The 44-year-old woman who was involved in the fall of cycling Sander Dekker in the dune area near Monster, Zuid-Holland, in June 2022 denied in court that she had grabbed the arm of the former Minister for Legal Protection. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) demanded 240 hours of community service and a fully suspended prison sentence of six months against her in the court in The Hague on Tuesday.
Outgoing minister Franc Weerwind (legal protection) does not intend to withdraw his bill to expand the Transgender law, which the lower house of Dutch parliament, the Tweede Kamer, has asked him to do. A motion from NSC and SGP requesting the bill be withdrawn was approved by a small majority (73-70). The minister had advised against the request earlier, and he is sticking with that opinion. “I have informed that I cannot or will not carry out this motion,” he said. He also added that he is not planning on resigning.
A majority of Members of Parliament indicated they do no want to move forward with a Cabinet proposal that would allow people to more easily change their gender in the country's official birth records. The motion from NSC and SGP calls on the caretaker Cabinet to withdraw the proposed relaxations to the Transgender Law within four weeks, and passed by a slim margin with 73 voting in favor, and 70 opposed.
The SP wants the Netherlands to stop adoption from abroad and will submit a proposal to that effect in parliament on Thursday. There is too much room for abuse, and it is not a sustainable way of protecting children, MP Michiel van Nispen told RTL Nieuws.