2015 in the Netherlands
# 2015 in the Netherlands

This article lists some of the events from 2015 related to the Netherlands.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Willem-Alexander
* Prime Minister – Mark Rutte (VVD)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives – Anouchka van Miltenburg (VVD, resigned on 12 December), Khadija Arib (PvdA, Acting Speaker)
* President of the Senate – Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD)

## Events

### January

* 8 January: After the Charlie Hebdo shooting, over 18,000 demonstrators for freedom of speech joined events around the Netherlands, following the call of the Mayors of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and others; many Dutch Government members joined the demonstrations
* 29 January: A man holding a fake gun tried to take over the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) news studio in Hilversum because he wanted to tell the audience about a conspiracy theory of his; he was arrested later that evening by the police without hurting anyone.

### February

* 2 February: Opening of the Barneveld Zuid railway station
* 9 February: The political party Denk is founded by MPs Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk
* 12–15 February: The 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships take place in the Thialf Arena in Heerenveen

### March

* 15 March: Ivo Opstelten and Fred Teeven (VVD) resign from the Ministry of Security and Justice.
* 18 March: Provincial and Water board elections are held.

### April

* 18 April: PSV Eindhoven wins the 2014–15 Eredivisie

### May

* 12 May: Jesse Klaver takes over as Leader of GroenLinks

### June

* 9 June: Senate election, 2015

### August

* 19–23 August: SAIL Amsterdam

### September

* 8 September: The VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam is fully evacuated after parts of the hospital were flooded because of a burst in a major water pipeline

### October

* 6 October: Locals demonstrate in Oranje, Drenthe to oppose the instalment an asylum seekers centre in the village
* 14–18 October: Amsterdam Dance Event

### December

* 16 December: Around 2,000 people protested and rioted against plans announced by the town council to construct a centre for 1,500 asylum seekers in the 2015 Geldermalsen riot.
