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13 October 2009

Is NATO ready for change?

by Harry van Bommel and Karel Koster

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13 October 2009

Uruzgan: soldiers' union signals need for serious debate

The soldiers' trade union AFMP is right to be critical over the question of the mission in the Afghan region of Uruzgan, argues Harry van Bommel. Defence Minister Eimert Van Middelkoop's anger over the union's position is misplaced. The AFMP's statement should form the overture to a debate which is urgently needed.

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9 October 2009

The Eighty Year War

When it comes to war, politicians often turn their backs on the truth. But this is not the case for soldiers. They have to do the dirty work and clean up afterwards, and for this reason they have a major interest in the truth. "The first casualty of war is truth", is a well-known saying which is more than relevant in this context.

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9 October 2009

SP's Dennis de Jong will sit in European Parliament's 'crisis committee'

The SP will be directly represented in the body charged with conducting the European Parliament's enquiry into the causes of the financial and economic crisis and possible solutions. Euro-MP Dennis de Jong was this week chosen to be a member of the temporary special committee of enquiry into the credit crisis.

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8 October 2009

SP Euro-MP nominated for agriculture award

SP Euro-MP Kartika Liotard has been nominated by her colleagues in the European Parliament (EP) as 'Euro-Parliamentarian of the Year' in the category 'agriculture'. Re-elected to serve a second term in the EP in June, Liotard has long been active in pursuit of food safety, animal welfare, fair prices for dairy farmers and the improvement of the position of rural women.

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3 October 2009

“Irish yes still doesn't mean that the Lisbon Treaty is adopted"

“It suited Brussels to have the Irish think that Ireland and the whole of Europe would be plunged into disaster in the event of a second 'no' to this European Constitution-light," says Dennis de Jong, leader of the SP group in the European Parliament. "Unfortunately for them, the vote still doesn't mean that the Lisbon Treaty has definitely been adopted."

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