Labour leader Lodewijk Asscher is stepping down from the job because of criticism of his role in the childcare benefit scandal, just two months before the general election. Asscher was social affairs ...

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Dutch Labor Party leader Lodewijk Asscher quit his post Thursday over a scandal in which thousands of parents were falsely accused of child benefit fraud. The scandal has rocked Dutch politics and the ...

Lodewijk Asscher, who has Jewish ancestors, in a Facebook post lists the handles of several Twitter users who used anti-Semitic language against him. AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The deputy prime minister of the ...

Deputy prime minister Lodewijk Asscher, who is expected to announce he is challenging for the leadership of the Labour party later today, is the most popular man for the job, according to a new ...

A group of 15 local Labour party chiefs and city aldermen have called on social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher to run for the party leadership and challenge the incumbent Diederik Samsom. ‘We think ...

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — Ahmed Aboutaleb was giving a lot of Dutch politicians sleepless nights earlier this year. A moderate Muslim of Moroccan descent, the mayor of Rotterdam is the most popular ...

Labour leader Lodewijk Asscher is set to top the party’s list of candidates in next year’s election after no rival candidate came forward. Sources quoted by RTL Nieuws said the party would confirm his ...

Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher will throw his hat in the ring and take on Diederik Samsom for leadership of the Labour party, broadcaster NOS said on Thursday. NOS said its sources indicate ...

As expected, social affairs minister and deputy prime minister Lodewijk Asscher has decided to challenge for the leadership of the Labour party (PvdA) in the run-up to the March 2017 general election.

Despite the warm welcome given millions of Ukraine refugees in the European Union since the Russian invasion, EU officials said Tuesday there are some fears of wavering support caused by a slowing ...

Dutch Labor Party leader Lodewijk Asscher quit his post Thursday over a scandal in which thousands of parents were falsely accused of child benefit fraud. The scandal has rocked Dutch politics and the ...