🇳🇱 De Volkskrant

About De Volkskrant

De Volkskrant is owned by the Belgian DPG Media group, a prominent media company that also owns other news outlets in the Netherlands. DPG Media Group is primarily owned by the Flemish company Epifin, whose shareholders are not publicly identified, though members of the Van Thillo, Criel, and Convent families are on its board of directors.

De Volkskrant is generally regarded as center-left, reflecting a progressive stance on climate policy and social issues, and has maintained high factual standards. While Media Bias/Fact Check rates its political bias as Right-Center due to some story selection and word choices that slightly favor the right, it also rates the outlet as High in factual reporting. Historically, De Volkskrant evolved from a Roman Catholic newspaper to a left-wing publication in the 1960s, later shifting to a more centrist approach. Academic analyses have noted a systematic slant in its reporting on right-wing populism, with disproportionate negative framing. The Netherlands maintains strong press freedoms, with Reporters Without Borders ranking it highly, though concerns exist regarding protection against lawsuits and potential risks from certain political parties.