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In order to get rid of the allowances, D66 not only wants to drastically change the tax system, but also make childcare free, increase the minimum wage, increase the social assistance benefit and the AOW and abolish the mortgage interest deduction. Member of Parliament Steven van Weyenberg thinks that major interventions are needed to abolish … Read more
A marketing method that the Dutch armed forces has been using for five years to investigate and influence the behavior of civilians in conflict areas is internally provoking resistance. Dutch soldiers use this method to collect data about the local population and sometimes interview them for hours about their dreams and fears. This information gives … Read more
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Corona rules should become “simpler” for everyone by July 1, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday when announcing a new set of relaxations. But there are still many exceptions to the guidelines on what is and is not allowed inside and outside. “We are entering the summer with more freedom than expected,” said Rutte. … Read more
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Crowd barriers and posts with red-and-white chains must separate coming and going bathers on this Hague dune transition. It is early, but the men in orange vests are already sweating. A woman walks up to them and tells them to remove those fences. She speaks louder and louder. “This is my part of the battle!” … Read more
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The Council of State had already written its annual report, the symposium surrounding the presentation was organized – and then the corona crisis shut down the country. Also the Council of State. “But if that crisis had broken out three months earlier, we would have written the same annual report,” said Thom de Graaf, Vice … Read more
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As a profile on Whatsapp, people who chat with him say, Giuseppe Conte has a photo of John F. Kennedy with a quote from him: “Every result starts with the decision to try it.” In interviews, he refers to Churchill’s statement about a “ darkest hour ”where the country has to end up together. In … Read more