to World Cup finals after 1-1 draw in France
Smit shines as AZ tear NEC apart to win Dutch cup final
