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Sólbjørg Jakobsen criticized Venstre for going after Rosa Lund after she had made posts and given interviews during her maternity leave. Jakobsen wrote that Lund had worked in the Parliament almost until her birth, and that Ekstra Bladet had portrayed the case as an example of how the Red-Green Alliance milked the system. Jakobsen disagreed with this. She wrote that Peder Hvelplund in the article had accounted for a specific deliberation in the party that she found reasonable if one distinguished between sick leave and maternity leave. Jakobsen added that she herself was writing from her maternity leave and that women could very well be on maternity leave while also being interested in work. She wished Lund good luck upon her return and wrote that she looked forward to both fighting against her politically and supporting her as a political co-mother. #politik #barsel #kvindelighed (translated)

Francesca Totolo wrote that the MEP Ilaria Salis had publicly sided with those she referred to as the "new French" and had added a song by Baby Gang. Totolo described the rapper as Moroccan with Italian citizenship and stated that he was in prison for possession of weapons, receiving stolen goods, and mistreatment of his partner, in addition to having already been convicted for a shooting in Milan. She concluded with the phrase "In the name of Allah, it is darkness." #politica #Italia #diritti (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)

The increase in pension spending, driven by the retirement of the baby boom generation, generates an uncomfortable debate in the electoral campaign about the viability of the system, while political parties avoid proposing significant adjustments. #pensiones #sostenibilidad #reforma (translated)

Femke Marije wrote that the JOVD's viability, according to her, depended on whether a child was wanted. She asked where the right to be human and protection began when a baby was born alive, breathed, and cried after 23 weeks. She called it incomprehensible that progressive Netherlands referred to this as medieval and stated that a godwit was better protected. #levensvatbaarheid #reproductiefrechten #mensrechten (translated)

"Care workers will increasingly find themselves holding a living baby in their hands. Apparently, there is only one outcome: the child must die because it is unwanted," said SGP member of parliament Diederik van Dijk, who concluded his speech with a motion of disapproval. #Abortusdebat #SGP #Volksgezondheid (translated)

The mother of a baby who was admitted to the hospital with a brain hemorrhage due to shaken baby syndrome could be charged with severe child abuse after a custody dispute in Stade led to a deadly shooting that left six people dead. #Schütteltrauma #Kindesmisshandlung #Stade (translated)

The SGP expressed its disapproval of the support from the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport for a controversial trial involving late-term abortions. According to the party, this concerned viable, healthy babies that would consciously be allowed to die, sometimes after birth. The SGP stated that healthcare providers normally did everything to keep babies alive and that the protection of life was a foundation of civilization. The party regretted that the minister did not take a step back for a political and social debate. Diederik van Dijk submitted a motion of disapproval on behalf of the SGP. #Levensbescherming #Abortus #Politiek (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)