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That wont be necessary. The Chinese will get their files via the Russians...

"Leaked documents show connections between PVV and Russia" - https://nltimes.nl/2023/10/19/leaked-documents-show-connecti...

No, he's been busy trying to find someone who is not an embezzler[1] to talk to the other parties so they can form a cabinet. Didn't manage to find one in his own party.

[1] https://nltimes.nl/2023/11/27/cabinet-formation-leader-resig...

Even with a plurality it's unclear he will manage to form a government, so maybe it won't matter.

And for everyone who also hadn't heard about this: https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2023-10-24/...

> AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Several Dutch lawmakers on Tuesday challenged the Netherlands' Trade Minister over whether the U.S. has acted correctly in unilaterally imposing new rules regulating the export to China of another chipmaking machine made by ASML Holding.

What US ASML affair?

Maybe he means how ASML’s technology was developed by the US DoE and Intel and then licensed to ASML for political reasons including green lighting the acquisition of Cymer and deliberately excluding Canon from a license?

I mean maybe. A lot of Europeans seem pretty confused about ASML.