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Nieuws uit 2009

20 July 2009

Extortion at Bulgarian border must be stopped

SP Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel is urging the government to demand that Bulgaria tackle corrupt border guards who are swindling money from holidaymakers travelling to Turkey. People going into Turkey via the Bulgarian border are being asked to provide a medical certificate stating that they do not have Mexican swine flu. If they cannot do so, they are forced to pay. “This is a straightforward swindle," says Van Bommel. "Corrupt border guards dream up some new scheme every year to line their pockets at the expense of holidaymakers. Bulgaria is an EU member state, and this shouldn't be allowed to continue."

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18 July 2009

Bring back employment permits for migrant workers

In its approach to migrant workers, the Netherlands is repeating mistakes made forty years ago, say Sadet Karabulut and Paul Ulenbelt, Members of Parliament for the SP

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18 July 2009

‘So many lies are being spread to frighten people'

‘It's almost unbelievable how much nonsense is being put about by those who support the idea of making us work till we're 67,' says SP leader Agnes Kant. Below, Kant vigorously counters the arguments in favour of raising the pension age.

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16 July 2009

'No Moroccans': Labour inspectorate must put an end to discrimination by supermarkets

SP Member of Parliament Sadet Karabulut is urging Social Affairs Minister Piet Hein Donner to send the labour inspectorate to deal with supermarkets who discriminate on the basis of race or age. Her question came in the wake of revelations that Servex, the firm which operates major supermarket chain Albert Heijn's 'AH to go' station subsidiaries, has instructed managers at some branches not to hire Moroccan staff or anyone over the age of 17. In the Netherlands, minimum wages are lower for very young workers.

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15 July 2009

Guantánamo: 'Premier has a great deal of explaining to do'

SP Member of Parliament and foreign affairs spokesman Harry van Bommel believes that Dutch Premier Jan Peter Balkenende has a lot of explaining to do when it comes to the government's about turn regarding their willingness to receive former prisoners from Guantánamo Bay. “Until not very long ago taking prisoners from Guantánamo was out of the question," says Van Bommel, "but following a conversation between President Obama and Premier Balkenende there is suddenly space for this. It seems that every time the Netherlands drops in on an American President we have to take along a gift."

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3 July 2009

No-one expects to be 'raised up' by Wouter Bos

Attempts by the governing elite to push through its models of progress are the most significant cause of the gap which has opened up between rulers and ruled, says Agnes Kant. In her view the role of a real people's party is to listen to the people and take what they say seriously.

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