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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)

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)

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)

The Investor wrote that the Netherlands could only produce the next ASML if it accepted that the founder could become a billionaire. He referred to Constantijn van Oranje, who, according to him, had noted that startups were often embraced as long as they remained small and their founders did not become rich. According to The Investor, the Netherlands wanted to build global companies, but there was discomfort about the financial reward for entrepreneurs who had taken risks. He argued that those who had invested their own money, time, and security for years should be allowed to earn exceptionally if they succeeded. He also asked why a football player with a million-dollar contract was celebrated more easily than an entrepreneur who created thousands of jobs. #ondernemen #startups #innovatie (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt wrote in a column that Dutch bureaucracy, according to him, was slowing down the work of people who create things and maintained a large system of assessors, advisors, and task forces. He suggested that housing construction and entrepreneurship were facing more and more procedures, while shortages of skilled workers were being addressed with new task forces. He also wrote that citizens had to first demonstrate that they could survive financially before they were allowed to start a business, and that construction plans had to go through participation and policy procedures. He argued that people with the right contacts could navigate the system more easily and that mistakes made by officials were treated differently than those made by citizens. Those who asked questions were told, according to him, that trust in institutions needed to be restored, with a campaign funded by taxpayers. Von Kreyfelt referred to a warning from Ayn Rand and wrote that, in his view, the Netherlands was enabling fewer people to create things while more and more people were explaining why decisions were made carefully. He also mentioned that his collection was for sale and asked readers to support him. https://t.co/V2P6pFuNy1 #Nederland #overheid #ondernemen (translated)

Henk Vermeer wondered why houses were being built for Syrian status holders in the Netherlands and now also in Syria, while he believed there was no guarantee that return would be possible. He wrote that he could not explain this. https://t.co/Gs6ldPPFdl #Syrië #vluchtelingen #huisvesting (translated)

Forum for Democracy stated that the cabinet would build 340,000 homes for migrants within ten years, a number that the party claimed was comparable to a city the size of Rotterdam. The party wrote that Dutch citizens, in the meantime, were unable to obtain housing and often waited more than ten years on a waiting list. Tom Russcher had asked the minister what she wanted to say to these Dutch citizens. #woningnood #migratie #woningbouw (translated)

Dr. Jan van de Beek wrote that he believed that construction was mainly for immigrants. He stated that a significant restriction on migration would also mean that there was no need for labor migrants in construction. Referring to a passage from his book *Migration Magnet Netherlands*, he added that the trend had continued since the publication and that the growth in the number of households was now almost entirely related to migration. https://t.co/2tDHwYX14O https://t.co/hvguFFRFMg #immigratie #migratie #bouw (translated)

Tadek Solarz wrote that KLM, according to him, moved the written customer service to the Philippines, which would lead to the loss of about 150 Dutch jobs. Filipino employees would answer Dutch customer inquiries using AI translation software. Solarz stated that KLM paid Dutch customer service employees about €2,650 gross per month, compared to an average of around €300 for similar work in Manila—a difference of almost 90%. He contrasted this development with calls from trade unions and policymakers for higher quality jobs and higher salaries. He also wrote that according to PISA research, one third of Dutch fifteen-year-olds did not reach the minimum level of reading proficiency. He warned that simple jobs were disappearing while the demands on employees were increasing, even though such work served as a stepping stone to the labor market for many people. According to Solarz, the economy was increasingly demanding higher qualifications, while a significant portion of the future workforce struggled with basic skills. #KLM #klantenservice #arbeidsmarkt (translated)

Dr. Jan van de Beek asked why houses were being built for Eritreans while, according to him, Dutch housing seekers were being neglected during the current housing crisis. He questioned the rationale and the morality behind that choice and asked who could justify such a decision. #woningnood #moraal #Eritreeërs (translated)

Pieter Omtzigt referred to a piece he wrote together with Danielle Jansen. In it, they asked for whom Groningen and Drenthe wanted to build tens of thousands of houses and stated that with a shrinking population, only migrants remained as new residents. https://t.co/RuXk6GWz6H #Migratie #Woningnood #Groningen (translated)