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25 November 2009

The Davids Commission - and what we still need to know about Iraq

At the beginning of September the Davids Commission realised that it needed more time before it could present its findings on the Netherlands' involvement in the war on Iraq. It is costing the commission a great deal of time to study all public and reliable information, some of it new, while various whistleblowers have announced that they still wish to be heard.

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25 November 2009

Liotard: EU climate measures inadequate

The European Parliament today voted on a resolution on the climate summit scheduled for December in Copenhagen. Following the vote, SP Euro-MP Kartika Liotard said: “I could never of course vote for a resolution in which it is stated that nuclear energy will form an important part of the energy mix. But because the resolution also supported an investment of 30 billion euros a year for climate measures which I can happily support, I abstained on the final vote.”

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24 November 2009

Depleted Uranium: Parliament supports SP call for ban on use

A parliamentary majority today voted to support a proposal from the SP for a temporary ban on the use of weapons containing depleted uranium and heavy metals. SP Member of Parliament Harry Van Bommel explains: “The SP has long argued for a ban on these weapons, which have caused enormous suffering amongst ordinary civilians, including children, in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. In view of Parliament's vote, the government must now take active steps to persuade the Americans and the British to accept a moratorium on these weapons. The SP believes that such a move would lead eventually to a total ban."

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24 November 2009

Europe follows Kroes up dead-end street

The SP is far from happy with the government’s recommendation that current Dutch EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes continue in the role. Dennis de Jong, Chair of the SP’s European Parliamentary group, reacting to the recommendation, said: “Kroes is an able woman, but she is also a free market fundamentalist. The crisis has demonstrated that Europe needs a change of course and with Neelie Kroes that isn’t going to happen.”

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21 November 2009

Europe as alibi for raising pension age to 67?

Is forcing people to work until they're 67 now the new norm in Europe? Because they have decided to do this in Germany? In the SP's view, it's rather questionable to single out only those EU member states which have raised their pension age, ignoring the rest.

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21 November 2009

Federalist becomes the face of Europe

The appointment of Belgian premier Herman van Rompuy came as no surprise to me. It was already more or less certain that the one chosen as European president would come from a small country. Nobody expected to see a political leader who would give himself a strong profile at the expense of the heads of government. Van Rompuy has little European experience and still can't pluck up the courage to address Chancellor Merkel as ‘Angela’, which certainly says something.

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