{"id":4143,"date":"2016-04-04T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2016-04-04T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:32:22","slug":"on-wednesday-the-dutch-have-to-make-a-big-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/on-wednesday-the-dutch-have-to-make-a-big-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, The Dutch Have To Make A Big Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On April 6, 2016, it is happening. The<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>referendum over de wet tot goedkeuring van de Associatieovereenkomst tussen de Europese Unie en\u00a0Oekra\u00efne<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(referendum about the law on approval of the association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine). The referendum is\u00a0<em>raadgevend<\/em> (consultative), so the\u00a0<em>kabinet\u00a0<\/em>(government) is not obliged to follow the\u00a0<em>uitslag\u00a0<\/em>(result). It came after the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/geenpeil.nl\/\">GeenPeil<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(NoPoll)\u00a0campaign, organized by news and satire website\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geenstijl.nl\/\">GeenStijl<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(NoStyle).\u00a0The leader of the campaign was journalist\u00a0<em>Jan Roos<\/em>. With a\u00a0<em>petitie\u00a0<\/em>(petition) for a referendum, they gathered more than 400.000\u00a0<em>handtekeningen\u00a0<\/em>(signatures) &#8211; enough to actually get a referendum through!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wat is GeenPeil eigenlijk?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LAlQmAWEO5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The question on the referendum is going to be very easy:\u00a0<em>Bent u voor of tegen<\/em>? (Are you in favor or against?) &#8211; with either a yes or a no. Not so much to choose&#8230; Either, you can read on, or try to fill in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geenpeil.nl\/kieskompas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kieskompas\u00a0<\/em>on the\u00a0<em>GeenPeil\u00a0<\/em>website<\/a>, which gives you 30 questions to see whether you are in favor or against.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4144\" style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4144\" aria-label=\"IMG 20160402 165654052 HDR 1024x576\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4144\" class=\"wp-image-4144\"  alt=\"A poster at a train station of political party D66, calling upon voters to vote in favor.\" width=\"526\" height=\"296\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster of political party D66, calling upon voters to vote in favor.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But then what do the Dutch vote for or against? Here is a little debate about it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Referendum: wel of geen verdrag met Oekra\u00efne?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8gPXpk5FQn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">First, the second anchor,\u00a0<em>Simone<\/em>, gives a short overview what this is all about:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>&#8220;Ja, het referendum over het samenwerkingsverband met <i>Oekra\u00efne<\/i> is zoals gezegd op 6 april. Bent u voor of tegen de wet tot goedkeuring van de associatieovereenkomst tussen de Europese Unie en <i>Oekra\u00efne<\/i>? Dat is de vraag die op die dag gesteld wordt. Maar waar stemt u nou voor of tegen? Nou, in het verdrag staan afspraken over meer samenwerking tussen de Europese Unie en <i>Oekra\u00efne<\/i>. Dan gaat het om politiek, buitenlandbeleid, veiligheidsbeleid en energiebeleid. Daarbij maakt het verdrag meer handel tussen de EU en <i>Oekra\u00efne<\/i> mogelijk door het wegnemen van importheffingen. Het verdrag legt verder de nadruk op het versterken van de democratie, de rechtsstaat, het respect van mensenrechten en het milieu. En het moet volgens de opsteller van het verdrag allemaal leiden tot meer stabiele politieke en economische buitengrenzen. Als dertig procent van de kiezers gaat stemmen, is de uitslag geldig. Daarna is het aan het kabinet of het de uitspraak van de kiezer overneemt of naast zich neerlegt.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A lot of text! Basically she says it is about politics, foreign policy, security policy, and energy policy. Import duties would be taken away to stimulate trade. It puts emphasis on democracy, rule of law, respect of human rights and the environment. The goal is stability of political and economic outer borders of the EU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After this short explanation, two debaters who started campaigns either for or against the referendum, have a debate about it. On the yes side, there is\u00a0<em>Michiel van Hulten\u00a0<\/em>of the\u00a0<em>PvdA\u00a0<\/em>(Partij van de Arbeid &#8211; Labour Party. It is one of the government parties right now!), and on the no side, there is\u00a0<em>Harry van Bommel\u00a0<\/em>of the\u00a0<em>SP\u00a0<\/em>(<em>Socialistische Partij\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Socialistic Party. It is an opposition party).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Can you figure out all arguments each side brings in this little showdown?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Michiel van Hulten &#8211; IN FAVOR<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><em>Oekra\u00efne\u00a0heeft gekozen voor het associatieverdrag en de Europese waarden, zoals democratie, dus moet de EU daarbij helpen;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Zonder het verdrag is er geen toekomstperspectief voor het land en de bevolking;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Nederland is een handelsland en handelen is een kernbelang van het land;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><i>Niet tekenen helpt Poetin, hij is\u00a0Oekra\u00efne\u00a0al binnengevallen.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Harry van Bommel &#8211; AGAINST<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><em>De bevolking is gesplitst;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Landen willen samenwerken, wat ook kan zonder een vergaand associatieverdrag;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Het Europees bedrijfsleven profiteert ervan op kosten van de\u00a0Europese belastingbetaler;\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dat <i>Oekra\u00efne<\/i> zich aan de EU aanpast is op dit moment volstrekt ongewenst;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Van mensenrechten komt op dit moment niets terecht, zolang men blijft vechten in\u00a0Oekra\u00efne.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you are Dutch,\u00a0<strong><em>hoe zal jij gaan stemmen op woensdag<\/em>?\u00a0<\/strong>If you were Dutch,\u00a0<strong><em>Hoe zou jij gaan stemmen<\/em><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Let me know in the comments below! And reply in Dutch, if you can \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-350x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/IMG_20160402_165654052_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>On April 6, 2016, it is happening. The\u00a0referendum over de wet tot goedkeuring van de Associatieovereenkomst tussen de Europese Unie en\u00a0Oekra\u00efne\u00a0(referendum about the law on approval of the association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine). The referendum is\u00a0raadgevend (consultative), so the\u00a0kabinet\u00a0(government) is not obliged to follow the\u00a0uitslag\u00a0(result). It came after the\u00a0GeenPeil\u00a0(NoPoll)\u00a0campaign, organized by news&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/on-wednesday-the-dutch-have-to-make-a-big-decision\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":4144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[60713,27714],"tags":[7389,122,192252,1211,7604],"class_list":["post-4143","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-2","category-news-2","tag-eu","tag-politics","tag-referendum","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4145,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions\/4145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}