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Mass tourism in Amsterdam has reached its limits, leading to significant nuisance for residents and lawsuits regarding the impact on their living environment, despite various measures taken by the municipality to reduce the crowds. #massatoerisme #Amsterdam #toeristenbelasting (translated)

Climbing star Jakob Schubert has become the first climber in the world to conquer two routes with the difficulty level 9c, thereby pushing the boundaries of possible climbing, which earns him greater fame within the climbing community than an Olympic victory would. #Klettern #JakobSchubert #Sportgeschichte (translated)

The Australian exchange student wrote that CDU supporters on X are, in his opinion, indifferent to record naturalizations, imposed trillion-dollar debts, the "industrial decay," open borders, and the pension system. In contrast, there are sharp reactions when someone criticizes Kiev's "golden corruption calf." He hopes that this embarrassing spectacle, in his view, will come to an end soon. #Politik #CDU #Korruption (translated)

A former woke teacher wrote that MP Nicole Moinat described, according to them, an established order that had lost its moral compass. The teacher stated that criminal organizations were recruiting very young people for explosions, drug trafficking, and assassinations because, according to them, juvenile offenders were hardly punished. In The Hague, according to the teacher, young criminals were primarily seen as victims of their circumstances. The teacher criticized explanations of crime based on disadvantage, personal problems, and a difficult childhood, because those explanations, according to them, obscured the responsibility of the offenders. The teacher also stated that the compassion for offenders was greater than the concern for victims. Young people deserved a second chance, according to them, but it should not outweigh the safety of society. The teacher wrote that the government, out of fear of appearing inhumane, no longer dared to set limits and that the consequences of this were borne by people who obeyed the law. #rechtstaat #criminaliteit #veiligheid (translated)

The mood in the CDU is tense in light of the poor election results and declining poll numbers, while Chancellor Merz faces the challenge of repositioning the party at the retreat and setting clear boundaries for cooperation with the AfD. #CDU #FriedrichMerz #Landtagswahl (translated)

Ralf Fuecks wrote that Marco Rubio spoke about the rebirth of the West in front of the Acropolis, while U.S. President Donald Trump, in his opinion, is conspiring with Vladimir Putin against Ukraine. Trump blames Ukrainian President Zelensky for the high oil and gas prices, which Fuecks claims were triggered by Trump's attack on Iran. At the same time, Trump criticizes Ukrainian counterattacks on the Russian energy system without mentioning the daily war of annihilation against Ukraine, and calls for Zelensky's ouster because he resists submission to the Kremlin. Fuecks wrote that no U.S. president has sunk so low up to now, not even Richard Nixon. Europe must combine its military-industrial potential with that of Ukraine in order to be stronger than Russia together and to show Trump boundaries. https://t.co/rqyjqFUYCz #Ukraine #Putin #Europa (translated)

Strijder124 wrote that Wierd Duk had asked Dilan Yesilgöz about her view on the culture war. According to Strijder124, Yesilgöz had nothing to say about it; he described her performance as painful and weak for her and the VVD. Duk said, according to the post, that the Netherlands needed a Bolkestein and that a large center-right electorate wanted conservative-right policies, but that no one within the VVD conveyed that. Duk also stated that there was a culture crisis that he didn't hear the VVD talking about. People were concerned with that, he said, while the borders remained open and Syrians were passing through the Netherlands. #cultuurcrisis #politiek #VVD (translated)

Kolja Barghoorn wrote ironically that one could declare a Corona emergency again, although in his view there is no longer any Corona, and maintain what he described as the unlawful opening of the borders. As another option, he mentioned choosing an alternative, but added mockingly that one should rather not do that because it uses false letterheads. #Corona #Gesundheit #Gesellschaft (translated)

The Belgian royal family visits Kazakhstan for the first time, a strategic partner on the borders of Russia, to strengthen cooperation in economic and academic fields, while the country emphasizes its neutrality in a complex geopolitical environment. #Kazakhstan #Belgique #Diplomatie (translated)

EWagensveld stated that he was arrested on suspicion of illegal protesting in the empty Janskerkhof in Utrecht during an interview with PowNed. He said that he was only giving an interview and claimed that the Public Prosecution Service counted the interviewer and cameraman to make it a group protest. According to EWagensveld, the Public Prosecution Service demanded a fine of €250 and two weeks of conditional imprisonment, but the judge acquitted him. He wondered if there were double standards in the Netherlands, as police, mayors, and the Public Prosecution Service, according to him, often did not intervene in XR and pro-Palestinian demonstrations. He also criticized the Ministry of Justice and Security, which he claimed remained silent about abuse of power. #demonstratierecht #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #justitie (translated)

Andreas Rosenfelder wrote that Harald Martenstein reported on parents who did not want to talk about a knife attack for fear of being categorized as being on the right. Some still wanted to talk about the death of their child and the consequences for their own lives, while the media interest, according to Martenstein, had been limited. He mentioned a girl as an example who survived the attack but had not dared to leave her apartment for years. Martenstein called this shocking. Rosenfelder described this as a German reality that, in his opinion, the left does not talk about when it criticizes “hate and incitement.” #Messerangriffe #Eltern #Medien (translated)

Thomas Jäger asked what Ralf Stegner was talking about and mentioned champagne, the businesses of Globus, and a commission as possible topics. Jäger wrote that Stegner was either naively exceeding all limits or did not know what to say next. #Champagner #Geschäfte #Naivität (translated)

In the Bethanien children's village in the Rheingau, 180 children are under pressure as more and more are classified as hardship cases, while youth welfare offices are cutting back and there is a lack of specialists, pushing the system to its limits. #Kinderhilfe #Jugendhilfe #BethanienKinderdorf (translated)

The X-Account Punkt.PRERADOVIC presented a compilation on the topic of medical corruption. Corona has shown that it is usually not about medicine, science, or people, but about money, the account wrote. For maximum profit, the powerful pharmaceutical industry knows no bounds, it continued. https://t.co/tv4stTrydx #Medizin #Korruption #Pharma #DE #AT #CH (translated)

Rob Roos wrote that fear, according to him, was once again used as a policy instrument, this time with increasingly harsh war rhetoric. He stated that centrist parties in Europe saw their power decline after leading the continent to the brink of disaster with climate policy, energy problems, open borders, and soaring debts. According to Roos, the same pattern was visible in many European countries, and therefore a major crisis, possibly a war, threatened again. He described the leaders as power-hungry marketing agencies without vision and called their approach life-threatening. #beleid #oorlog #Europa (translated)

Mona Keijzer wrote that according to her a toxic atmosphere was spreading through the streets of Dutch cities. She asked where the time had gone when people used to engage in civilized and respectful conversations with each other, and stated that boundaries needed to be set. https://t.co/R7YGqGRVQU #respect #dialoog #grenzen (translated)

The author wrote that Ambassador Boris Ruge handed over ten vehicles to the Ukrainian border guard so that it could defend Ukraine's borders against Russian attacks. According to him, the AfD, the BSW, and Die Linke viewed such support as an extension of the war and not in the interest of Ukraine or Germany; he strongly rejected this assessment. #UkrainischeGrenzen #Frieden #Solidarität #UA #RU #DE (translated)