Texts From Rutte's Corona Cabinet: Strong Language About Colleagues 'Out of Frustration'

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How much room was there for a different perspective on coronavirus measures? It was once again a central question for the inquiry committee this week. A number of striking text messages provided insight into how dissent was viewed behind closed doors. The hearings paint a picture of the 'core team'—of Ministers De Jonge, Grapperhaus, and Rutte—who sometimes stood at odds with others, even within the cabinet. For instance, in a text message to De…

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Former Minister Ferd Grapperhaus (Justice and Security, CDA) had his civil servants investigate how he could intervene in municipalities that were not enforcing the coronavirus measures.

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THE HAGUE (ANP) - Insulting text messages sent by former Minister of Justice Ferd Grapperhaus about fellow ministers and mayors served as an outlet for him. During a hearing by the parliamentary committee on coronavirus inquiry, the CDA member said that his text messages did not distract from the content. He...

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The parliamentary committee on coronavirus inquiry questioned former Minister of Justice Ferd Grapperhaus for the second time on Wednesday afternoon. During his first questioning,...

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THE HAGUE (ANP) - Former Minister of Justice Ferd Grapperhaus considered himself the legal conscience of the cabinet during the coronavirus pandemic. The CDA member told the parliamentary committee on coronavirus inquiry that this was why he quickly began discussing better legal safeguards for the coronavirus measures. The former minister...

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The real victims of corona were, of course, the dead, the bereaved, the people who succumbed to the measures, and the ministers who called us antisocial one day if we threw a party, then nonchalantly threw a party themselves, and when difficult questions arose, suffered from memory problems and spent the rest of the time crying. The Ferds Grapperhauses of this world, in other words. Should anyone still think that it all really became too much fo…