title: 2015 in the Netherlands
text: # 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.
  