Next test for Dutch is whether Europe still needs an airline tax

Netherlands renews commitment to new €7 tax on all flights from January next

Strong support for prime minister as the Dutch lockdown continues

Mark Rutte denies that ‘herd immunity’ was ever an active strategy

‘Out of his depth’: World leaders battle coronavirus with mixed results

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte rises to occasion but others struggle to reassure fearful public

EU struggles to agree Libya arms embargo mission

Europe Letter: Austria rejecting plan to revive naval rescue operation causes deadlock

Netherlands sees rise in anti-Chinese sentiment over coronavirus

Mainstream radio station apologises for playing parody about Chinese food

Dutch far-right parties to get own television channel

The Unheard Netherlands secures 50,000 subscribers needed for broadcast licence

Amsterdam refuses mosque’s request for loudspeaker call to prayer

Muslim community told amplified message no longer necessary in age of phone apps

Strache under fire as populist FPÖ plunges in Austrian poll

Coalition options await Sebastian Kurz as conservative ÖVP wins 38% of snap election

Austria election: Kurz set to return to power after snap poll

Former chancellor’s conservatives make gains while far-right Freedom Party slips

Burka ban commences in Netherlands amid refusals to enforce

Growing view prohibition on Muslim facial wear unnecessary and unlikely to be policed

Netherlands’ ‘burka ban’ set to unravel before it begins

Dutch police and public transport staff decide not to implement prohibition

Criminalisation of migrant rescue at sea backed by Dutch parties

Law seeks to ensure rescue missions not used to facilitate human trafficking

Problem for Geert Wilders is his ideas are jaded

Hague Letter: In some quarters, his political obituary is already written

Belgium’s status quo to be tested following far-right surge in elections

Europe Letter: Vlaams Belang’s success raises questions on government formation

The Irish Times view on Europe’s centre-right: the perils of imitation

Parties that mimic the far-right have suffered big electoral and reputational damage

Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz ousted in no-confidence vote

Leader of centre-right ÖVP party blamed by opposition for allowing populists into power

Elections round-up: how people voted across the EU

Country-by-country guide to elections that saw modest gains for the far-right in many member states

Populist parties suffer surprise defeat in Dutch EU elections

Labour Party of EU commissioner Frans Timmermans secures big win, exit polls show

Austria’s political crisis deepens as Kurz faces confidence vote

Austrian chancellor’s ruling coalition has been blown apart over incriminating video

The Irish Times view on Austria’s coalition collapse: Kurz’s big gamble

A snap election will not automatically deliver a better government

Austrian far-right leader quits over video sting as coalition teeters

Heinz-Christian Strache shown funneling contract in exchange for political support

Orban drifts towards exit of biggest European bloc before elections

Hungary going ‘in the wrong direction’, says leader of European People’s Party

Far-rightists could test Dutch loyalty to European project

Hague Letter: Right-wing Forum for Democracy may crush Wilders’ Freedom Party

Dutch burka ban represents failed attempt to ‘declaw’ far-right

Netherlands’ Council of State condemns ban as unnecessary and unconstitutional

Italian deputy PM seeking to create bloc of populist parties in EU

Far-right parties from as many as 20 countries are understood to be invited to the event in Milan

Poles and Czechs follow Austria and Hungary in rejecting UN migration pact

Anti-immigration leaders in central Europe follow US lead in opposing global framework

Germany agrees not to push refugees back into Austria

Sebastian Kurz insists Vienna wants ‘Europe without internal borders’

Austria and Italy react to German border control plan

Vienna rejects proposal to pass asylum seekers back over Austrian border

Fear stalks German borders as police face renewed wave of migration

High-stakes stand-off in Berlin as Merkel’s Bavarian allies decide on support for EU deal

Austria’s new government begins crackdown on ‘political Islam’

Turkey denounces ‘racist’ plan by Vienna to close mosques and expel up to 40 imams

Austrian Freedom Party politician resigns over neo-Nazi scandal

Udo Landbauer says controversial fraternity’s songbook was published before he joined it

Italian elections likely to ensure ongoing political instability

Europe Letter: Eurosceptical forces in Rome will undermine Franco-German partnership

Marine Le Pen re-emerges whistling the same old tune

Far-right leader blames sexual harassment on immigrants who ‘do not respect women’

Young but dissimilar French and Austrian leaders meet in Paris

Macron and Kurz emphasise areas of accord rather than disagreement

Vienna New Year’s baby greeted with stream of online hate

Racist internet comments prompt charity worker to spread positive message

Hardline Austrian coalition assumes power amid protests

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz signals plan to reset ‘incorrect refugee and migration policy’

Populist Freedom Party the new partner of Austria’s centre-right

New programme for coalition government promises to prioritise ‘our citizens’

Austrian populist coalition deal a warning sign for other EU states

Analysis: Right/far-right coalitions within realm of possibility in other EU countries

Austria’s conservative leader cements deal with far-right party

Sebastian Kurz rules out Brexit-style vote as Austrian president approves coalition

Austria’s Sebastian Kurz agrees coalition with far-right party

Austrian leader reaches government deal with the anti-immigration Freedom Party

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