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30 June 2008

Border restrictions may remain in place for Romanians and Bulgarians

The SP's arguments against the complete opening of the Netherlands' borders to workers from central and eastern Europe are finding increasing resonance, as the existence of a parliamentary majority opposed to such a move shows. The government wants to see all border restrictions removed by 1st January 2009. The SP is arguing instead for a system of work permits, by means of which, the party's parliamentary spokesman on labour issues Paul Ulenbelt says, “we can avoid the importing of other country's unemployment and the creation of unfair competition on the Dutch labour market."

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27 June 2008

SP development spokesman addresses Somalian demonstration

SP Member of Parliament and spokesman on development issues Ewout Irrgang spoke on Friday at a demonstration by the Somalian community in the Netherlands. The demonstrators, gathered in front of the national parliament in The Hague, were calling attention to the tragic humanitarian situation in their country of origin.

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27 June 2008

For democracy and human rights, Europe is still "a long way off the mark"

Major concerns this week marked the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg. Europe remains a long way off the mark when it comes to democracy, human rights or the rule of law. Yet governments seem to be more bothered about economic growth and their own power, said SP Senator Tiny Kox, Chair of the United European Left group (GUE) in Europe's oldest organisation for international cooperation.

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26 June 2008

What's this on our plates?

New foodstuffs are constantly appearing on the market. Exotic foods that in our part of the world are just being 'discovered', but also foodstuffs which have been artificially manufactured. An interview on food and drink with Kartika Liotard in her office at the European Parliament building in Brussels.

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24 June 2008

The person and the embryo

For a number of weeks a heated debate has been raging between supporters and opponents of embryo selection by women who wish to become pregnant but who fear transmitting breast cancer genes to their offspring. This is no simple matter.

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24 June 2008

SP Senators set Premier stiff homework: 105 questions on the Lisbon Treaty

The cabinet of Minister-President Jan Peter Balkenende hopes to organise a Dutch 'yes' to the Lisbon Treaty as speedily as possible. In Parliament's lower house on 18th June the government successfully pulled this off, but in the Senate not every political group is willing to see a repeat performance. The SP, for one, is refusing to rush into a decision. In the end, while the lower house is the main legislative chamber of the Dutch national parliament, the Senate is there to exercise surveillance over the quality of the legislation proposed.

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