Category Archives: dutch politics

What cuts?

Posted on 28 March, 2012 by Klein Verzet

It looks as though the Dutch ‘Danish’ cabinet, the minority cabinet of VVD and CDA with Wilders’ PVV supporting, has entered choppy waters. From DutchNews.nl: Budget cut talks ‘in a difficult phase’, NOS says Wilders wants out. Talks between the … Continue reading →

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Nekschot quits

Posted on 27 December, 2011 by Klein Verzet

Gregorius Nekschot is no more. The cartoonist working under the infamous pseudonym revealed to De Volkskrant (NL) he will stop publishing cartoons. The website will go off line on January 1st, 2012. According to the cartoonist arriving at the decision … Continue reading →

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Always the same

Posted on 13 December, 2011 by Klein Verzet

It is official: The Netherlands is in a recession. The government’s macro-economic forecasting agency CPB says the budget deficit is set to hit 4.1% next year and that the economy is already in recession. (…) CPB director Coen Teulings urged … Continue reading →

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Rotten

Posted on 4 September, 2011 by Klein Verzet

The ‘cartoon’ displayed above was published on Joop.nl (which I won’t favour with a link). Joop.nl is a leftist corporate blog (clog) financed by public broadcaster VARA, which itself is closely tied to the PvdA (Dutch Labour) and socialist unions. … Continue reading →

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Irresponsible

Posted on 21 August, 2011 by Klein Verzet

This week the leader of Second Chamber fraction of coalition partner CDA (christian-democrats), Sybrand Van Haersma Buma, called the position with regard to the euro-crisis, taken by Geert Wilders’ PVV ‘very irresponsible’ (NL). According to the CDA fraction leader the … Continue reading →

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Dutch government wants to censor Internet

Posted on 3 December, 2010 by Klein Verzet

The Dutch ministry of Homeland security is working on a plan to control Internet traffic in The Netherlands. The government wants to be able to block all content they deem unacceptable. The plan goes under the banner of fighting Child … Continue reading →

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Wilders Trial – Day 8

Posted on 21 October, 2010 by Klein Verzet

Today was the second part of the defense of Geert Wilders by his lawyer Moszkowicz. Again the defense made clear that Geert Wilders just warns against hate and intolerance. It’s just plain wrong to equate warning against hate and intolerance … Continue reading →

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Wilders Trial – Day 7

Posted on 19 October, 2010 by Klein Verzet

Today defense lawyer Moszkowicz spoke in defense of Geert Wilders. His speech is very precise, detailed and technical, so I try to report noteworthy elements the best I can. Moszkowicz opened with the words that he “defended a dissident, who … Continue reading →

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Wilder Trial – Day 6

Posted on 18 October, 2010 by Klein Verzet

In a Dutch criminal trial, plaintives are allowed to speak about damage done and claim compensation for it. But as this is a political trial, this seems not the plaintives objective. The plaintives are political opponents of Geert Wilders who … Continue reading →

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Wilders Trial – Day 4

Posted on 12 October, 2010 by Klein Verzet

This is the fourth day in the Wilders trial. Today and Friday the prosecutor reads the indictment in court (more info on: prosecutor Paul Velleman). It’s a long winded and detailed explanation of how the prosecution thinks the law needs … Continue reading →

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