Jan 26, 2024 · Rutte also said he has great respect for all the people in Groningen who are enduring the problems caused by the earthquakes. The PM also posted a short video about his stay. Voor veel Groningers in het aardbevingsgebied betekent het versterken van hun huis of het krijgen van een nieuwbouwhuis, dat zij tijdelijk moeten verhuizen naar een ...

Apr 25, 2023 · Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologized to residents of the northern province of Groningen who have suffered for years from earthquakes caused by gas extraction that damaged thousands of homes and ruined lives. Rutte’s apology Tuesday and a pledge to fund a generation-long program to revitalize the remote region came as his government published its official reaction to a damning ...

Jun 30, 2024 · Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte used his farewell speech to once again express his regret over two major scandals that involved the national government: the handling of natural gas extraction and the damages caused by the resultant earthquakes in Groningen, and the childcare benefits scandal. "A lot went wrong under my watch and I take personal responsibility," the outgoing prime minister said ...

Feb 24, 2023 · The conclusions in the nearly 2,000-page report are the latest damaging blow to the credibility of Dutch governments that have been led for more than a decade by Prime Minister Mark Rutte. He declined Friday to react to the report’s findings, but acknowledged that the conclusions were “hard and painful” and underscore why people in ...

Jul 2, 2024 · In his last speech before leaving office, former Prime Minister Mark RuttePrime he regrets the earthquake situation in Groningen and that “a lot went wrong” under his responsibility and that he takes this personally. As one of his last acts as Prime Minister, Mark Rutte delivered a televised speech from The Hague on Sunday. The new ...

Mar 10, 2023 · Prime Minister Mark Rutte admitted that the tone of his response to the investigative report on gas extraction in Groningen was a poor moment. “I did not handle that well,” the prime minister said during his regular weekly press conference on Friday. He added that he was tired that day, partly due to a visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Feb 24, 2023 · The Dutch state earned 363 billion euros from Groningen gas, the report said. Extraction from the Groningen field — one of the world's largest at 2,800 billion cubic meters — has now all but ...

Jun 8, 2023 · Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte (right) and state secretary for mining Hans Vijlbrief attend a debate on the report of the parliamentary inquiry committee on natural gas extraction in Groningen ...

Apr 25, 2023 · Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Tuesday to residents of the northern province of Groningen who have suffered for years from earthquakes caused by gas extraction that damaged thousands ...

Jun 7, 2023 · In the debate about the parliamentary inquiry into gas extraction in Groningen, Prime Minister Mark Rutte clashed several times with opposition parties. There was several squabbles about the extent to which the Cabinet can be blamed for deciding against reducing the amount of natural gas that was extracted in 2013 following the severe earthquake near the village of Huizinge in 2012.