{"id":164,"date":"2005-07-01T19:44:23","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T22:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=164"},"modified":"2005-07-01T19:44:53","modified_gmt":"2005-07-01T22:44:53","slug":"demonstration-dutch-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Demonstration, Dutch style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span> <a href='.\/wp-content\/ver_donk_01.jpg'><img src='.\/wp-content\/thumb-ver_donk_01.jpg' alt='ver_donk' style=\"float:right;margin:5px\" \/><\/a>yearly commemoration of the dismantling of slavery in the Netherlands was marked by heckling (and noisemaking) during a speech of the Dutch minister of Integration and Immigration (ms. Rita Verdonk). She was eventually whisked away by security personnel.\n<\/p>\n<p>I<a href=\".\/wp-content\/verdonk_no.jpg\"><img src='.\/wp-content\/thumb-verdonk_no.jpg' alt='Angry protesters' style=\"float:right;margin:5px\"\/><\/a> haven&#8217;t been following the current Dutch political culture, so I have to rely on sources like <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nu.nl\">nu.nl<\/a><\/em> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omroep.nl\">National Broadcasting Corporation<\/a>: apparently not everybody is happy with the policies of the (current) center-right government. It&#8217;s interesting to see and watch (for example) online footage of a discussion between cabinet ministers and the (ever) critical journalists of broadcasters like the NPS. Earlier this month I was watching a heated discussion between the (above mentioned) minister and a journalist on transition houses,  female immigrants and emancipation. Lots of plans, but nothing concrete. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe that&#8217;s the best description of the current Dutch cabinet: Lots of plans, but nothing concrete. I hear the Dutch Labour party is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nos.nl\/nos\/artikelen\/2005\/07\/art00004006005C.html\">rising slowly (Dutch!)<\/a> in the polls: if there were elections, they could <em>actually<\/em> start a coalition with like-minded parties, instead of (always) relying on center-right partners. Which would make life in Holland a bit more interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A yearly commemoration of the dismantling of slavery in the Netherlands was marked by heckling (and noisemaking) during a speech of the Dutch minister of Integration and Immigration (ms. Rita Verdonk). She was eventually whisked away by security personnel. I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=164\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}