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Ir. Wouter de Heij wrote that he had a busy week behind him, with good mornings, bad afternoons, and missed phone calls that he wanted to return later. He expressed annoyance at what he saw as the compliant attitude of LTO Nederland. According to De Heij, the civil service leadership abandoned dairy farmers, and the standard of 0.164 and other requirements remained intact. He also criticized VVD and CDA, as they, in his opinion, were either not paying attention or were willfully neglecting their responsibilities. Regarding area processes, he wrote that the civil service leadership had no interest in them. De Heij stated that the standard of 0.164 amounted to a reduction of about 30 to 40 percent of all dairy cattle in the Netherlands by 2035, possibly more. According to him, De Groot got his way, and the centrist parties allowed it to happen. He said he did not think this helped nature and urged readers to save his message. #melkveehouderij #politiek #natuur (translated)

Steven Arrazola de Oñate wrote that after a conversation with Stavros the day before, he had looked at the YouTube figures of De Morgen and thus better understood his anger. According to Arrazola, episodes of De Morgen on YouTube garnered about 500 views, compared to an average of around 10,000 for the Behaved podcast in recent weeks. He stated that this difference was approximately a factor of twenty, even though his podcast had no well-known media brand, large budget, or decades-long name recognition. Arrazola suggested that this comparison could be painful and wrote that Stavros apparently preferred to call him a ‘charlatan’ rather than a competitor. He invited Stavros as a guest on Behaved and said that the podcast was happy to engage in conversation with people who strongly disagreed with them. According to him, this resulted in more interesting discussions than insulting each other on X. #podcast #socialmedia #DeMorgen (translated)

The new Self-Employed Law, which comes into effect in 2028, aims to provide clarity for self-employed individuals and clients by establishing specific conditions for self-employment, including the requirement for self-employed individuals to register with the Chamber of Commerce and work for at least three different clients within two years. #Zelfstandigenwet #zzp #werkgevers (translated)

Letschert in a tight spot! The Jewish and Israeli students in Maastricht are stating it clearly. They are no longer carried away by the dialogue merry-go-round of the D66 Minister of Education, after spending years in her merry-go-round when she led the university. Result: an antisemitic climate and the import of hate rallies. Letschert's reward: the plush of The Hague. Read the letter below. Support these brave students who let their voice, and only their voice, be heard. Who do not bow to the established order and do not allow themselves to be exploited and misled by them. Bravo! To the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, IJAR Maastricht has learned that Minister of Education Rianne Letschert intends to organize a meeting about Jewish students, following the recent developments at Maastricht University. As the representative organization of Jewish and Israeli students at Maastricht University, we have received no formal invitation from the minister or her ministry. Nor have we been informed about the purpose, the mandate, the intended participants, or the measures that may be considered. If the subject concerns the position and experiences of Jewish and Israeli students at Maastricht University, consultations should begin with the organization that represents these students and within the university environment where the relevant events take place. During Ms. Letschert's previous term at Maastricht University, Jewish and Israeli students and their representatives spoke with her and other members of the university administration on numerous occasions. They repeatedly expressed concerns about safety, intimidation, the campus climate, institutional decisions, and the implications of those decisions for Jewish and Israeli students. From those discussions, it appeared that consultations were taking place, but in our experience, they did not lead to measures that corresponded to the issues raised. Clear lines of accountability were also not established for what followed. This history means that the mere fact that there is again a meeting cannot be considered an achievement in itself. Other Jewish organizations and individuals elsewhere in the Netherlands may have legitimate perspectives on broader issues concerning Jewish life, antisemitism, or national policy. However, they do not represent the Jewish and Israeli students at Maastricht University and cannot replace the representative organization of the students whose campus, lecture halls, and daily living environment are directly at stake. A meeting held elsewhere, with discussion partners who do not represent these students, can be viewed as discussions with Jewish organizations, but cannot reasonably be presented as a consultation with the representative organization of Jewish and Israeli students studying at Maastricht University. For that reason, we believe that if the minister wishes to address what is happening at Maastricht University, she should come to Maastricht and engage directly in conversation with the representative organization of Jewish and Israeli students here. The location is important, as responsibility must be aligned with where the issue occurs and not be disconnected from it: the issues being discussed involve this university, the decisions being made here, and the students who experience the consequences of those decisions. Thus, consultations regarding Maastricht should take place in Maastricht and begin with those who are institutionally responsible for representing the involved students. Before such a meeting takes place, we also demand clarity about what the minister aims to achieve with it. We expect to know what questions are being investigated, what decisions or measures remain open, what responsibility the ministry will take on itself, what responsibility it expects from Maastricht University, what concrete follow-up steps are foreseen, and how the outcomes of the meeting will be recorded and communicated. Without that information, participation threatens to serve mainly as proof that consultations have taken place, rather than as a means by which those consultations can actually have an impact. Our concern, therefore, is not about whether there will be a meeting, but about the relationship between consultation and responsibility. We have previously participated in discussions, we have laid out the problems before, and our presence has previously shown that a dialogue existed. What too often has remained unclear, however, is who was responsible for acting on what was raised during those discussions and what actually changed as a result of those discussions. A representative consultation should not end once the participants leave the room, but should record who is responsible for the issues raised, what actions follow from that, and how those actions will be assessed. We remain willing to engage seriously with the minister in Maastricht. However, that consultation must take place with the representative organization of the Jewish and Israeli students whose situation is at stake, with a clear purpose, with well-defined responsibilities, and with an explicit connection between listening and acting. Anything less than that threatens only to reproduce the form of consultation, while the substance — and the responsibility for it — remains unresolved. Signed, The Board of IJAR Maastricht *link to the original letter in the tweet below #antisemitisme #onderwijs #studentenrechten (translated)

Minister Thierry Aartsen introduces a new self-employed law that aims to provide more clarity regarding the status of freelancers and to protect them against false self-employment, although there is still room for interpretation. #zelfstandigenwet #zzp #schijnzelfstandigheid (translated)

With the new Self-Employed Act, the government wants to provide clarity on who can qualify as a real self-employed person and tackle sham self-employment, but it is still uncertain whether this law can actually solve the decades-old problems. #Zelfstandigentoets #Zzp #Schijnzelfstandigheid (translated)

All six journalists from the Egyptian investigative platform Matsaddash were arrested this week by local authorities, leaving the entire editorial team detained without clarity on the reasons for their arrest or where they are currently being held. #Persvrijheid #Journalisten #Egypte (translated)

Een inhoudelijk debat over de 10.000 onbehandelde aangiftes wordt geblokkeerd door o.a. 'justitiepartij' VVD. Hiermee wordt geenszins recht gedaan aan de vele duizenden slachtoffers die nog altijd wachten op duidelijkheid én rechtvaardigheid, constateert @gideonvmeijeren. https://t.co/keCTaCYwyo #justitie #slachtoffers #rechtvaardigheid

Jetten: "Nederlandse boeren zijn de beste van de wereld". Ze verdienen duidelijkheid. De duidelijkheid dat ze kapot moeten. Ongelooflijk. Wat een k.tkabinet #apb #algemenebeschouwingen #stikstofwaanzin #Nederland #boeren #politiek

Regels zijn er voor iedereen. Ook op school. Een school hoort een neutrale plaats te zijn waar kinderen, ongeacht hun afkomst of religie, samen leren en opgroeien. Geloof is een privézaak en iedereen heeft het recht om te geloven wat hij of zij wil. Maar dat betekent niet dat religieuze symbolen in elke publieke context vanzelfsprekend zijn. Een leerkracht heeft bovendien een voorbeeldfunctie. Neutraliteit in het klaslokaal is geen aanval op iemands geloof, maar een duidelijke keuze voor een omgeving waarin geen enkele religie centraal staat. Als leerkracht kon zij haar hoofddoek tijdens de lesuren afdoen. Dat is geen verbod op haar geloof. Het is het naleven van de regels van de school. Iedereen heeft een mening over de hoofddoek. Mijn mening, als vrijgevochten vrouw uit Iran, kennen jullie ongetwijfeld. De hoofddoek is het symbool van discriminatie en houdt de emancipatie van vrouwen tegen. Daarom steun ik de beslissing van Oost-Vlaanderen. Geen uitzonderingen. Geen dubbele standaarden. Dezelfde regels voor iedereen. En wat mij betreft: dezelfde duidelijkheid in elke school, in heel Vlaanderen. #neutraliteit #onderwijs #gelijkheid

Zonder parlementaire inspraak en zonder duidelijkheid over de gevolgen voor landbouw, woningbouw, industrie en infrastructuur worden opnieuw strengere EU-regels doorgedrukt. Ditmaal met betrekking tot luchtkwaliteit. @tomrusscher: “Het Brusselse beest in volle glorie. Hoe lang laten we onze soevereiniteit nog uithollen?” #EU #luchtkwaliteit #soevereiniteit

Minister Rianne Letschert zal na het weekend meer duidelijkheid geven over het lot van Ongehoord Nederland, nadat het Commissariaat voor de Media het vertrouwen in de omroep heeft opgezegd vanwege de niet-naleving van wettelijke eisen. #OngehoordNederland #Media #MinisterLetschert

Brief 230 prominente en minder prominente Nederlanders: harder anti-Israel maatregelen nodig, inclusief volledig wapenembargo. Dus verfoeilijke motie-Kati Piri: bij Iraanse of proxy-rakettenregen op Israel, jammer dan! Hadden ze maar niet daar moeten wonen. From the river to the sea! Voor alle duidelijkheid: nog steeds geldt dat wie met Pro/Kati Piri buitenlands beleid voert, te midden van anti-Israel opzweperij moreel kompas volledig kwijt is. #Israël #Wapenembargo #BuitenlandsBeleid

Voor alle duidelijkheid: het bekende drugspand lag in 2025 al onder vuur. 21-jarige crimineel schoot toen 25 kogels af met kalasjnikov en kreeg slechts 1 jaar JEUGDdetentie. Niet tolereren die panden, maar direct sluiten! Daarvoor net amendement ingediend. #Overasselt https://t.co/TwgsZvltiV #drugs #criminaliteit #jeugdbeleid