Result of the #dutch#elections is that they are looking into forming a right-wing government of PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB and I am tentatively looking at house prices in Sweden and Denmark.
Today in Labor History November 28, 1944: 400 people in Rotterdam attacked a coal warehouse during the Nazi occupation. The Nazis executed 40 Dutch men in retaliation. By 1944, over 300,000 Dutch resisters were living underground, combined with tens of thousands more who were actively resisting the occupation.
On the #Dutch#elections, I wonder whether the online "who to vote for" quizzes might have played a pretty massive role. I never liked them - they act as if you can just go tickboxing down a list of policy points and then sum up agreements. But there are such fundamental issues (core values, trust) that tickboxing doesn't capture, regardless of any kind of, even weighted, point-by-point agreement/disagreement score.
The #Dutch word for harvest is 'oogst'. The double O in there is pronounced as a long O, which may give you a clue to its origin: it is derived from the name of the month August, traditionally a time of harvest.
Funnily enough, the Dutch word for autumn is 'herfst'. You guessed it: that's related to the English harvest. It originally referred to the time of harvesting. In English it came to refer to harvesting itself, in other languages to the season of autumn.
The illiberal democracy in #Hungary can’t be reformed. It must be contained.
It’s been almost a decade now since Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor #Orban boldly declared his goal of turning the country into an “illiberal state” founded on “national” values and modeled on countries such as #China, #India, Russia and #Turkey.
#jordans # Ayman Safadi, DPM & Minister of Foreign Affairs & Expatriates
We condemn racist positions of a Dutch radical parliamentarian adopting illusion of solving Palestinian issue at expense of Jordan. His position has no impact. It just further exposes his abominable racism. Our ties with 🇳🇱 are old & strong & we expect clear gov’t condemnation
Irresponsible statements made by #Dutch parliamentarian #GeertWilders, in which he incites the displacement of the Palestinian people to #Jordan, is considered interference in the internal affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and is rejected and condemned.
Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Friday she hoped the country's military support to #Ukraine would continue even under a new government led by anti-#EU populist Geert #Wilders.
"I hope and expect this will not change in the new parliament. But the #PVV is now the largest party and they have never been enthusiastic about support to Ukraine. They have even been pro-#Russia at times. So that has me worried."
And the winner of the Dutch election is... The Dutch Media. They've spent decades hyping up every right wing racist party, allowing them to say the most outrageous things without any fact checking at all. The public has now given the most votes to a racist linked to Putin. I'm ashamed. #tk2023#DutchPolitics
The #Dutch government has earmarked an additional 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in military aid for #Ukraine in 2024, in what Defence Minister Kajsa #Ollongren on Friday said was a sign of unwavering support for Kyiv's war against #Russia.
The latest package takes the total amount of Dutch support for Ukraine during the conflict to around 7.5 billion euros, Ollongren said.