While Dutch salvage experts worked to free a 200,000 tonne cargo ship blocking the Suez canal, back home everything ground to a halt this week. The coalition talks were stalled by Kajsa Ollongren's positive coronavirus test and then torpedoed by her documentary faux pas. Hugo de Jonge struggled once again to convince MPS he was turning round the Netherlands' vaccination strategy. And the football team's World Cup dreams were marooned in the doldrums as Turkey inflicted a 4-2 defeat in Istanbul. One thing that is flowing freely is your personal data, as hackers obtain the details of 7.3 million car owners.

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Tweede Kamer seats and change:

VVD: 34 (+1)

D66: 23 (+5)

PVV: 17 (-3)

CDA: 15 (-4)

PvdA: 9 (+0)

GroenLinks: 8 (-7)

SP: 9 (-5)

FVD: 8 (+6)

PvdD: 6 (+1)

ChristenUnie: 5 (+0)

Volt: 3 (+3)

SGP: 3 (+0)

JA21: 3 (+3)

DENK: 3 (+0)

50PLUS: 1 (-3)

BBB: 1 (+1)

BIJ1: 1 (+1)

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