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Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that a father had freed his son from a group home in Spain, where the boy was allegedly tortured by child protection services. He mentioned that the Salvation Army had reported the father and that the father had been convicted by a judge. He also wrote that the Salvation Army had informed him the week before that members of parliament were not welcome at discussions with parents, not even at the request of those parents; he called that suspicious. Van Houwelingen stated that the minister and the inspection were doing nothing and that the minister trusted the involved institutions. According to him, the inspection could not supervise placements abroad. He criticized the House of Representatives, which he referred to as the "Sleeping Chamber," because it had repeatedly rejected motions against placing children abroad and for oversight by the inspection and members of parliament. He wrote that the Chamber would vote on Tuesday on a motion that aimed to give parents the right to prohibit the placement of their children abroad against their will. In that context, he asked Lisa Westerveld, Marijke Synhaeve, and Ruud Verkuijlen for their opinion. https://t.co/W6kCiYwnPn👇 #jeugdbescherming #kindermishandeling #ouderrechten (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that the government explicitly distanced itself from the qualification of the war in Ukraine as a proxy war. At the same time, according to him, it was neither able nor even willing to refute the arguments of various experts for that qualification. https://t.co/H4Pg6Za10r #Oekraïne #oorlog #politiek (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that another disturbing report had emerged regarding abuses in youth protection. He stated that children were being placed out of their homes on dubious grounds, that the inspection did not maintain direct oversight, and that members of parliament were being excluded. According to Van Houwelingen, the minister did nothing. https://t.co/GKSFPqDFTl #jeugdbescherming #kinderen #misstanden (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that, in his opinion, child protection could take a child out of the home based on a vague criterion regarding the threat to the child's development. He described that as concerning and stated that child protection refused to allow Members of Parliament to be present at discussions. According to him, the minister saw no problem with that. https://t.co/TsPIQpKl3d #jeugdbescherming #kinderen #maatschappij (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that he found it incomprehensible that the CDA, according to him, had no principled objection to terminating pregnancies from 22 weeks, while the fetuses, in his opinion, were already viable. https://t.co/Awu5I7jUJk #abortus #levensvatbaarheid #CDA (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that, according to him, an unknown part of the cabinet's policy was determined by binding NATO resilience targets that were secret from the House of Representatives. He referred to a research article by Marit Nubé, in which, according to the fragment he cited, it stated that the Netherlands could not disclose the targets without NATO's permission. Defense had informed NieuwRechts that no formal permission had ever been requested for that and that the cabinet also had no plans to do so. In response to the question of whether the targets had been shared confidentially with a parliamentary committee, the ministry had answered, according to the fragment: "No." #NAVO #politiek #transparantie (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that many Dutch people, according to him, could not afford dental care, while the cabinet reimbursed millions of euros in healthcare costs each year for more than twenty thousand “uninsurable foreigners,” including dental care. https://t.co/swK9y4CiMk #gezondheidszorg #tandzorg #Nederland (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that he found it incomprehensible that the Chamber had voted against the motion. According to him, it was about an information request that should have been granted. He stated that the minister refused this on the grounds that the contacts were informal, but that this was not a valid reason for refusal in his opinion. #Politiek #Transparantie #Kamer (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen stated that one euro can only be spent once and a training position can only be allocated once. He asked D66, the VVD, and PRO whether education funds should benefit the education of Dutch students or be used to train foreign students. https://t.co/mynydVOrUW #Onderwijs #Studiefinanciering #BuitenlandseStudenten (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen asked how the Netherlands should equip its army and what would happen if the country, like Switzerland, were no longer a member of the European Union and/or NATO in the future. According to him, the House of Representatives did not want to take that scenario into account at all. https://t.co/NArgLjf51w #Nederland #leger #EU (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that the government and the House of Representatives, in his opinion, made commitments to the EU in the Recovery and Resilience Plan regarding, among other things, pension reform and a mandatory disability insurance for self-employed individuals. He described those commitments as shocking and stated that they undermined democracy. https://t.co/Z3JQyUHl1x #Nederland #pensioen #democratie (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that a motion against the increase of the deductible in healthcare was narrowly rejected on Tuesday. According to him, besides the coalition parties, others like JA21 also voted against it. https://t.co/3jvDMXbdsb #zorg #politiek #gezondheid (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that a majority of the House of Representatives, according to him, did not want to rule out that young people would be imprisoned in the future if they did not fill out the Defense survey. According to him, in addition to the coalition parties, the elderly party, CU, SGP, and JA21 had no objections to that either. https://t.co/qqDlTtO73n #Defensie #Jongeren #Politiek (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that residents of the Wadden Islands were concerned about the possible closure of large parts of the islands with fences. According to him, that could happen, the national government decided on it, and the Netherlands could not forgo management plans because, according to him, they were mandatory under European Union regulations. https://t.co/bgNrlEKAPm #Waddeneilanden #NederlandsBestuur #EUbeleid (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen used derogatory language for the people he believed were governing the Netherlands. He claimed that they wanted to impose a catastrophic war with Russia on the country at all costs and that they were already well on their way to doing so. #politiek #oorlog #Rusland (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that on that day there were harsh words in the Volkskrant about Prime Minister Jetten. He stated that Jetten had provided demonstrably incorrect information to the House in response to his parliamentary questions. Van Houwelingen referred to descriptions such as "with his fingers in the door" and negligent, as well as the qualification that Jetten was very stupid. https://t.co/Jc9bGgjUjI #Politiek #Kamerleden #Jetten (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen stated that, in his opinion, Dutch democracy no longer revolved around the population, but around the European Union and Brussels. He called a Nexit necessary and said that the Netherlands could thereby restore control, sovereignty, and democracy. #Nexit #soevereiniteit #democratie (translated)