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Widtvoet expressed understanding for Rob Jetten's request to grant privacy to the surrogate mother of his child, but wondered why Jetten and his fiancée had shared a photo themselves. The author added that it might have been his fault. #RobJetten https://t.co/py3AJQOh9p #privacy #draagmoeder #gezondheid (translated)

Weird Duk announced that he would discuss the background of the uprising in France that evening on Nieuws van de Dag on SBS6 at 6:05 PM, including who the rioters were and who he believed was behind them and profiting from the chaos. He would also pose the question of whether Europe could still be saved. #Frankrijk #Europa #Nieuws (translated)

The article discusses the recent shifts in the art market, where old masterpieces and modern art are showing an upward trend, while contemporary art stagnates, and wonders whether these global trends are also visible in Belgium. #MarchéDeLArt #ArtContemporain #MaîtresAnciens (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt stated in his column that the government should first cut its own spending before asking citizens to be frugal. He cited the renovation of the Binnenhof as an example: it was estimated in 2015 to cost 475 million euros, but according to him, the costs had risen to at least 2.7 billion euros by 2026. He wrote that the Court of Audit had called the original estimate unrealistically low. Von Kreyfelt urged ministries to demonstrate what their expenditures yielded. He mentioned European contributions, nitrogen policy, climate programs, migration, and development aid, and asked what problem was being solved, at what cost, and when funding would stop. He also suggested that it should first be demonstrated at 2.5 percent of GDP what Defense could purchase, organize, and staff. According to him, the NATO agreement for 2035 required 5 percent: at least 3.5 percent for defense and a maximum of 1.5 percent for broader security. He wrote that Donald Trump had requested 5 percent. The columnist also criticized the use of consultants and administrative layers. According to him, budget deficits could arise from overly ambitious promises, poor estimates, and too few cuts, and these did not prove that citizens were paying too little. He concluded that the government needed to shrink first. https://t.co/V2P6pFuNy1 #Overheid #Financiën #Soberheid (translated)

Ruud wondered if the Dutch government had become alert after the riots in France. He suggested that this might be an unnecessary question, because he believed that the leftist government would only react when it was too late, the damage was no longer manageable, and the consequences could no longer be denied. #Nederland #rellen #overheid (translated)

Sander Sassen wondered where the rioters in Paris came from and wrote that among others, people from the United Kingdom had come. He stated that the riots had been pre-coordinated, partly through social media, and said he would not be surprised if migrants from the Netherlands had also traveled to Paris. #Parijs #rellen #migratie (translated)

Widtvoet wrote that journalist and historian H.P. Rosenberg responded to an implicit question about the meaning of stroking along the neck with a flat hand. According to Widvoet's summary, Rosenberg warned against a radical-right reflex and referred to what had happened the day before as a tradition. https://t.co/cDtiJ0fENt #traditie #journalistiek #geschiedenis (translated)

The European Union has strongly condemned the attack by Israeli settlers on a diplomatic convoy in the occupied West Bank, which was also attended by the Belgian consul-general, and demands accountability and effective measures against further acts of violence. #Cisjordanie #UnionEuropéenne #Colonisation (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)

The world economy shows apparent growth despite rising risks such as the consequences of artificial intelligence, trade conflicts, and increasing national debts, raising the question of how long this positive development can last. #wereldeconomie #kunstmatigeintelligentie #inflatie (translated)

The text examines the complexity of contemporary far-right movements in Europe and questions the extent to which they can truly be compared to Nazism, while also highlighting the challenges of national identity and the situation surrounding rights and counterpower. #ExtrêmeDroite #Nazi #Démocratie (translated)

Sander Sassen wrote that Rob Jetten's call for all possible support for Ukraine amounted, in his view, to prolonging a war of attrition. He argued that the front line barely moved, that the Russian economy had adapted, and that Western munitions stocks and political support were finite. According to Sassen, diplomatic solutions were wrongly dismissed as a sign of weakness. Sassen referred to Ukrainian estimates of more than 1.5 million Russian dead and wounded and to Western analyses, including those from CSIS, which he claimed spoke of hundreds of thousands of casualties and over one hundred thousand deaths in Ukraine. He argued that the war constituted a demographic disaster for both countries and that further pressure from sanctions and weapons would result in more casualties. Negotiations, according to Sassen, were not capitulation but the way to end the war. He claimed that a full Ukrainian recapture of the borders of 1991 was militarily unrealistic without direct NATO intervention, risking a war with Russia. He advocated for territorial compromises, likely along the current front line, security guarantees for the remaining Ukraine, and an end to mobilization. He noted that Ukrainian men were forcibly taken off the streets in this process. Sassen acknowledged that such compromises would feel unjust and could reward aggression, but argued that they were better than continuing the current bloodshed. He accused Jetten and like-minded individuals of blocking serious diplomacy and urged the Prime Minister to immediately pursue a diplomatic solution. #Oorlog #Diplomatie #Vrede (translated)