# The Herding Cats and Chasing Cheeses Edition - Week 22 - 2026

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Podcast: [DutchNews Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dutchnews-podcast-955277)
Published: 2026-05-30T04:26:07+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/dutchnewsnl/the-herding-cats-and-chasing-cheeses-edition-week-22-2026
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Duration seconds: 3966

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Social affairs minister Hans Vijlbrief cans the cabinet’s plans to extend the retirement age in the hope of avoiding a summer of strikes. Accusations fly in parliament in a bad-tempered debate on asylum, as the reception centre in Ter Apel continues to strain at the seams. The sale of DigiD is blocked at the last minute to the dismay of Donald Trump's man in The Hague. Schiermonnikoog wants to use heat-seeking drones to round up its stray cats. And a Dutchman is king of the hill in the ancient English sport of cheese rolling.

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