Our marquees

To make the election manifesto sharper, more left-wing, DWARSer and fairer, we and the JS submitted a list of amendments on behalf of our members. We are very happy that almost all of these amendments have reached the 100 signatures mark. Now, of course, we want to get enough votes to actually get these amendments into the election programme.

Voting can be done now via the pre-vote until Wednesday 17 September at 12:00. Below are our amendments and those that have been discouraged by the party leadership, but which we as DWARS and JS support. So please vote for these and, of course, don't forget to share them within your own circles. Do you have any further questions or suggestions about this process? If so, please send a message to Soesha via soesha@dwars.org.

The amendments in bold are our focal points for the Congress. If you have little time, at least support these! Also don't forget that if you are a member of both GroenLinks and the Labour Party you can log in and support both.

Chapter 1: Public housing
  1. #474: More affordable housing in new projects (Bundling)
  2. #1652: More social renting
  3. #1656: Rent freeze (Note: Amendment title is incorrect)
  4. #1667: We stop unnecessary discrimination in the rental market
  5. #1671: Speculation gains to society
  6. #1718: Make cracking possible again
  7. #1682: State loans for housing up to €700 rent
  8. #1686: Keeping house prices affordable

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #577: Housing associations again association - Arnout van den Bosch
  2. #541: Priority on social rent - Geert Ritsema
Chapter 2: Climate and energy
  1. #1719: Accelerating towards a climate-neutral Netherlands
  2. #1699: Making choices with green industrial policy
  3. #1720: It can't go fast enough 
Chapter 4: Public transport and mobility
  1. #388: Affordable public transport (Bundling)
  2. #1638: Free public transport for children
  3. #1645: Public transport bikes as a free and reliable part of the system
  4. #1650: End to ‘car obesity’
  5. #1659: A more sustainable aviation sector is a smaller aviation sector
  6. #1663: Shrinkage of air traffic

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #1203: OV is too important for liberal games - LinksBoven (Tim Bakker)
  2. #449: Less air traffic everywhere in the Netherlands - Max Tollenaar
Chapter 5: Work, Income and Mobility
  1. #1639: What to do with all that money?
  2. #1722: Minors should not be exploited either
  3. #1723: Even minors should not be exploited 
  4. #1644: Digital value adds more digital value
  5. #1646: The future is worth more than 25 billion
  6. #1651: Banks are a utility
  7. #1654: Stop the manipulation
  8. #1657: A social safety net
  9. #1664: Advertising for gambling really curbed
  10. #1661: Stop the Postcode Lottery

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #1624: Don't stick plasters. Change the system! - Tim Bakker
  2. #1198: Redistribution of power in word and deed - LinksBoven (Tim Bakker)
  3. #1263: The supermarket for and by the community - LinksBoven (Tim Bakker)
  4. #576: Basic income simply solidarity - Jan Atze Nicolai
Chapter 6: Foreign affairs
  1. #1636: Russia also deserves a democracy
  2. #1640: Active language perpetrators of violence (Bundle)
  3. #1648: The United States is no longer our ally
  4. #1649: Stop the embargo on Cuba
  5. #1679: Protection against the long arm of foreign regimes, directly and indirectly.

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #1238: Give self-determination back to the Palestinians - LinksBoven (Pelle Monnens)
  2. #1414: National Youth, Peace and Security Action Plan - Fenna Timsi
Chapter 8: International Security and Solidarity
  1. #1729: Peace on earth
  2. #1658: A serious investment plan
  3. #1653: A serious investment plan
  4. #1665: Professional armed forces
  5. #1662: Professional armed forces
  6. #1666: Democratise NATO
  7. #1668: Invest as much in peace as in defence
  8. #1730: Maintaining the budget for international cooperation
  9. #1670: Don't buy cocoa, buy chocolate
  10. #1224: Climate justice (Bundle)
  11. #1732: Equal partnerships are not really equal in a neo-colonial system

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #1734: Wildfires are not desirable, protecting seals is - LinksBoven (Baukje Harmsma)
Chapter 9: Migration
  1. #1725: Reception with open arms
  2. #1689: Climate refugees also recognised (Note: Amendment title is incorrect)
  3. #714: Sustainable future prospects for rooted children (Bundle)
  4. #1692: Humane care
  5. #1696: Vulnerable groups deserve protection
  6. #1700: IND decision deadline
  7. #1702: Rapid integration
  8. #1707: Abolish immigration detention
  9. #1708: Basic services for undocumented migrants
  10. #1710: Frontex is sick
  11. #1711: Countering pushbacks

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #1160: Stop target migration: people are not a stick to beat the economy with - LinksBoven (Marijn Lems)
  2. #1243: Tackling nuisance - LinksBoven (Marijn Lems)
  3. #1101: Countering pushback and human rights violations - Marre de Vetten
Chapter 11: Democracy, rule of law and equal rights
  1. #1669: No discrimination at all
  2. #1728: National Youth Strategy
  3. #1673: Youth voice and youth democratic participation
  4. #1726: Countering anti-Semitism (Get rid of the IHRA Definition)
  5. #1556: Protecting lhbti+ rights (Bundle)

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #1566: Fighting discrimination - Julien Koestel
  2. #1265: Decolonisation not just symbolic - LinksBoven (Gijs van Malsen)
Chapter 12: Education
  1. #1681: Reducing achievement pressure in secondary education
  2. #1688: Study with fewer worries
  3. #1690: Free smart devices in the curriculum
  4. #1697: Abolish funded special education
  5. #1703: Strong employee participation
  6. #1713: A fair internship allowance
Chapter 13: Health and care
  1. #1693: Containment of AI
  2. #1694: Anaesthesia during IUD placement and removal
  3. #1698: Reimbursement of PrEP
  4. #1731: Closing by 2030 (Compromise)
  5. #1564: Transcare (Bundling)

Dissenting amendments we support

  1. #1367: Own risk phased out - Andre Knottnerus
Chapter 15: Media, arts and culture
  1. #1709: Public Broadcasting advertising free
Chapter 16: Digitisation
  1. #1172: Companies respect age limits and advice (Bundle)
  2. #1695: Public digital space
  3. #1701: Protect human rights everywhere
  4. #1705: No health data to hackers
  5. #1185: Strong digital economy (Bundle)
  6. #1712: Breaking monopolies
  7. #1188: Data under European law
Chapter 17: Finance
  1. #1716: Fair is fair