Dutch legislators want April 25 to be an annual national day against antisemitism after a rising number of violent incidents against citizens of Jewish descent.
A law legally guaranteeing free access to suicide prevention hotline 113 and officially making the government responsible for reducing the number of suicides will likely get majority support in parliament. The ChristenUnie law already has the support of 71 of the 150 parliamentarians, and more parties are expected to vote in its favor, NOS reports.
The closed email group of lobby club Agenda Europe has long been a hotbed of racism, homophobia and misogyny. It now appears that the ECPM, the euro party of the ChristenUnie, played a key role in this.
Politicians who called the demonstration against Isaac Herzog's presence at the National Holocaust Museum 'antisemitic’ are playing into the hands of antisemitism
FvD leader Thierry Baudet threatened parliamentarian Jesse Klaver (GroenLinks-PvdA) twice on Wednesday after a parliamentary debate. Tweede Kamer president Martin Bosma wrote that in a letter to Baudet, asking the far-right politician to report to him on Thursday for a talk. “I cannot tolerate threats - in the plenary chamber of all places.”