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[Brian Greene] The Dutch Christian Democrats (CDA), the party led by Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende, introduced a motion urging that space be found on the airwaves for pirate radio stations. Several other political parties expressed their support for the CDA position.

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http://eurotelcoblog.blogspot.com [Eurotelcoblog.blogspot.com] EuroTelcoblog: One is fairly moderate, saying that the views of the CDA and VVD parties are driven by a belief that the carriers in the market should be left to execute the construction of true broadband, and that municipal government involvement might bring complications and bias into the equation. The other expresses dismay at the CDA's stance (I get the impression he is a CDA member), claiming that it has fallen under the influence of the VVD, which in turn he characterizes as being under the influence of UPC and cable industry lobby VECAI.

http://netherlands.tigblog.org [Netherlands.tigblog.org] TIGblogs - Netherlands: The Dutch State Secretary Van Geel, for example, although recognizing the political importance of the decisions made in Montreal, emphasised that given the urgency of the problem, this was not enough. The media seem to have taken over this view, judging from almost all of the people I spoke to after coming home, who all said something like “nothing much happened there” or “I heard the meeting was a failure”.

Littlegreenfootballs.comhttp://littlegreenfootballs.com [Littlegreenfootballs.com] lgf: Dutch Think Tank: Netherlands Must Learn to Love Shari'a: The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), a think tank that advises the Dutch government on public policies, is about to issue a new report on Islam in Europe, and researcher Jan Schoonenboom gave an interview about the report that may cause massive droppage of jaws among LGF readers—even if you’re already jaded about European leftist backwardsthink: Govt Advisors: Embrace Islam, Tackle Allies. (Hat tip: Peaktalk.)

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