Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel
2010
The Netherlands / Pays-Bas
The most important Dutch constitutional issue in 2010 were the General Elections for the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament. After these Elections, a new minority Cabinet has been formed between the Liberal Democrats and the Christian Democratic Party, supported by the populist Party for Freedom of Geert Wilders. Furthermore, a new structure of the Dutch Council of State, the most important advisory body of the government and the highest Dutch Administrative Court, was introduced. The Commission on the Constitution presented their final report in which some interesting ideas were discussed. Also a few important judgments were made on several fundamental rights such as the equal political treatment of men and women. Finally, also elections for the 418 councils of the municipalities were held and an important judgment was given by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Dutch soft drugs policy.
