At the press conference tonight, Prime Minister Rutte must especially clarify the threat of the coronavirus, Arie Dijkstra, professor of social psychology at the University of Groningen, said this morning in the NOS Radio 1 News.
“Prime Minister Rutte can help to increase individual motivation, their social responsibility,” says Dijkstra. “I am curious what he will do. Is he going to say: this is the second wave, we have to do everything we can now? Or will he stick with the old mantra: keep going?”
Rutte must also make it clear that it is something temporary, says the professor. “That must be clear. People want to invest, but not if they think this will last the rest of their lives or that they cannot see where we will end up. If I were him, I would say: in the end we will go back again to the ‘real normal’. “
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