Ferdinand Grapperhaus
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- Aug 24
Klaas Dijkhoff testifies on parliament's role during pandemic at Dutch inquiry
Former VVD leader Klaas Dijkhoff testified at the Dutch COVID-19 inquiry on 24 August 2026, stating parliament was sidelined by the cabinet and blocked from meeting digitally.
- Jul 10
Former Dutch health minister Hugo de Jonge to testify before Covid inquiry on final day before summer recess
The parliamentary inquiry into the Dutch Covid-19 response will hear from its central figure on Friday, as former health minister Hugo de Jonge appears for the first time before the committee in The Hague.
- Jul 1
Grapperhaus emotional over curfew signature, Van Dissel takes blame for herd immunity controversy at Dutch corona inquiry
Former justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus broke down recalling his reluctant signature on the 2021 curfew, while ex-OMT chair Jaap van Dissel admitted fault for the herd immunity uproar and called the government's COVID rules a 'spaghetti mess'.
- Jun 29
Halsema questioned on 'disproportionate' curfew as Dutch corona inquiry turns to unrest
The parliamentary inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic hears Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema and former police chief Henk van Essen on Monday, focusing on the controversial curfew of early 2021 and the unrest it sparked.
- Jun 13
Rutte tells COVID inquiry Netherlands 'crawled through the eye of the needle' as ICU beds nearly ran out in early 2020
Former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte told a parliamentary COVID inquiry that the country came close to running out of intensive care beds in the first weeks of the pandemic, as the cabinet 'crawled through the eye of the needle' thanks to German help and blunt internal debates.
