Pieter Klok

1 week ago | volkskrant.nl | Pieter Klok |Sheila Sitalsing

Luister naar De kamer van KlokDe kamer van Klok, een podcast van de VolkskrantGijs Groenteman bespreekt de politieke ontwikkelingen van de afgelopen week met columnist Sheila Sitalsing, hoofdredacteur Pieter Klok en chef politiek Raoul du Pré, in de kamer van Klok.

Sep 17, 2024 | eurotopics.net | Pieter Klok

17 September 2024The new Dutch government, which for the first time includes ministers from the far-right PVV, presented its government programme on Friday. Two points in particular have sparked debate: the asylum law is to be partially suspended via an emergency regulation which allows more people seeking asylum protection to be turned away. And VAT on cultural and sporting events, as well as books and newspapers, is to rise from 9 to 21 percent.

Jul 3, 2023 | eurotopics.net | Pieter Klok |Koen Vidal

De Standaard comments that the Dutch king has gone further than the Belgian monarch, who instead of offering an apology merely expressed his 'regret'for the injustices committed in the then Belgian colony of Congo: “With these words, King Philippe acknowledged that there is a relationship between the historical oppression of the Congolese at that time and today's racism against Afro-Belgians.