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    The States General of the Netherlands (Dutch: Staten-Generaal [ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ɣeːnəˈraːl] ) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting...
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    Chamber of the States General", or simply Tweede Kamer) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one...
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  • Future of the French Language in Quebec, the name of a commission set up by the government of Quebec on June 29, 2000 States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal)...
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    is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-Provincial...
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    In the Netherlands, the Constitution refers to Amsterdam as the capital city. However, since 1588, the States General and the Executive Branch, along with...
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    abdication; the roles and duties of the monarch; the formalities of communication between the States General of the Netherlands; and the monarch's role...
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    under the Ancien Régime, the Estates General (French: États généraux [eta ʒeneʁo]) or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different...
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    the States General. An overseas member could be added to the Council of State when appropriate. According to the Charter, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles...
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    well. The Netherlands does not have a traditional separation of powers; according to the Constitution, the States General and the government (the monarch...
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    implementation of a stadtholder and the first convocation of the States General of the Netherlands in 1464. His granddaughter Mary had confirmed a number of privileges...
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  • body of Jersey The States General of the Netherlands, the legislative body of the Netherlands The States of Guernsey, the government and legislature of Guernsey...
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    Cabinet, the States General, the Supreme Court, and the Council of State of the Netherlands. King Willem-Alexander officially lives in the Huis ten Bosch...
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    between the Netherlands and the United States started in 1776 with the first salute at St. Eustatius's Fort Oranje and continues to this day as one of the oldest...
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    countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with...
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    The United States diplomatic mission to the Netherlands consists of the embassy located in The Hague and a consular office located in Amsterdam. In 1782...
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  • Charles II of England and ratified by the States General of the Netherlands on 5 March 1674. England was forced to sign the treaty since Parliament would not...
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    Binnenhof (redirect from The Binnenhof)
    centre of The Hague, Netherlands, next to the Hofvijver (Court Pond). It houses the meeting place of both houses of the States General of the Netherlands, as...
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    the States Provincial elect the members of the Senate of the States General of the Netherlands. The size of the provincial councils ranges from 39 members...
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    The economy of the Netherlands is a highly developed market economy focused on trade and logistics, manufacturing, services, innovation and technology...
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    Prinsjesdag, where the King addressed a joint session of the States General of the Netherlands to outline government policy for the upcoming parliamentary...
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    made by the States General of the Netherlands in Antwerp four days earlier. It declared that all magistrates in the provinces making up the Union of Utrecht...
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    Parliamentary committees of the Netherlands. Parliamentary committees of the House of Representatives Parliamentary committees of the Senate (in Dutch)...
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  • of a certain minister and fall under the responsibility of that minister, but are at the same time also separately responsible to the States General of...
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    Staats-Vlaanderen, meaning "governed by the States General". Each of these "Netherlands" had a high degree of autonomy, cooperating with each other mainly...
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    The Council of State (Dutch: Raad van State) is a constitutionally established advisory body in the Netherlands to the government and States General that...
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    is the day on which the reigning monarch of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the States-General of the Netherlands (consisting of the Senate...
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    In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands (Latin: Burgundiae Belgicae, French: Pays-Bas bourguignons, Dutch: Bourgondische Nederlanden...
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    Demographic features of the population of the Netherlands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the population, economic status...
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    2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin...
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  • The following is a series of historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands. An opinion poll conducted by the States General of the Netherlands...
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