International

SP Senator Tiny Kox will in the next few days visit Jordan and Palestine as part of a delegation from the Council of Europe. In Jordan he will meet with King Abdullah II and Premier Ensour, as well as paying a visit to the refugee camp at Za’atari, where more than 370,000 Syrians are finding shelter from their country’s civil war. In Palestine the delegation will hold talks with President Abbas, Premier Fayyad and Foreign Minister Al-Malki.

SP member of Parliament Paulus Jansen today presented two proposals designed to rid housing associations of Brussels’ meddling. ‘By means of two simple interventions we could ensure that Brussels doesn’t interfere any longer with our housing associations,’ says Jansen. ‘In this way these European technocrats will no longer take decisions about Dutch social housing.’ The housing associations are long-standing cooperative organisations which offer affordable accommodation.