In the media
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Limiting influx of asylum seekers is difficult22 November 2022VVD party members last week voted in favour of the new distribution law, which could oblige municipalities to accommodate asylum seekers. This happene...
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Aleydis Nissen on K-pop popularity in Saudi Arabia17 November 2022Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030, an effort to reduce the country’s reliance on oil, may open up new opportunities for Kor...
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Jorrit Rijpma on possible reform of Schengen Agreement17 November 2022Europe's open borders are under pressure: Europe has an increasing number of Member States with governments calling for tighter border controls. Sever...
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Wim Voermans on comments by FvD MP Van Meijeren: Sedition is prohibited15 November 2022The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) is to investigate whether comments made by 'Forum voor Democratie' MP Gideon van Meijeren about going to par...
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Brechtje Paijmans is 'Mr.' of the week14 November 2022Since 1 November 2022, Brechtje Paijmans is endowed professor of Conflict Resolution and Legal Protection in Education. Dutch trade journal Mr. interv...
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‘You have not made it as a tax consultant until you have been discussed by Rens Pieterse’14 November 2022In 2021, Assistant Professor Tax Law Rens Pieterse published a biography about former professor in tax law H.J. Hofstra. Dutch magazine ‘Het Register’...
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Jorrit Rijpma: Curbing refugee flow almost impossibleJorrit Rijpma on Nieuwsuur 08 November 2022
Once again, asylum policy is causing heightened tension in the Dutch Lower House. There was supposed to be an agreement on a new asylum law that could...
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David Icke barred due to risk to public order07 November 2022
The organisers of the big protest march against government policy, held on Sunday in Amsterdam, want to bring preliminary relief proceedings against t...
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Koen Caminada on Dr Kelder & Co: No increase in inequality07 November 2022When it comes to wealth distribution in the Netherlands, you often hear that there is a huge gap. Is that true? And is this gap also widening, as is o...
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Mariëlle Bruning at roundtable discussion on child protection system04 November 2022On 3 November 2022, Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law, spoke as an expert on child protection at a roundtable discussion with Dutch ...
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Porthos ruling has major consequences for Dutch construction sector03 November 2022The Council of State in the Netherlands gave a ruling in the so-called Porthos case which revolves around the exemption currently in place for nitroge...
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Peter Rodrigues on discrimination and racism at the Rotterdam Police Department31 October 2022Once again, excuses were offered by the Rotterdam Police Department following a racist incident, and a guarantee of better behaviour in future. The re...
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Wouter Hins: Intimidating journalists undermines democracy based on the rule of lawWouter Hins in RTL Nieuws and Trouw 27 October 2022Angry politicians, angry journalists: the initiative of Forum for Democracy politician Gideon van Meijeren during which he secretly filmed a reporter ...
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How do you keep ex-offenders on the straight and narrow?27 October 2022Since reintegration officer Bart Reedijk started work in Dordrecht three years ago, ex-convicts in that municipality have reoffended a lot less often....
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Is it possible to ban a political party?26 October 2022Dutch right-wing political party Forum for Democracy has repeatedly demonstrated that it has no lower limit when it comes to morals. Should the courts...