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The SP is proposing the establishment of a Digital Trust Centre to combat the growing stream of digital attacks against firms and social organisations. SP Member of Parliament Maarten Hijink wants to see such a centre cooperating intensively with the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). “For small and medium-sized businesses and social organisations it’s extremely difficult to arm themselves against massive attacks such as occurred recently with ransomware,” Hijink explains. “The Digital Trust Centre would aim to inform people about the risks, but most importantly to detect attacks and offer organisations practical support in keeping their ICT safe in the event of an attack.”

After the voters had given a clear NO to the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, the Senate has followed Parliament's Lower House in voting to accept the controversial treaty and bring it into force. 'The reason for this was the about-face by the centre-right CDA.,' explains SP Senate leader Tiny Kox. While CDA Lower House leader Sybrand Buma and his colleagues voted to reject the treaty, fearing that to vote against would increase still further the public's cynicism about The Hague and Brussels, most of the Christian Democrats in the Senate voted in favour. 'So Premier Mark Rutte has succeeded in turning a clear NO into a dubious YES. The European Commission will be cheering, but the voters won't,' Kox added.