Tag: Netherlands
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EU Council wants to cut off national parliaments: Access to legislative portal to be blocked over leaks
Members of the national parliaments can obtain information on processes in Brussels via an internal EU database. Because the media also have access to the documents, this access is to be cut off. The Secretariat of the EU Council plans…
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Complaint against water cannons: German police use excessive force against Dutch climate protest
A district court in the Netherlands is hearing a lawsuit filed by Extinction Rebellion against the use of foreign water cannons. These are alleged to have targeted the heads of demonstrators. It is not only in Germany that police are…
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Water cannons to neighboring countries: Germany leads cross-border support against mass protests
Dutch police spray demonstrators off the street with German water cannons. This cross-border cooperation has been a unilateral tradition for 20 years. For days, tens of thousands of activists have been blockading the government quarter in The Hague following a…
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Council of Europe against spyware: Five members to investigate cases of abuse
After four EU states, Azerbaijan is now also coming under pressure for the use of spyware like “Pegasus”. A planned resolution should address Germany as well. The Justice Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is…