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Nieuws uit 2009

25 May 2009

SP candidate Nicole van Gemert demonstrates against Brussels' marketing of public property

Candidate Nicole van Gemert led a demonstration last Saturday which offered a vivid representation of the placing in the hands of the market of public services and public property under pressure from Brussels. In Utrecht, shoppers were confronted by a mysterious and besuited man who claimed to have bought part of the public footpath on the Oudegracht ('Old Canal'), in the heart of the city's picturesque centre. The 'suit' said that he had bought the section of the path, which he had cordoned off with ribbons, through Brussels estate agents (realtors). “Europe says that all public property must be sold off, because the market is the solution to all problems," the man called out as he carried a 'Sold' sign around his property. Passers-by took the trouble to go around the cordoned-off section, as the new owner let them know that they would soon have to pay to cross it. "I can do whatever I like, because what was public property is now my property," the proud new owner of a bit of the Oudegracht told them.

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24 May 2009

Three parties back SP call to shun unregistered lobbyists

Candidates of the SP, Labour Party (PvdA), Green Left and the Animals' Party (PvdD) will, if and when they are elected Members of the European Parliament, refuse to meet with lobbyists who have failed to register. SP number one candidate Dennis de Jong asked his counterparts from the eight biggest Dutch parties if they would simply sign a declaration to that effect. Every one of the right-wing and centre-right parties refused to do so.

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22 May 2009

Small businesses join SP in protest against Brussels' mania for interference

Today butchers, greengrocers, poulterers, bakers and fishmongers joined the SP in Rotterdam in a protest against the impossible regulations imposed by Brussels. With SP number one candidate Dennis de Jong in attendance, they were there to inform shoppers about just how senseless the rules are. Delicacies were handed out, each labelled in conformity with the absurd rules which the European Union wants to introduce.

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21 May 2009

Antilles free trade zones come under scrutiny

Before the summer recess Interior Secretary Ank Bijleveld and Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin will produce a report on the so-called E-zones, the free trade zones (FTZs) to be found on a number of Antillian islands which remain part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The promise was made yesterday to SP Senator Sineke ten Horn during a debate on political relations within the Kingdom. These free trade zones are in reality tax havens. Any corporation claiming establishment within an FTZ, even if this amounts to no more than a post-box, is obliged to pay no more than 2% tax on its profits. Curaçao is the principal beneficiary.

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18 May 2009

'Netherlands involved in secret transports of British prisoners'

It has emerged that the air carrier ArkeFly last year left 241 tourists stranded at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in order to make a more lucrative flight possible. The flight in question was a secret British transport of prisoners suspected of terrorism. This was uncovered by SP member of Parliament Emile Roemer, who is trying to get to the bottom of why the unfortunate passengers have been refused compensation.

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17 May 2009

Flying start for SP candidate Jessica van Ruitenburg in Rotterdam election debate

Heated debates are a feature of election campaigns, and Jessica van Ruitenburg, number six on the SP list for the European elections, made a flying start in Rotterdam last Friday when she took part in two of them, back-to-back. Each, however, had very much its own character....

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