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In Dutch politics the bordes scene (Dutch:bordesscène) is the official presentation of a new cabinet with the monarch on the "bordes" (wide stairs) of the royal palace.
During the bordes scene the prime minister and the senior vice prime minister (usually from the second largest party in the cabinet) stand respectively on the right and the left of the monarch with the remaining ministers and state secretaries standing around them. The women are generally not placed next to each other.
The bordes scene is intended to give the media an occasion to make photos and videos of the new cabinet. The tradition was started in 1971 when the cabinet first Biesheuvel cabinet presented itself with Queen Juliana at Huis ten Bosch and later at her home, Palace Soestdijk (with the exception of the second Van Agt cabinet, which presented itself in the hall of Huis ten Bosch).
During the reign of her daughter Queen Beatrix the bordes scene always took place at Huis ten Bosch, which was her home.
Rump cabinets such as the third Van Agt cabinet and the third Balkenende cabinet are not presented with a bordes scene.