What is Politics of the Netherlands?
[[File:Mark Rutte 2015 (1).jpg|thumb|Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]]]] The '''[[politics]] of the [[Netherlands]]''' is that of an [[indirect democracy]]. It has a [[constitution]] and a [[monarchy]] that operates within the constitution. The democratic structure is determined by a [[parliament]] (the [[legislative branch]]) and a government (the [[executive branch]]). The government depends on the confidence of the parliament, but the two branches aren't strictly separated (the [[parliamentary system]]). The parliament is called the [[States General of the Netherlands|States General]] (Dutch: ''Staten-Generaal'') and consists of two chambers: a lower house, the so-called [[Second Chamber (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]] (Dutch: ''Tweede Kamer''), comparable with the House of Representatives in other countries, and a upper house, the so-called [[First Chamber (Netherlands)|First Chamber]] (Dutch: ''Eerste Kamer''), comparable with the Senate in other countries, and often called likewise. At a lower level, there are [[Provinces of the Netherlands|provinces]], [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipalities]] and [[water board]]s. On a higher level, the Netherlands makes part of the [[Benelux]], [[Council of Europe]], [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and the [[United Nations]]. The Netherlands is officially called the ''[[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]''. It is composed of four countries: the Netherlands itself (the European part) and three island countries in the [[Caribbean]]: [[Aruba]], [[Curaçao]] and [[Saint Martin (Netherlands)|Saint Martin]]. Three other islands in the Caribbean that belong to the Netherlands have a status of [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|special municipalities of the Netherlands]], the so-called [[Caribbean Netherlands]]. == Government == Current government is the [[Fourth Rutte cabinet]], a coalition of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD, a conservative liberal party), [[Democrats 66]] (D66, a social liberal party), the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA, a Christ