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In a TV speech, President Macron condemned the unrestrained violence during the recent riots in France, while also acknowledging the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and inviting them to work together with the government on solutions. #Frankrijk #Macron #rellen (translated)

Marianne Zwagerman wrote that Maarten Keulemans did not appear at a meeting of the Dutch Press Council on the case that Maurice de Hond had brought against him. The chairperson called that absence unfortunate, according to Zwagerman; former KRO director Ton Verlind, who attended the meeting, felt that Keulemans should have been there. Zwagerman announced a report about the meeting in the program *Dwars door de Politiek*, focusing on De Hond's accusations and the defense by the Volkskrant. Additionally, she and De Hond would discuss, among other things, the unrest in France, a publication in Trouw about side effects of coronavirus vaccines, and the pressure on nitrogen policy. According to her, they also looked back at a celebration marking De Hond's 50 years as a pollster. Zwagerman reported that the broadcast would be live on Sunday at 9:00 PM and would later be available as a podcast. https://t.co/UQzZVVS9yF #Journalistiek #Politiek #Actualiteit (translated)

Caroline van der Plas wrote that the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature had a vacancy for which, according to her, no substantive knowledge was required, as long as the candidate was curious to delve into the subject. She called that incredible. https://t.co/RZmrZ0eyhF https://t.co/fIdJgjZq6E #vacature #werk #nieuwsgierigheid (translated)

Susanne wrote that NU.nl proposed Laura Faber as an ordinary citizen in an article about people taking in status holders, without mentioning her work in the reception and integration of newcomers, according to her. Susanne called Faber the director of Bureau de Werkvloer, a teacher at PONT | Zorg & Sociaal, project leader for the Development of Municipal Reception at the municipality of Hengelo, and founder of the integration school and language school Iedereen aan Boord in Deventer. According to Susanne, Faber's income came 100% from projects and assignments that were directly related to refugee reception and the integration of newcomers and status holders. Susanne called the portrayal misleading and wrote that she had submitted a community note. According to her, it was ready for review and would only become visible to everyone after enough reviews. She thanked Hilda Spruit for her response under the article and provided two sources. https://t.co/htqtVhSm1c https://t.co/4GI1TXQwZR #journalistiek #vluchtelingen #integratie (translated)

Pieter Zwart wrote that he saw Míchel making the sign of the cross. That reminded him of a statement by Johan Cruijff: if all 22 players in Spain made the sign of the cross before entering the field, according to Cruijff it would always end in a draw. #groaja #voetbal #JohanCruijff #ZagMíchel (translated)

Hilda Spruit also asked NU.nl to pay attention to citizens outside the asylum and integration chain who had taken in a status holder. She pointed out that Laura Faber worked in that chain and wrote that according to NU.nl there were more citizens who had provided shelter to a status holder. https://t.co/tUHaNJitSs #asiel #integratie #statushouders (translated)

Weird Duk wrote in a shared link that it showed, according to him, a bizarre parallel reality that was causing Europe to go under. He pointed to the faces and reactions and said that he could hardly bear to look at them. https://t.co/gbZptVXmla #Europa #actualiteit #politiek (translated)

Rob Roos criticized the NOS for its reporting on protests in France. According to him, students and schoolchildren initially demonstrated for better education, and farmers, nurses, and taxi drivers joined them that day. Roos called the reporting non-neutral and claimed that the public was deliberately misinformed. He asked why tax money had to be spent on it and said that the NOS deserved the same outrage as Ongehoord Nederland. #Frankrijk #desinformatie #onderwijs #protest (translated)

Tim Coronel wrote that he took the car apart in the fall and checked all the parts, hoses, and previous issues again. According to him, it was monotonous work on which everything depended in January. He invited followers to follow his preparations for his 21st Dakar and asked if they found the work boring or beautiful. #Dakar2027 https://t.co/MskEFqW6Q0 #Herfst #Dakar #Autoonderhoud (translated)

Tadek Solarz wrote that the Volkskrant had reported the day before that Greta Thunberg had joined the French student protests and that the NOS had emphasized that the majority of the protests were peaceful. On X, he had seen footage of a woman trying to defend her store against looters and of a shopkeeper who was assaulted and kicked in the back. According to Solarz, those images could symbolize a distressed France and broader unrest. He stated that the tone and image choices of the Volkskrant and the NOS gave violence a different place in the story than the images he saw on X, which focused on victims. The criticism that X algorithms amplify certain messages and thus distort the perception of reality, he believed, also applied to the selection made by newsrooms. Solarz wrote that the woman and her looted store could have been front-page news and that her fear could have become the face of the protests. #journalistiek #mediatheorie #protesten (translated)

Joost Jansen wrote that he had Chat prepare a speech for Rob Jetten in response to serious riots in Amsterdam. The proposed text stated that violence against society was unacceptable, while demonstrating and expressing criticism were part of democracy. The speech proposed three measures: maintaining the rule of law, supporting victims and affected entrepreneurs, and investigating the causes of social tensions. The text also stated that researching those causes was no excuse for violence. The recovery of trust, according to the speech, would depend on consistent action and rules that applied to everyone. #Amsterdam #democratie #veiligheid (translated)

The young people who are starting with us now will not work as young people did ten years ago, says Rolf Driesen of Deloitte, who emphasizes that the role of technology and the need for human skills are crucial in the changing labor market. #IA #JeunesDiplômés #CompétencesHumaines (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)

Gr@ntlɘr wrote that without X one learns nothing about the destruction of the 150-year-old town hall of Limoges. He compared the extent to previous destructions by the Islamic State and stated that, according to Tagesschau, this time protesters against high living costs as well as possibly students or Yellow Vests had damaged the building. The campanile and the roof were lost, and the facade was largely destroyed. In his view, politics and media largely remained silent about the culprits and the extent of the damage. He concluded by asking if this was the "new normal." #Kulturdenkmäler #Zerstörung #Politik (translated)