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            <title><![CDATA[NATO Chief Proposes 5% Defense Spending Goal by 2032]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nato's Secretary-General Mark Rutte wants the member countries to agree on increasing their defense expenditures to 5 percent of GDP at the summit in June. The goal is to be achieved by 2032.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 16:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson Attends Oslo Talks Before Key Trump Summit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ulf Kristersson is attending a dinner in Oslo tonight within the British-led defence cooperation JEF. The Prime Minister will prepare with Nordic colleagues for the next major summit with Donald Trump, in the Netherlands in June.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 15:37:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pope Francis Funeral Today: Global Leaders Gather in Rome]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Rome stands still and the world's eyes are fixed on the Vatican. Today, Pope Francis is being buried. In attendance are royalty, tens of thousands of mourners – and a long list of the world's most powerful leaders. However, for some, the pomp leaves a bitter aftertaste.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:45:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[After the Fateful Meeting on Ukraine: "Historic Turning Point"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A plan for a lasting peace in Ukraine was at the center of Sunday's crucial meeting in London. Afterward, the message is that it requires strong European buildup and security guarantees for Ukraine. We stand today at a historic crossroads, says Keir Starmer, Britain's Prime Minister.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 06:35:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Crisis meeting about the violence against Israeli supporters]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Dick Schoof cancels his trip to the UN climate meeting and the government holds a crisis meeting. This week's violent acts against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam continue to leave their mark on Dutch politics.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:46:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Prime Minister on the Amsterdam violence: I am ashamed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Several Israelis have been attacked after a football match in Amsterdam. Israel is now flying home its fans by plane. The Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof says that those guilty will be prosecuted. I am ashamed that this can happen in the Netherlands in 2024, he says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 04:48:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer courted European leaders at the palace]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to restore the relationship with the EU during a top meeting with a number of European leaders outside Oxford.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:49:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wilders pulls the strings from behind the scenes – new government in The Hague]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With completely untested ministers, civil servant Dick Schoof takes over as Prime Minister in the Netherlands. The question is how – and if – Islam-critical Geert Wilders can govern from behind the scenes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:46:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ordinary and Dull - and Next in Line to Lead NATO]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An everyday man who has been called "Teflon-Rutte", as scandals seem to bounce right off him. When Mark Rutte takes over the leadership of Nato – in the midst of a raging war – it may become harder to dodge the crises. But the 57-year-old Dutchman is described as an extremely polished diplomat.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:46:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mark Rutte to become new Nato chief]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dutchman Mark Rutte will become Nato's next chief, the defence alliance announced in a statement. "I know I'm leaving Nato in good hands", writes outgoing Jens Stoltenberg on X.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:18:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ordinary and Dull - and Next to Lead NATO]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An everyday man who has been called "Teflon-Rutte", as scandals seem to just roll off him. When Mark Rutte, by all accounts, takes over the leadership of Nato – in the midst of a raging war – it may become harder to dodge the crises. But the 57-year-old Dutchman is described as an extremely polished diplomat.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:11:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ministers on their way to the Wilders government]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 07:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wilders' "only" second in the EU election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Environmentalists and social democrats are shocked when the Netherlands is the first out in the EU election. The red-greens seem to get a mandate more than the Islamophobic Geert Wilders, according to a voting booth survey in Dutch TV.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 03:30:24 GMT</pubDate>
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