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Every citizen should be alert at the word 'state of emergency', given the risks to fundamental rights and parliamentary oversight that come with it, especially in light of recent legislation that expands the powers of intelligence services. #rechtsstaat #staatsnoodrecht #grondrechten (translated)

"This is based on the right that a woman has to make the choice to terminate the pregnancy in case of an emergency. I not only accept that right, I stand firmly behind it." Hermans stood his ground and stated that there is no question of a relaxation of the legislation. #Abortusdebat #SGP #Volksgezondheid (translated)

Bart van den Brink wrote that the abolition of penalty payments for late decisions on asylum applications would take effect tomorrow. According to him, this would give the implementation more space to focus on making decisions and prevent the government from having to pay large amounts. #asiel #migratie #wetgeving (translated)

Asylum Minister Bart van den Brink has quietly tightened the legislation regarding asylum issues, which means that asylum seekers no longer have the right to high penalties, and foreigners from safe countries will be criminalized if they remain in the Netherlands. #asielwetgeving #BartvandenBrink #immigratiebeleid (translated)

Susanne wrote that it was very annoying for a Member of Parliament to be on their way home or just at home after a heavy work week on Thursday after 8:00 PM and then receive a request to immediately return to the House of Representatives for a roll call vote on a rainbow flag. #TweedeKamer #Politiek #Regenboogvlag #Wetgeving (translated)

Cees van de Sanden, former VVD senator, realizes that as an independent member of parliament he has gained the freedom to critically assess the quality of legislation, after he resigned from the VVD due to his dissatisfaction with the populist direction of the party. #CeesvandeSanden #EersteKamer #VVD (translated)

Afshin Ellian asked what would happen if Islamic rules became visible in the police and the judiciary. He argued that guidelines could change under pressure from leftist and Islamic politicians, and that the VVD could permanently prevent this with strict legislation. Ellian wrote that neutrality and a neutral appearance of government bodies and their officials could be enshrined in an overarching law or in separate laws, such as the Police Act and the Judiciary Organization Act. He suggested that leftist and Islamist politicians would, in principle, never obtain a majority in both Houses to amend such a law. He also noted it was remarkable that the VVD had not proposed such legislation in recent decades. According to him, a robust law should guarantee the neutrality of the police, judiciary, and public prosecution, unlike a guideline. #neutraliteit #wetgeving #politiek (translated)

Jitse Groen wrote that the Netherlands, according to him, pursued economic growth, more housing, a leading position in AI, food security, fewer regulations, better mobility, and energy independence, but simultaneously enacted policies that countered these goals. He mentioned, among other things, taxes on the economy and rental housing, opposition to data centers and farmers, the growth of government, deteriorating infrastructure, and the lack of domestic gas production. Groen warned that box 3, on top of what he described as overreaching legislation, could also drive away entrepreneurs, investors, and crypto companies. The lack of vision, according to him, would be held against the current generation of politicians for a long time. #Economie #Politiek #Toekomst (translated)

To think about: In April 1946, Nazi leader Hermann Göring explained in his cell in Nuremberg exactly how political power really works. He said that ordinary people never demand war or crisis, but you can always get them on board. The recipe is simple: tell them they are in danger, and accuse the critics of endangering the community. That eighty-year-old formula is today the exact blueprint behind the permanent state of crisis in which we are kept. We see this in the conflict between Europe and Russia over Ukraine, where fear is used to push through billions in weapons without real democratic debate. But it doesn’t stop at geopolitics. We saw the same recipe with COVID-19, and now with climate change and the energy transition. It penetrates into our immediate living environment, such as the Environmental Vision Fryslân or the planned closures of the Wadden nature. While island residents are excluded, the elite discusses coercive 'system changes' at the Springtij Forum on Terschelling. The control over the narrative has now gone frighteningly far. Unheard Netherlands (ON!) is being ousted from the public broadcasting system, and through new legislation, there is an open search for ways to ban right-wing opposition parties. This is exactly where history painfully begins to rhyme with the 1930s, when critical media and parties were gradually silenced under the guise of 'public order' or 'safety'. The lines of this coordinated policy go directly to international networks and think tanks such as NATO, the World Economic Forum (WEF), and the UN with their coercive SDGs. Through programs like the Young Global Leaders, politicians worldwide are being trained to roll out exactly the same crisis narratives in their own countries. Our local democracy seems to have become an execution office for a predetermined global agenda. The great eye-opener that Göring left us is that this mechanism works in every system. Once a population is made afraid enough of an invisible enemy (whether it is a virus, an aggressor, nitrogen, or CO₂), it willingly surrenders its freedom, its diverse media, and its common sense. Fear is the ultimate weapon to steer the masses. This pattern only stops when we cease to blindly follow that automatic pilot of fear. Will you let history repeat itself, or will you say no? #politiek #geschiedenis #angst (translated)

An Italian gay couple, Andrea and Alessandro, risks imprisonment and a heavy fine because, as a result of the new legislation in Italy, they want to keep their child, born through an American surrogate, a secret to protect their son from discovery by the authorities. #Draagmoederschap #Homostellen #Italië (translated)