Thanks to The Baron at Gates of Vienna for this post:
I mentioned a couple of days ago that a new coalition government has been agreed upon in the Netherlands. As expected, the cabinet will consist of a VVD/CDA minority coalition, backed by Geert Wilders’ party, the PVV.
Details of the new government’s program have now emerged, and when I read what they’re planning, it made my mouth water. The most conservative Republican government imaginable would never attempt half of this stuff in the USA. Just think — if only Geert had been born in Kenya, we could elect him president!
Our Flemish correspondent VH has translated several articles from the Dutch media about the new government, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s reaction to it, and Geert Wilders’ upcoming trial for hate speech.
First, from De Telegraaf:
“Everyone will notice some of it”
“We’re cutting the budget by €18 billion in the coming years. Everyone will notice some of that,” VVD leader Mark Rutte said Thursday at the presentation of the coalition agreement of the VVD and CDA with support of the PVV. The cabinet Rutte wants will give the country back to the “hard-working Dutchman”.
The government will work hard to increase safety. “We want to put the burglars in chains, not you,” said Rutte — as expected, the incoming Prime Minister. There will be a national police force [instead of the local and regional police]. Street-terror [usually performed by the enriched “new Dutch”] will be tackled hard. There will be minimum sentences handed out to recidivists for crimes for which there is a maximum sentence of twelve years or more.
The TBS system [“offenders with severe personality disorders who are detained in special forensic psychiatric institutions”] will be cut back. Trial-leaves will be addressed. Criminals with dual nationality will loose their Dutch citizenship. The ticket quota [in which a police officer has to write out 120-160 fines a year or else has to face losing a promotion or a cut in salary] will be abolished. Coffee shops [where soft drugs are permitted to be sold and consumed] must become closed clubs where clients are only allowed in with a ‘club card’.
There will be a strict immigration policy. The influx of non-western immigrants has to decrease substantially, according to Wilders by 50%. Illegal residence in the Netherlands will become punishable.
There will also be a burqa ban:
Burkas and other face-covering clothing will be banned. Police officers and judges will not be allowed to wear headscarves. Unemployed persons who due to their behavior or dress code will be less likely to find a job will feel it in their pocketbooks. Their welfare benefits will be reduced, or they will not have any right at all to them. [source]
And those who “take it easy” with their citizenship course, may lose their residence permit:
Turks will also have to continue to integrate. The judge recently ruled that such would not be required for Turks, based on a European treaty, but the new government wants to alter the treaty-agreement. The government wants to spend less on subsidies for integration. Only “Vluchtelingenwerk” [“Refugee aid”] will be spared. People who come from elsewhere have no more special preference in applications. The abolition of “affirmative action” will also affect women [source]
There will be no “road pricing”. The speed limit on motorways will go up from 120 to 130 kilometers per hour. The mortgage tax-reduction will remain in place. The coalition is committed to more nuclear energy. Applications for permits for the construction of one or more nuclear power plants that meet these requirements will therefore be granted.
The new government wants a smaller government and fewer politicians. That should yield €6 billion. The number of MPs will be reduced from 150 to 100, the number of senators from 75 to 50. There will be fewer ministers and state secretaries. The new government also wants to cut the number of elected representatives in local councils, Waterschap boards [maintenance of rivers and dykes and so on] and provincial governments’ Neighborhood Councils will be abolished.
The contribution of the Netherlands to the EU must go down by about €1 billion euros, according to Rutte. The Netherlands insisted a few years ago on that discount. That reduction Rutte now wants to secure “because if you’re not careful, you’ll lose it.”
The budget for Development Aid will be cut by €1 billion.
The coalition will continue with the testing phase of the new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). This means that the Netherlands will buy two test aircraft from Lockheed Martin.
The Public Broadcaster [also called “state broadcaster” and a stronghold of the multiculturalists] will, as Wilders says, lose a “few hundred million”.
VH adds that there will be a Yellow Card for Islamic schools:
Under the new government, Islamic schools should especially be careful. According to the presented coalition agreement, these schools often do not have their affairs in order. “Research has shown that Islamic education has weaknesses in terms of governing power, education, citizenship education (rule of law) and regularity of the use of financial resources. […] Research has further shown that schools with radically innovative educational concepts also have these problems. These schools thus will be faced with more rapid closure.”
Freedom of education is not in question, the politicians promise. “The fact remains that (very) weak schools must quickly, within one year, have the educational process in order. If not, then they will proceed to closure.” The authors of the agreement also want people who are working in the industry and business to teach in schools.
And from De Telegraaf:
Wilders: Frau Merkel, Sie haben kein Recht
PVV leader Geert Wilders finds that German Chancellor Angela Merkel should refrain from commenting on political cooperation between the VVD, PVV and CDA in the Netherlands. Merkel said this week that she regrets the cooperation. “Frau Merkel, Sie haben kein Recht,” Wilders said Thursday in German.
CDA leader Maxime Verhagen is convinced that the Netherlands and Germany “can get along as neighbors in a fruitful manner” once the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has read the coalition agreement. Verhagen, at present also the outgoing Foreign Minister also, said he agrees that Merkel has nothing to do with the formation of coalition governments in other countries, and underlined the good relations he has with Merkel personally and with her party, the Christian Democratic CDU/CSU.
Also from De Telegraaf:
Greenpeace activists have climbed the Ridderzaal [“Knights Hall” next to the parliament buildings in the Binnenhof] and attached a banner. The text on the banner reads “Cabinet Rutte: #viezerkanniet [“dirtier is not possible”]. The text “#viezerkanniet” can be looked up on the social network Twitter to discuss the plans of the new government, especially regarding the environment. The police have made it known that the protesters will have half an hour to make their point. After that the police are expected to act.
And, once again, from De Telegraaf:
First day of Wilders Trial live on Dutch TV
The NOS [state broadcaster] will broadcast the first day of the trial against Geert Wilders this Monday live. The PVV leader must appear in court in Amsterdam on suspicion of insulting Muslims and ethnic minorities and incitement to discrimination and hatred. The beginning of the session can be seen on Netherlands channel 1, the digital news channel Journaal24, and via the web, the broadcaster announced Thursday.
The live broadcast will start at 08.55 hours with the NOS News. The session itself will start at nine. If there is a reason for it, it will then be switched to the Hague for the latest political news, given the current developments surrounding the newly-formed Cabinet. The remaining session days on October 6, 8, 12, 15 and 19 can be followed on the theme channel. The ruling is scheduled for Nov. 2.
That’s right America, we beat you; your officially a social democracy, and we a convervative market-socialist state; how do you like that?
Taliban leader threatens attacks in Netherlands
The Pakistani Taliban leader Wali ur Rehman threatens attacks against the Netherlands in response to “laws” would make the Netherlands “against Islam” and “ridiculing Islam.” He said in an interview on RTL Nieuws Friday exceptions. The National Coordinator for Counterterrorism (NCTb) knows the statements, but sees no reason here to view the current threat situation “limited” to adjust.
We take these signals seriously, “said his spokeswoman in response. “But these texts were known and we have already factored in to our threat assessment.”
“The way the Dutch government since a few years into storage is very dangerous,” said Wali ur Rehman. “They always try to make new laws against Muslims. They ridicule Islam and try to confine him. We believe this is the first phase of the plans of the Dutch government. Therefore we will try, and that’s our priority to teach them a lesson. They will pay the price that they make laws against Islam. ”
Threat Level
International terrorist groups like the Netherlands is still a hostile Islamic country and therefore a ‘legitimate’ target, said the latest threat from the NCTb on September 13. There are according to the analysis in recent months been no concrete evidence of attacks against the Netherlands. Therefore, the threat level for the Netherlands ‘limited’. In the U.S. there is also a price on his head of $ 5,000,000.
The risk of terrorist attacks against Dutch is greater in or near areas where jihadist groups are active, does the NCTb. These are areas such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, North Africa, Somalia and Yemen.
‘PVV attracts attention ”
Netherlands still has a high international profile and is seen by extremists as a legitimate aim, because the Dutch government would oppress Muslims. Another reason for the use of force in the Netherlands is that statements are made as ‘Muslim enemy’ can be understood. In particular, Geert Wilders has drawn international attention with statements and intentions, although this led to concrete threats, concluded NCTb.
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/7813009/__Talibanleider_bedreigt_Nederland__.html?sn=binnenland,buitenland
http://www.rtl.nl/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/miMedia/2010/week35/Tue11.arrestatie-terreurverdachten.xml
“Terrorists preparing attacks in Europe ‘
BRUSSELS – European intelligence services have strong indications that Islamic extremists planning an attack on an urban center in Europe. The team would find itself in Europe, reports The Wall Street Journal on its website.
Counterterrorism specialists should be aware that a shooting is planned along the lines of the attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai in late 2008. One knows not which city is the target, reported The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this week came the even that an attack was thwarted.
Last month, the United States some 20 attacks in Pakistan using unmanned planes (so called “drones”), including the terror threat to renounce. Afterward, however, was feared that terrorists from the Pakistani tribal areas have already been smuggled into Europe.
‘Vague’ information
We suspect that the attack will consist of a commando raid on a crowded urban area, the attackers armed with guns can inflict a bloodbath. The public transport is mentioned as a potential target. The Wall Street Journal said a European specialist in terror that the information gathered to date “so vague that we can start with nothing.”
London, Germany, France
However, many clues were in the direction of one or more attacks in London, Germany or France modes. The threat was so real that all means are used to prevent an attack. CIA director Leon Panetta said in Islamabad with several Pakistani leaders, including the terrorist threat in Europe.
10/01/1910 4:56
More news from The Netherlands
“Disabled man stoned by youths’
EINDHOVEN – Eindhoven Police in investigating the rumor that an elderly disabled man being stoned by a group of Moroccan youth. The man was at the Henri Dunant Park in Woensel-Noord, stoned by about fifteen young people from all around fifteen years.
Information about the incident would stand on a pamphlet earlier this week in Woensel-Noord is distributed. It would involve young Moroccans ‘big boys’. The pamphlet also reports that the man would be 63 years.
Meanwhile, the police alleged victim in sight. The police have a sergeant turned around to return man to do. Only when that happened, “the police with the investigation in full force,” reports the Eindhoven Dagblad.
“We take the matter seriously and we do not without reason,” said a police spokeswoman.
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/7810337/___Jongeren_stenigen_invalide_man___.html?sn=binnenland, foreign
Dog kicked to death
AMSTERDAM – The defenseless dog in the 75-year-old Mrs. Van der Meer in Amsterdam by Moroccan trouble-youth kicked all together. “They said” dogs are dirty, we eat them. “And she kicked her hard against the wall.”
The Amsterdam elderly not really say without fear of a bunch of brat. “But these are no longer street urchins.” She points to her two leashed Yappers: “Their mother, an old one, they each kicked in last year. In this group, all I could do nothing. It was terrible. Her neck was torn open, they gave blood. One half years later she is deceased. These little creatures are like children to me, why do those guys that I hate them. After ten I let my dogs out again. How well that later in the winter, when it is dark early .. .
It is not the only incident in which civilians are the victims of street kids in the Amsterdam district of New West. Many residents of the Jan van Galenstraat testify about the neighborhood by about twenty ringleaders all imaginable limits are exceeded. Threats, armed robbery, tile through the window, arson, abuse and the dogs are trampled to death, are the order of the day …
Also shopkeeper Brahim Ourchid do not know what he have to be put on the ringleaders. The trouble-youth use the sidewalk for his call shop and assembly. “And I do not know why. What should I do? I treat everyone with respect. I also have threatened them with guns. Moroccan boys, but they are born here.” brat. “But these are no longer street urchins.” She points to her two leashed Yappers: “Their mother, an old one, they each kicked in last year. In this group, all I could do nothing. It was terrible. Her neck was torn open, they gave blood. One half years later she is deceased. These little creatures are like children to me, why do those guys that I hate them. After ten I let my dogs out again. How well that later in the winter, when it is dark early .. .
It is not the only incident in which civilians are the victims of street kids in the Amsterdam district of New West. Many residents of the Jan van Galenstraat testify about the neighborhood by about twenty ringleaders all imaginable limits are exceeded. Threats, armed robbery, tile through the window, arson, abuse and the dogs are trampled to death, are the order of the day …
Also shopkeeper Brahim Ourchid do not know what he have to be put on the ringleaders. The trouble-youth use the sidewalk for his call shop and assembly. “And I do not know why. What should I do? I treat everyone with respect. I also have threatened them with guns. Moroccan boys, but they are born here.”
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/7803803/__Hondje_doodgeschopt__.html?sn=binnenland
This reads like manna from a conservative heaven.
I hope you were joking about Kenya. I would hate to think this blog is run by a birther.
As far as the proposed legislative changes, I don’t particularly like them. In those areas demanding very strong action, the proposal falls short. The Netherlands should not be reducing the influx of non-Western immigrants. At this point, why should there be any influx, given that Third World immigration is a net negative to the Dutch taxpayer? Why is it so difficult to recognize that the influx needs to stop and that there ought to be incentives to create a net outflow.
And in areas where the government should mind its own business, this proposal calls for meddling. Why are they screwing with the coffee houses? For the record, I have never been to one and have no desire to, but I appreciate Amsterdam’s approach. Let free adults be free adults. What purpose could be served by this closed club requirement other than to destroy the viability of coffeehouses. I thought that when that idiot Health Minister Ab Klink vacated the office that the Dutch would be done with this sort of nanny-state nonsense.
I hope these Moroccans are thrown out of Europe and sent back to Morocco. Its only when Europe starts to throw these people out, will they begin to behave. But then I dont wish that to happen either, for then the demographic Jihad will get us.
I would much prefer that we bent over backwards, till in the final backlash, they all go.
Ahcim I don’t care that you beat us in restoring freedom, all I care about is that freedom isn’t disappearing from the world. I hope the American left sees what is happening and decides to help the conservatives restore freedom to the US. I doubt that they will, but I can hope.