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Michael van der Galien wrote that a household that burned about 1,000 cubic meters of gas annually would spend about 500 euros extra this winter. According to him, Minister Stientje van Veldhoven (D66) had lowered the filling target for gas storage from 74 to 64 percent at the request of Brussels. According to Van der Galien, the storage level was at just over 62 percent and would be empty around February 10 if a winter like that of 2024 occurred. He added that there was still about 550 billion cubic meters of gas beneath Groningen, while the field remained closed. According to him, FVD had been pointing to gas extraction as a solution for years. Van der Galien described the policy as a risk for the heating of households. https://t.co/NcofsYy1Dr #gasprijs #energiecrisis #verwarming (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that someone waved at the fans and then quickly ran to the police. He wondered what was so urgently discussed with the officers at the end of the sit-in and suggested that it might possibly be another attempt to have an independent reporter sent away. #Groningen #7oktober https://t.co/Qt7bwx3nST #Groningen #SitIn #Vrijheid (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that a next woman with a megaphone shouted through the station tunnel with an even shriller sound. According to him, she made even more noise without a megaphone. He wrote that he could take a few steps away, while his followers on the ground had to endure the full volume. The message was accompanied by the hashtags #Groningen and #7october. #Groningen #7oktober #Groningen #Lawaai #Demonstratie (translated)

Beach Roy wrote that the British population was pleading for a return to the EU at that time, while #Nexit was trending. He argued that a Nexit for the Netherlands as a trading nation would be even more disastrous than for the United Kingdom. According to Roy, one third of the national income comes from exports. He referred to economists from the University of Groningen, who, according to him, expected a total export decrease of approximately 45%, a 43.5% decrease in industrial exports, an 18% decrease in agricultural exports, and about a 2.4% lower national income in the event of a Nexit. He also predicted severe damage for Rotterdam and Schiphol. Furthermore, Roy wrote that converting euros to guilders would make everything more expensive. Banks and asset managers would lose the EU passport that allowed them to operate in the internal market from Amsterdam. According to him, part of those activities had already shifted to the continent after Brexit; a Nexit would reverse that trend. Roy also stated that working, studying, and living in other EU countries would become subject to permits and that the recognition of diplomas and professional qualifications would need to be re-established. He described this as only a part of the consequences and used derogatory terms for advocates of a Nexit. #Nexit #EU #Nederland (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that the demonstrators arrived ten minutes late and with at most 40 people to the tunnel under Station Groningen for their sit-in. According to him, the turnout on October 7, which he called a sensitive date, was noticeably much smaller than last year and the protest mood seemed to have passed its peak. #Groningen #7oktober #demonstratie #protest #zorgen (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that senior activist Wim Velema reacted unfavorably to his camera before a Gaza sit-in at Groningen Station and threatened to call the police. Tjuchem stated that Groningen activists protested loudly three years after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, but, according to him, showed no sympathy for the victims. He also wrote that they threatened reporters with police involvement and wanted to drive the press away while asserting their right to protest. #Groningen #7oktober #Groningen #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #demonstratie (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that XR activists in Groningen wanted to fall down for a 'die-in' at 12 o'clock in the Grote Markt during the Climate Alarm. He sarcastically noted that they first removed glass shards from the cobblestones with a broom and dustpan so they wouldn't injure themselves during their simulated death. According to Tjuchem, safety was thus paramount in their fight against the end times. #Klimaatalarm #Klimaat #Groningen #XR (translated)

After almost eleven years, there are trains again between Groningen and the German town of Leer, an event celebrated by passengers as a historic moment, made possible by the construction of the new Friesenbrücke after a collision in 2015. #Groningen #Leer #Spoorverbinding (translated)