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Joost Jansen wrote that he had Chat prepare a speech for Rob Jetten in response to serious riots in Amsterdam. The proposed text stated that violence against society was unacceptable, while demonstrating and expressing criticism were part of democracy. The speech proposed three measures: maintaining the rule of law, supporting victims and affected entrepreneurs, and investigating the causes of social tensions. The text also stated that researching those causes was no excuse for violence. The recovery of trust, according to the speech, would depend on consistent action and rules that applied to everyone. #Amsterdam #democratie #veiligheid (translated)

The author stated that the Dutch population had grown from just over 1.1 million since early 2016 to approximately 18.1 million. According to the author, around 173,000 people had died and 167,000 babies had been born in 2025, resulting in negative natural growth and the total growth coming entirely from migration. The author referred to Jan Latten, who estimated the group of Dutch origin at about 12.9 million, and wrote that this group was expected to shrink by 1 to 2 million over the coming decades. By 2050, according to the author, the Netherlands would have about 20 million inhabitants. The author argued that the changing population composition put pressure on social and cultural relations, social cohesion, the welfare state, and the housing market. It was written that rapid changes complicated integration and increased parallel societies and clashing norms and values. According to the author, politicians focused too much on symptom treatment and paid too little attention to population growth due to migration and low birth rates among the indigenous population. The author praised Latten for his expertise and warned that politics, media, and society needed to take demographic changes seriously. https://t.co/wVfulQlN6k #demografie #migratie #socialecohesie (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that the stuck plastic cap, in his view, symbolized the emptiness of European innovation. He stated that large technology companies and innovations in transport, logistics, and energy were mostly located in the United States and China. Nijman criticized the EU bureaucracy in Brussels and wrote that, in his opinion, it imposed new rules on workers and entrepreneurs while European companies weakened due to a lack of innovation and high energy prices. He mentioned companies in the steel and defense sector and German, French, and Italian car manufacturers. In contrast to Europe, he highlighted a man in the United States who, according to him, made cars drive with rocket boosters and thereby set an acceleration record of 0 to 100 in less than a second. Nijman concluded with the question of whether Europe would emerge from its own malaise and referenced images from several French cities that day. #innovatie #EU #technologie (translated)

Arno Wellens wrote that, according to him, they acted to get better classrooms. He claimed that not rusty Russian tanks, but the boundless naivety of self-proclaimed do-gooders posed the greatest threat to Europe. He also accused that group of looking away and inventing alternative facts. #onderwijs #Europa #naïviteit (translated)

Forum for Democracy wrote that Jesse Klaver, according to the party, loved migration so much that he denied its disruptive effects on the housing market. The party stated that Lidewij de Vos pointed out the facts to him. https://t.co/76tVUpMwvy #Migratie #Woningmarkt #Feiten (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that he saw signals everywhere that reminded him of a period in history he had studied in school. Although he believed that history would not repeat itself exactly or be predicted in advance, he saw patterns and practices in the current moralism, activism, and antisemitism that frightened him. He wrote that it should be prevented that descendants would later have to justify themselves to victims for the actions of their grandparents. At the same time, he stated that excuses were being sought to dismiss warning signals. Nijman said he was left with a bitter feeling from a piece by Rob Fransman. https://t.co/l6LTc1XoPm #geschiedenis #activisme #antisemitisme (translated)

Chris Klomp wrote that he suspected Fleur was urgently looking for 25,000 euros and that the Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ) was laughing about the matter according to him. He said he had been an NVJ member for a long time and therefore had a police press card and a judicial press card. According to Klomp, the NVJ had assigned a lawyer to him in the case against Alice Bosman; Bosman had already received several emails from that lawyer. Klomp said he did not know whether people he referred to as "wappies" had submitted a request, but he called that hopeless. He stated that there had to be criminal offenses for that, which he accused Fleur of but claimed he himself had not committed. He added that members received a membership number, not an NVJ code. Furthermore, Klomp corrected the name Thomas Bruning and the name of the NVJ. He said he did not know what Bruning had to do with Fleur's criminal case. According to Klomp, only a court could call witnesses, and only if they could say something about the criminal offenses mentioned in the summons. He wrote that the court would not call witnesses due to what he described as the delusions of the defendant. #journalistiek #NVJ #rechtspraak (translated)

Forum for Democracy stated that the quality of education and results had drastically deteriorated under D66. According to the party, instead of taking responsibility, D66 cast suspicion on the Renaissance School and its proven teaching methods. The party wrote that Peter pointed out the facts to the democrat. https://t.co/IcOaSEmFUI #onderwijs #D66 #kwaliteit (translated)

JA21 wrote that a motion was passed that required the cabinet to initiate an approach to identify and prosecute all participants in highway blockades who had committed demonstrable criminal offenses. According to the party, the blockades caused danger, traffic chaos, and annoyance, and placed heavy pressure on the police, while participants who committed criminal offenses often went unpunished. #verkeer #veiligheid #politiek (translated)

Joren Vermeersch wrote that he did not view the closure of Starlink for Ukrainian drone operations on Ukrainian territory as a lever to make Ukraine stop attacking Russian refineries. According to him, Ukraine had already unilaterally halted those attacks at Trump's request. Vermeersch suspected that Trump might want to force Ukraine to withdraw from the non-occupied parts of the Donetsk province and hand them over to Russia. He derived this from Trump's statements that Zelensky did not want to reach an agreement and that Putin was more focused on an agreement than Zelensky. According to Vermeersch, Trump seemed to think that Putin would be willing to negotiate a ceasefire after such a Ukrainian concession. He described that expectation as dangerous wishful thinking and pointed out that, in his view, Putin also claimed the non-conquered parts of Zaporizhia and Kherson. According to Vermeersch, Russia had constitutionally annexed those provinces; the claimed areas also included both provincial capitals. A Russian presence there would give Russia, according to him, a foothold on the right bank of the Dnipro in two places, in view of a possible third phase of the conquest war. As the main obstacle to a ceasefire, Vermeersch mentioned Putin's demand that Ukraine unilaterally disarm and demilitarize. According to him, that would amount to capitulation and certainly provoke a new invasion. He wrote that Putin had repeated that demand in every diplomatic round, including during the last round in Moscow the month before, with Witkoff and Kuchner. Vermeersch believed that Trump was wrongly thinking that Putin did not take that demand seriously. Vermeersch argued that Ukraine could not afford dangerous wishful thinking, as it was fighting for the survival of its society, people, and state. Because Putin continued to insist on unconditional capitulation, Ukraine was forced to keep defending itself. He wrote that it would continue to do so until it achieved a ceasefire that left it free in the part of the country it had successfully defended. #Oekraïne #Rusland #Vrede (translated)

Maaike van Charante wrote that Demo Demo NL was right again in her opinion and that the housing shortage was related to immigration. She stated that unwelcome facts eventually came to light, but that ideology could significantly delay their recognition. #Woningnood #Immigratie #Feiten (translated)

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reiterated allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum, emphasizing that it is important to establish the facts and recognize that Russian influence also affects other European countries, such as Germany and France. #Russie #Brexit #Désinformation (translated)

Sixteen minors, suspected of serious offenses during the national demonstration on October 9, have been released due to a lack of space in youth protection institutions (IPPJ), which alarms the Brussels public prosecutor about the resources for juvenile justice. #justicejuvenile #Belgique #manifestation (translated)

Dr. Sc. Ferdinand Meeus stated that the report confirmed by the IPCC, according to him, showed no measured increase in weather extremes such as hurricanes, floods, droughts, and wildfires. He said that this information was in a technical chapter that, according to him, almost no one read, but which he himself had consulted. As a source, he mentioned the "IPCC report: AR6, WG1, Ch12, Table 12.12, p1856." https://t.co/YfooGJbZB1 #klimaat #wetenschap #feiten (translated)

Maaike van Charante wrote that she found it worse that the media gave Hamas supporters and their strategically smarter advocates a platform without presenting any counterarguments, than the fact that those supporters were walking through cities with signs and banners. According to her, facts no longer mattered. #media #feiten (translated)

Arno Wellens wrote that the breaking of sanctions, according to him, resulted from a personal deal between Rutte and Putin. He claimed that the Ministry of Defense was aware of this but disregarded it to paint a frightening picture. According to Wellens, the sanction evasion took place through multiple 020 companies, including at Herikerbergweg 88. https://t.co/6ZxzuzTkYS #sancties #Rutte #Poetin (translated)