ANP factories on the Chemelot industrial estate NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 22:31 The province of Limburg wants a study into the influence of the Chemelot industrial estate on the health of local residents and employees on the site. In a motion, the Provincial Council requests the council to ask the cabinet to map out the effects of … Read more
There is currently a major discussion going on about banning glyphosphsate, a pesticide in agriculture. There appears to be a link between the drug and the increase in Parkinson’s. But pesticides in agriculture are not the only problem, says neurologist Barbera van Harten of the MCL hospital: “For example, the air also contains trichloroethene. This … Read more
Drents GroenLinks parliamentary party chairman Sam Pormes (69) from Assen is again discredited. The Drenthe party board and the national party bureau are unpleasantly surprised that Pormes was convicted in 2017 for fraud with PGB funds. He never reported that to the party. Pormes had to pay back 13,500 euros in care money from the … Read more
ANP NOS News•today, 07:17 Guus Dietvorst Political editor Sarah Bürmann interior editor Guus Dietvorst Political editor Sarah Bürmann interior editor “I thought: what kind of separate world have I ended up in? This way of negotiating is not transparent at all,” says Marc Oudenhoven, who has been a Member of Parliament in North Brabant since … Read more
The BBB leader acknowledges that VVD and CDA can be politically logical coalition partners, yet both parties fall by the wayside. ‘Those interfaces are there, but we deliberately opt for a narrow majority. You also have to form a coalition that does justice to the election results. In addition, four parties is still manageable’, he … Read more
In order to form a possible coalition, the BBB could theoretically ‘govern’ with the VVD and CDA. These two Overijssel departments have been saying for some time that the tough policy from The Hague is not working in the province and want a more humane approach to the nitrogen crisis. The BBB’s spearhead is a … Read more
ANP NOS News•today, 21:32•Amended today, 23:04 There have been several protests around the election debate of regional politicians and national party leaders in the provincial government building in Den Bosch. Farmers, among others, made themselves heard at the provincial house tonight. According to the municipality of Den Bosch, there were hundreds of demonstrators and 200 … Read more
ANPTalking about the provincial elections on NPO Radio 1 NOS News•today, 19:47 In the first major election debate in the run-up to the Provincial Council elections, on NPO Radio 1, fifteen national politicians tried to put forward their differences as clearly as possible. The parties clashed sharply on themes such as nitrogen, purchasing power, climate, … Read more
ANPThe NOS radio debate in the run-up to last year’s municipal elections. NOS News•today, 06:47 Farmers and nitrogen, the wallet, climate and energy, housing, migration and trust in politics. Major topics that play a national role and that also dominate the political discussion in the province. It is not for nothing that these are the … Read more
anpThe studio of the WNL debate NOS News•today, 12:40 In the first television debate in the run-up to the Provincial Council elections on 15 March, the government party VVD in particular came under fire. Right-wing opposition parties PVV and JA21 attacked the liberals on topics such as migration and security, but GroenLinks and coalition partners … Read more