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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)

Dr. Jan van de Beek stated that additional housing units that are not existing social rental homes, according to him, should not go to status holders, but to young and/or urgent housing seekers who are already living in the Netherlands. He criticized people in higher positions for not suggesting to build extra homes for these housing seekers themselves. https://t.co/fN3r9XE6vi #Wonen #SocialeHuisvesting #JongeIngezetenen (translated)

Jan B. Hommel stated that virologists Shi Zhengli, Ralph Baric, and Vincent Munster had conducted research on adding a furin cleavage site to a sarbecovirus. According to him, Munster, as far as known, only worked with pseudoviruses, while Shi and Baric collaborated on DEFUSE, a project by Peter Daszak for DARPA, since 2017. Hommel pointed out that a pandemic broke out in Wuhan in early 2020 with a sarbecovirus with such a cleavage site and called that a striking coincidence. He wrote that Marion Koopmans did not see a link between those matters and told that Shi had said during Koopmans' visit to Wuhan that he had nothing to do with the outbreak and had only been at the Huanan market. Hommel also criticized Maarten Keulemans, who according to him continued to defend Koopmans. #OriginOfCovid #COVID19 #Virologie #Pandemie (translated)

When new walls arise in the world, you must build bridges over them. It gets more than 50 percent of its oil from the Middle East, but is now forced to import it from West Africa and Latin America, said Thai Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas during a panel discussion. #IMF #economie #weerbaarheid (translated)

If we manage to achieve this, it will bring immense peace to our country. Mark Boumans, mayor of Doetinchem and vice-chairman of the VNG, says: ‘In fifty years we have seen our housing market change enormously. Where we used to endlessly build family homes, you can see that the demand is now completely different. Young people or divorced individuals are looking for a different type of housing, for which there are waiting lists in almost all municipalities. So we really need to come to a major transformation. If we manage to achieve this, it will bring immense peace to our country.’ #wooncrisis #flexwoningen #woningtekort (translated)

The American ambassador to the Netherlands, Joe Popolo, and several tech companies, including Nvidia and Apple, have contributed to the construction of a ballroom at the White House, raising questions about conflicts of interest and transparency, as half of the donations come from entities with interests in the government. #TrumpBalzaal #Donaties #Transparantie (translated)

Superjan wrote that, according to him, people should stop being outraged. He argued that nitrogen was a made-up problem used to harass farmers, deny housing or electricity to indigenous residents, and to bring in large numbers of newcomers to the Netherlands and build a barracks for them. He used a derogatory term for those newcomers. According to Superjan, people could only unite against leaders once they let go of their despondent amazement; he stated that it was not about nitrogen gas, but about the mischief of a cunning group of leaders. #verontwaardiging #stikstof #maatschappij (translated)

Sander Sassen wrote that Pieter Omtzigt had calculated that not 60 but 100 percent of the new homes to be built would go to asylum seekers. He called Omtzigt a "file tiger" and stated that people and their children and grandchildren would be left behind by the government. https://t.co/Bt1QUARqbG https://t.co/ZZX1AVLEAJ #woningcrisis #asielzoekers #politiek (translated)

"There are now places where local authorities want to build a padel court on top of the tunnel. If municipalities and provinces impose additional construction or design requirements that exceed the 'bare minimum' (the absolute essentials), they will now have to bear the costs themselves, according to Karremans." #infrastructuur #veiligheid #bezuinigingen (translated)

In Brussels, Stadsat, a project of 12 million euros, will create a 9,300 m² center for circular construction that aims to demonstrate innovative and sustainable building methods and promote economic feasibility by integrating local materials and reuse. #ConstructionCirculaire #Bruxelles #DéveloppementDurable (translated)

Roman Abramovich, once the owner of Chelsea FC, is now associated with tax evasion and secrecy surrounding his enormous wealth, which he began to build up after his youth in the Soviet Union, but his ties to the Kremlin and criminal allegations make him a controversial figure. #RomanAbramovitsj #Oligarchen #Voetbal (translated)