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"This is a signal to all organizers of cycling races. Make it safer for us, because there are too many unsafe situations or accidents with motorcycles or even cars entering the course. Sometimes riders even die." Remco Evenepoel speaks at the start and announces that the riders have waited five minutes longer than expected as a statement for more safety in the race. #RondeVanLombardije #Wielrennen #BaukeMollema (translated)

This is a signal to all organizers of cycling competitions. Make it safer for us, because there are too many unsafe situations or accidents with motorcycles or even cars that come onto the course. Sometimes riders even die. Remco Evenepoel speaks at the start and announces that the riders waited five minutes longer than planned as a statement for more safety in the race. #RondeVanLombardije #RemcoEvenepoel #BaukeMollema (translated)

Bas Paternotte questioned the direction of the CDA under Henri Bontenbal. He stated that the party preferred to collaborate with Extinction Rebellion rather than shift to the right, and described the organization as extreme left and antisemitic. He also used the hashtag #Fatsoen. #Fatsoen https://t.co/eqC9UD7AUQ #CDA #Extreemlinks #Politiek (translated)

Claudia van Zanten wrote that the VVD, just like D66 earlier, was seeking conflict with Israel and provoking a war with Russia. She wondered whether the party would soon also come into conflict with the United States. Van Zanten reproached the VVD for not standing up for hard-working Dutch citizens, targeting small savers, not providing financial stability, and doing nothing about the influx of asylum seekers. According to her, voters, departing members, and prominent figures were fed up with the party's and the cabinet's direction. https://t.co/Ut9DHCrph1 #Nederland #politiek #oorlog (translated)

Forum for Democracy wrote that successive cabinets had promised to solve the major problems of the Netherlands, but that the situation, according to the party, was deteriorating on all fronts. FVD senator Eric Kemperman stated that the same parties would make no difference and that a change in course was necessary. https://t.co/6MBE3h8c8Z #Politiek #Nederland #Verandering (translated)

Member of the European Parliament Dirk Gotink has resigned from the NSC and is leaving the party as the last representative due to his dissatisfaction with the political course, partly due to the rapprochement with Member of Parliament Mona Keijzer. #NSC #DirkGotink #MonaKeijzer (translated)

Dorien Rookmaker wrote that a complete transition to heat pumps would make the Netherlands heavily dependent on electricity, according to her. In extreme cold, millions of heat pumps would run simultaneously and increase the electricity demand, potentially resulting in local power outages. In the event of a power failure, heating and hot water would also be lost, as there would be no gas network as a backup. Rookmaker further stated that the winter heating demand coincides with periods when there is little solar energy and sometimes little wind available, which she believes threatens supply reliability. A digitally controlled power grid with smart heat pumps would also be more vulnerable to cyber attacks, she said. She called for hybrid systems with green gas, hydrogen, and nuclear energy, in addition to large-scale expansion of the electricity grid, to mitigate those risks. Additionally, Rookmaker warned of what she called a "concentration risk": if everyone follows government policy and that course later proves to be wrong, it would cause significant problems for both society and the government, according to her. https://t.co/rUtyMQbk6d #energievoorziening #warmtepompen #duurzaamheid (translated)

Cees van de Sanden, former VVD senator, realizes that as an independent member of parliament he has gained the freedom to critically assess the quality of legislation, after he resigned from the VVD due to his dissatisfaction with the populist direction of the party. #CeesvandeSanden #EersteKamer #VVD (translated)