Rutte: fortunately still more people with patience than short fuse | Inland

“We cannot ignore it: the corona virus is an incredibly heavy burden on our society. To anyone who has to miss a loved one due to corona. To people who are now very sick of it, or who are struggling with the physical and mental aftermath of the virus. On young people and older people who, because of all the social limitations, are faced with tensions behind the front door, with loneliness and feelings of depression. Or on all those entrepreneurs whose company is about to collapse and on the people who are in danger of losing their jobs ”, the prime minister said in his lecture.

According to Rutte, tensions are increasing among the people, “but underlying the Netherlands is and will remain a country of volunteers and mutual help. A land of shopping for each other and a pan of soup for the sick neighbor. Also during this second wave there are still more people with patience and compassion than with a short fuse. ”

Rutte spoke to people at home because of corona in an almost empty Monastery Church in The Hague, who could follow the speech online.

Charity

The Prime Minister also considered the question “Is a good life a perfect life?” According to him, everyone can lead a good and meaningful life, but it mainly concerns concepts such as ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ and ‘togetherness’. “Life isn’t about cash or consumption, it’s about contact. About real human contact. Ultimately that is all that matters, not wealth or appearances, but what you have done with and for someone else, ”said Rutte.

The first Petrus Festival is organized by the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN), in honor of Reformation Day. Christians then consider, among other things, the life of the German church reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546), who opposed the then prevailing Catholic Church.

Rutte is going for the premiership one more time, says Hague commentator Wouter de Winther. Listen to De Telegraaf’s political podcast here, below, or through your favorite podcast app like Spotify of Apple Podcasts.

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