🇳🇱 De Volkskrant

About De Volkskrant

De Volkskrant is owned by the Belgian publishing company DPG Media group, which also holds significant media assets in the Netherlands. DPG Media Group is primarily owned by the Flemish company Epifin, though Epifin's ultimate beneficial owners are not publicly identified. A minority stake in DPG Media Nederland is held by Stichting Democratie en Media, an independent foundation.

Media Bias/Fact Check rates De Volkskrant as 'Right-Center' with 'High' factual reporting, noting some use of emotionally loaded language in political headlines. However, multiple other analyses, including Grokipedia, Wikipedia, Eurotopics, and The Wrasse Gazette, generally describe its editorial stance as center-left or left-liberal, focusing on social justice and environmental issues. The newspaper was founded in 1919 as a Roman Catholic publication, evolved into a left-wing newspaper in the 1960s, and later adopted a more moderate stance. De Volkskrant is recognized for maintaining high factual standards and has avoided major scandals. The Netherlands generally enjoys strong press freedoms, ranking high in global indices, though concerns exist regarding increasing aggression against journalists.