King Willem-Alexander Current Events 4: Aug 2023 -


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Today several documents of advise shared with the minister by civil servants (about a controversial ‘crisis law’) were made available at the request of the Second Chamber. In one of those a timeline was given for how long various aspects in the legal process would take. It mentioned that on average it would take a week for a royal decree to be signed by the king - dependent on availability… I would have thought that this part of the process would take only a day or 2.
 
According to the website of the cabinet of the King, he receives these laws daily. I don't know if he simply reads and signs them or if he actually consults the cabinet of the King f.e. on certain pieces.

Still, it is rather long considering it is an emergency law, supposed to be used during an emergency -a war or a grave natural disaster- when there is little time to be lost.

Queen Beatrix said that she saw her signature as a sign that the democratic process was followed correctly. Not that she necessarily agreed with the content of such laws and decrees. With the emergency law -if it ever comes about, which is far from certain- that will be less clear. Hypothetically I suppose the King cán refuse to sign a law, however such a refusal would result in a constitutional crises of such an enormity we have not seen since the days of Willem III and is therefore more theoretical than realistic.

It is not likely the emergency law will pass anyway, they seem to be moving to a 'spoedwet' (urgency law?)

 
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I guess it is the ‘average’ for royal decrees - I assume in a real emergency the king and his cabinet would make sure it would be signed asap.
 
King Willem-Alexander received the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Eppo Bruins, at Noordeinde Palace today, September 30:


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This morning, October 1, King Willem-Alexander attended the Law Day in Den Haag:


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Later he received the Foreign Trade and Development Assistance Minister Reinette Klever:


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King Willem-Alexander visited local broadcaster Dtv in Oss for it's 50th anniversary today, October 2:


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And later he attended the 80th commemoration of the Putten raid in Putten:


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Leidens Ontzet is a big celebration each year and every 50 years the monarch -as descendants of liberator William the Silent- is present as well. Queen Wilhelmina joined the festivities in 1924 and queen Juliana in 1974.

Traditionally, people eat herring and white bread on this day; as that was eaten on the day Leiden was liberated from the Spaniards as well. A year after the liberation William the Silent establised Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands.

See wikipedia for more information: 3 October Festival - Wikipedia

N.B. It surely wasn't the first time Willem-Alexander celebrated Leidens Ontzet; as a student he no doubt participated in the event - as it is very much celebrated by the locals and students alike.
 
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King Willem-Alexander opened the new production station for green hydrogen from Hysolar at the KWR Water Research Institute in Nieuwegein this afternoon, October 4:


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King Willem-Alexander swore in a new judge in the tax chamber of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands today, October 9:


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King Willem-Alexander together with King Philippe opened the new Lock in Terneuzen today, October 11:


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Later King Willem-Alexander received a representation of the State Commission:


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And afterwards attended the 200th anniversary of the Royal Dutch Rescue Society in Rotterdam:


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That's a quick visit by the king to the new mayor of Rotterdam who was only installed one day earlier!
 
Today, October 23, King Willem-Alexander paid a visit to the multipurpose frigate Zr.Ms. Van Amstel near Scotland.

"Zr.Ms. Van Amstel is deployed for surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare and, as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), will participate in the major multinational exercise STRIKE WARRIOR '24 from 14 October to 27 October":





 
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