nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211102-173238-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211102s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211102-173238-0 doi eng 342 23 Schulte, Emma Author aut Grinding the Orange Axe Takeaways from the Venice Commission’s Opinion on the Legal Protection of Citizens in the Netherlands Schulte, Emma Verfassungsblog 2021-11-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On October 18th, 2021, the Venice Commission adopted its opinion on the Dutch childcare benefit scandal and highlighted, albeit reluctantly, several shortcomings regarding the Netherlands’ adherence to the rule of law: A lack of parliamentary scrutiny, a disrupted flow of information in bureaucratic bodies and the need for constitutional review. Despite the opinion’s inherent potential to provide a thorough substantive addition to the rule of law conversation, it fails at doing so due to its evasiveness and its hesitance to address complicated Dutch customs, such as the current caretaker cabinet. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Childcare Allowance Scandal Rule of Law Venice Commission Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/grinding-the-orange-axe/ raw object