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Sywert van Lienden

Sywert van Lienden

Dutch columnist and writer

  • 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.

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