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The cabinet wants to save billions on the civil service, but while some civil servants in The Hague advocate for fewer staff, experts point out that political mistakes and complex regulations actually call for more civil servants instead of fewer. #ambtenaren #bezuinigingen #politiek (translated)

The cabinet has temporarily decided not to introduce a minimum amount for internship compensation, much to the dissatisfaction of student unions that advocate for a mandatory compensation to prevent financial problems for interns. #stagevergoeding #studenten #onderwijs (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde called it incomprehensible that left-wing parties, including Anders chairman Frederic De Gucht, were advocating for the abolition of the headscarf ban in schools. He referred to the struggle for the separation of church and state and asked whether proponents would also allow a teacher to wear a T-shirt of Schild en Vrienden in front of the class. According to him, the argument that everyone should be able to be themselves seemed to apply less in that case. #onderwijs #vrijheid #sociaaldebatt (translated)

Isa Yusibov wrote that he had shared the photo of Vasyl Shtefko earlier, when Dutch experts claimed in March 2022 that Zelenskiy needed to cede territory for peace. Shtefko lost both his legs in 2004 and registered to defend Ukraine after the Russian invasion, according to Yusibov. He criticized the Dutch peace movement for claiming from a safe position that resistance is pointless and that Ukraine should make peace with Russia. Yusibov wrote that Shtefko stood more morally firm than those who presented capitulation as pacifism. According to him, the peace movement advocated not for peace, but for surrender to Putin, paid for with other people's land, freedom, and lives, in the naïve hope that this would make the world safer. #Oekraïne #Vrede #Verzet (translated)

Chris Janssens stated that a member of the Weyts cabinet sent a fake opinion piece to newspaper editors during the budget preparation. According to Janssens, the piece tried to exonerate Muslims from homophobia and shift the responsibility to the right-wing in Flanders. He wrote that N-VA staff were just as lost as the party leadership, in his view. https://t.co/lpQTeNcuhh #België #politiek #media (translated)

Designers advocate for a less capitalist approach to architecture during the International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam, emphasizing sustainable and community-centered solutions while critically questioning the system due to the negative impact of financial motives on our living environment. #Architectuur #Duurzaamheid #Gemeenschap (translated)

Historian Gert Oostindie explains in an interview how the research into the colonial past of the Oranjes shows that King William I actively supported slavery and that no policy documents have been found advocating for its abolition, despite the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom. #kolonialegeschiedenis #OranjeNassau #slavernij (translated)

Het artikel bespreekt de groeiende bezorgdheid over aansprakelijkheid voor de schade veroorzaakt door hackende AI-systemen, waarbij bedrijven als OpenAI pleiten voor regulering en toezicht, maar critici hen beschuldigen van het ontlopen van verantwoordelijkheid voor de incidenten. #AIveiligheid #Aansprakelijkheid #Regulering