NL is currently similar to that one Homer Simpson meme, where he hides all the fat behind his back. We look good from the front, but due to procrastination of the government there are a lot of problems brewing beneath the surface. To name a few:
Nitrogen crisis
Housing shortage
Immigration crisis
Radicalisation of science deniers/politics
Stagnation of civil rights
I hope that now Mark is gone, we might get at least some progress in some of these, but we will have to see
This is true but also keep in mind that Dutch is still leading in most cases. E.g. if you have a contract that’s both in English and Dutch, if issues arise the Dutch translation will usually be the one that is followed