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"The court plays a very important role in preventing and condemning serious international crimes. This means that as a country, we will do everything we can to protect the court." In the TV program Buitenhof, Minister Berendsen already referred to the American decision on Sunday as a 'further escalation.' #InternationaalStrafhof #Sancties #EUbeleid (translated)

Minister Tom Berendsen has called on all EU countries to unanimously support the International Criminal Court and wants the European Commission to prepare to take legal countermeasures against the announced American sanctions. #InternationaalStrafhof #Sancties #EUbeleid (translated)

Impact reported that lawyer Elsa Marcel had strongly criticized the BFMTV set, considering that most of the speakers portrayed students as "delinquents" or "vandals". She would have also reproached the channel for seeking people opposed to the student movement and stated that it was supported by three out of four French people. According to Impact, Elsa Marcel's comments had provoked the anger of Bérénice Levet, a professor and doctor of philosophy, who denounced it as an attack on her conception of the teaching profession and the educational institution. #DébatPublic #Justice #Éducation (translated)

Impact reported that the professor and doctor of philosophy Bérénice Levet lost her temper on BFMTV during an exchange with lawyer Elsa Marcel, who denounced police violence and reminded her that she wrote for Valeurs actuelles, described by Impact as a far-right magazine. Impact also indicated that Levet had already attracted attention on LCI during an exchange with 17-year-old Elwan, presenting her background after the young man's intervention. #Télévision #Philosophie #ViolencesPolicières (translated)

Kunta van den Kinté stated that Bérénice Levet had exchanged conspiratorial smiles with Mathieu Valet from the RN while the lawyer Elsa Marcel was denouncing police violence, in order to show him that she was on the side of the police. He added that Levet had not accepted the fact that Elsa Marcel reminded her that she wrote for Valeurs actuelles. https://t.co/DYg2XAV5rx #ViolencesPolicières #Justice #Politique (translated)

Defense Minister Dilan Yesilgöz referred to Russia as 'the enemy' during a budget debate in the House of Representatives, which caused controversy since her colleague from Foreign Affairs, Tom Berendsen, avoided the term and described Russia earlier as the greatest security threat. #Rusland #Defensie #Diplomatiek (translated)

Mona Keijzer wrote that words have always mattered and that the cabinet could not even come to an agreement on the terms to be used, according to her. She stated that a lot was at stake and referred to a NU.nl report about disagreement between Berendsen and Yesilgöz regarding naming Russia as an "enemy." #woensdag #politiek #woorden (translated)

Harm Beertema criticized the minority cabinet for the emergency package that, according to him, was imposed, including a flashlight and battery-operated radio. He asked what citizens were supposed to listen to on that radio and referred to advice to shelter under the stairs with a can of sardines. He also inquired where Dilan Yeşilgöz and Tom Berendsen, whom he described as sustainability advisor and policy officer, would be during a crisis. According to Beertema, they might possibly be abroad, as he claimed that governments and royal households were accustomed to doing. #politiek #kabinet #noodpakket (translated)