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It's a pity that it has become such a mess. The House of Representatives is the place where the people are represented. So it's not strange that a rainbow flag is hanging there on Coming Out Day. State Secretary Judith Tielen (Emancipation, VVD) calls the discussion about raising the rainbow flag next Sunday at the House of Representatives 'a mess'. #regenboogvlag #emancipatie #TweedeKamer (translated)

Femke Marije wrote that she was against the hoisting of the rainbow flag on the building of the House of Representatives and that the House should not start doing that, in her opinion. She said that she had given her statement. She also wrote that she had heard a lot of laughter in the House afterward and that, according to her, many people in the Netherlands were probably rightly wondering what the House was dealing with. https://t.co/uv4Yi6yuYG #regenboogvlag #TweedeKamer #Nederland (translated)

Raisa Blommestijn wrote that according to her, only the Dutch flag should be hanging on the building of the House of Representatives. She opposed a flag that she associated with ideological woke activism and stated that more and more Dutch people had nothing to do with it. #Nederland #TweedeKamer #Vlaggen (translated)

Jan Dijkgraaf wrote in his 'Letter from Jan' to Kati Piri that, in his view, the members of parliament did not realize what the exception to the unwritten rule regarding flags at the House of Representatives building would mean for them. https://t.co/8DBA3zIgZy https://t.co/MZaUZkJWPj #TweedeKamer #Politiek #Vlaggen (translated)

The SGP stated that the Dutch flag should hang above the Dutch parliament, with exceptions for other national or supranational flags. The party described the rainbow flag not as a national flag, but as a symbol of interest groups and activism. According to the SGP, a motion had been submitted outside the usual order of debate that would require the raising of the rainbow flag next Sunday. The party wrote that this activism alienated many people, including those for whom the flag might have been intended. Because the House of Representatives represented the entire Dutch people, the SGP believed that caution was necessary with symbols that were not perceived as unifying by everyone. The party referred to the Dutch tricolor as the flag that united all Dutch people and said it would vote against the motion. https://t.co/F1BtVCURCb #Nederland #TweedeKamer #activisme (translated)

Forum for Democracy asked what the House of Representatives was occupied with and stated that it was not about solving the housing crisis, sending back immigrants, or lowering taxes, but about raising the rainbow flag. The party said that Tom Russcher had reacted to the situation. https://t.co/i40ShroMHg #TweedeKamer #Woningnood #Immigratie (translated)

F. Jacobse wrote to Caroline van der Plas that the members of the House of Representatives were completely lost, in his opinion. He stated that trivial matters were being made into main issues, while important matters were not being addressed, and he said that the Netherlands was becoming an increasingly terrible country in his view. #TweedeKamer #Politiek #Nederland (translated)

Geert Wilders wrote that the Presidium of the House of Representatives had put itself on display according to him with the issue surrounding the rainbow flag. He claimed that supporters who did not get their way were now secretly trying to push it through. Wilders asked Thom van Campen if that was what he wanted. #TweedeKamer #Regenboogvlag #Politiek (translated)

Susanne wrote that public money for representatives, in her opinion, was not intended for the situation she referred to. She asked others not to say that members of parliament were paid for it and said that she was generally critical, but that evening she had to deal with them. #TweedeKamer #TweedeKamer #politiek #belasting (translated)

Bas Paternotte wrote that Speaker of the House Thom van Campen (VVD) did not dare to present the decision to the entire House of Representatives, out of fear of upsetting the Christian factions and Muslim members of DENK. He accused Van Campen of being particularly cowardly. https://t.co/uloSkaucnj #TweedeKamer #Politiek #Nederland (translated)

Susanne wrote that it was very annoying for a Member of Parliament to be on their way home or just at home after a heavy work week on Thursday after 8:00 PM and then receive a request to immediately return to the House of Representatives for a roll call vote on a rainbow flag. #TweedeKamer #Politiek #Regenboogvlag #Wetgeving (translated)