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	<title>Heleen Mees &#187; Netherlands</title>
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		<title>De U-bocht van Van der Laan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gisteravond beantwoordde minister Van der Laan de &#8216;politiek gevoelige&#8217; vragen van de PVV over de kosten van migranten van 17 juli jongstleden. Of eigenlijk beantwoordde hij ze niet. In een toelichting zei de minister dat het een principekwestie was: &#8220;We berekenen ook niet de kosten Friezen.&#8221; Never mind dat de huidige discussie over de AOW-leeftijd wel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ridicuul plan van Ploumen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heleen Mees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In NRC Handelsblad van afgelopen zaterdag lanceerde PvdA-voorzitter Ploumen het idee voor een erecode voor PvdA-leden. Leden die meer dan de Balkenende-norm verdienen in de publieke of private sector hoefden niet meer op een kabinetspost of ander publieke functie rekenen. Is dit de wijze waarop de PvdA haar gebrek aan politieke durf probeert te verbloemen? 
De [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meten is weten</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heleen Mees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally I do not support the positions of Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party. Actually, I find his party’s success in popular polls and the June 4 election for European Parliament quite nauseating. But I do not object to the Freedom Party’s request to outline the costs and benefits of immigration. It may in fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Land of the Sick, Weak and Unemployed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch Central Planning Bureau (CPB) foresees in its  June 16, 2009 Forecast a historic contraction of the Dutch economy: a 4¾ percent decline in GDP this year and a further ½ percent for next year. Unemployment will go up sharply according to the CPB: an average of 5½ percent of the labor force will be [...]]]></description>
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