Kemal Rijken

The war in Ukraine and the global energy crisis are clearly impacting the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. All three prepared for the winter, having governments keen on protecting consumers from soaring energy prices. How did their…

The anti-immigration party Sweden Democrats (SD) was the biggest winner in the Swedish parliamentary elections on September 11, 2022 and its right-wing political bloc won the elections. It was already clear that the right-wing nationalist…

The promising start of Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz seems to have faded away after only six months of governing. The social democrat won the parliamentary elections and forged a coalition with the Greens and the Liberal Party. Though…