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Energy is a primary service and energy utilities should be publicly owned so that we have a democratic control and say. A motion introduced jointly by the SP and the Christian Union, to investigate how the public interest in the Dutch energy supply can be increased has been adopted by a majority in Parliament.

The People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) has been responsible for the asylum policy since 2012. The reception of refugees has been neglected to such an extent that it has culminated in the refugee crisis that the Netherlands now finds itself in. Hundreds of people, including children, have been forced to sleep outside in tents for many nights in Ten Apel. At the same time, the government designated a location in the tiny village of Albergen as a site for the reception of hundreds of refugees without any prior notification. This has to change.