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The government in The Hague launched an initiative for reviving the negotiations on a pension reform, which have already gone on for eight years. The move came after pension funds threatened with cutbacks because they are running out of reserves. Commentators see the Netherlands' Polder model in which employers, trade unions and government representatives seek a consensus together as having reached its limits.

Die AKP von Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan bleibt nach der Kommunalwahl in der Türkei stärkste Kraft. Doch in den großen Städten musste sie Niederlagen einstecken: Die Opposition gewann in Ankara, Izmir, Antalya und knapp auch in Istanbul. Einige Kommentatoren deuten dies als Vorzeichen eines Wandels. Andere glauben, dass an Erdoğans Macht vorerst nicht zu rütteln ist.

The government in The Hague launched an initiative for reviving the negotiations on a pension reform, which have already gone on for eight years. The move came after pension funds threatened with cutbacks because they are running out of reserves. Commentators see the