Overview
- Top ministers held hours-long crisis talks on Friday after the VVD threatened to quit over a parliamentary amendment that shifts about €1 billion from capital to labour.
- Four suspects arrested in Chelles, France were handed over to Dutch authorities on Friday in the investigation of the late‑October Zwijndrecht kidnapping.
- The attempted murder trial of Iranian critic Siamak Tahmasbi continued this week with the victim under protection and the AIVD saying it is likely the order came from the Iranian regime.
- Experts at the appeal of Fouad L., convicted for the 2023 Erasmus murders, now assess a higher risk of future violence and recommend placement on a forensic‑psychiatric ward.
- Investigations into the Prinsjesdag rail sabotage produced Drenthe arrests that were released as suspects and a string of local violent incidents and accidents is stretching police resources and public confidence.