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MBO graduates contribute as much to the Dutch economy as university graduates and should be treated as equivalent in terms of public investment.

Early tracking at age 12 into secondary school streams (vmbo/havo/vwo) entrenches socioeconomic inequality and should be delayed.

The Netherlands should allow newcomers to vote in local elections after two years of legal residence, as several other EU countries already permit.

Dutch civic identity should be grounded in shared democratic values, not ethnic or cultural heritage.

Municipalities should have the right to distribute asylum seekers across the country equitably, rather than concentrating them.

Discrimination in the Dutch labour and housing market must be actively countered through law enforcement, not just legislation.

The Dutch housing crisis is caused primarily by inadequate supply and planning failures, not by immigration.

Integration programmes should be mandatory, well-funded, and focused on language acquisition and employment from the outset.

The Netherlands must honour its legal obligations under EU asylum rules even when the volume of applications is high.

The Netherlands should introduce binding referendums at national level, with proper information campaigns, as a complement to representative democracy.

Civic and media literacy education should be mandatory core subjects at secondary school level.

Municipalities should have substantially greater financial autonomy from the national government.

The Dutch constitution should include explicit protection for the rule of law that cannot be overridden by parliamentary majorities.

Public broadcasters like NPO need stronger statutory independence guarantees against political interference.

Coalition formation taking months undermines democratic accountability and the process should be subject to statutory time limits.

The Netherlands' proportional representation system produces more representative policy outcomes than majoritarian alternatives.

The Netherlands should advocate within NATO and the EU for formal security guarantees for non-NATO states on NATO's eastern border.

Development aid should not be cut to fund higher defence spending — the two serve different strategic objectives.

The Netherlands should advocate within the EU for a common European defence capability to reduce structural dependence on the US.

Dutch special forces involvement in armed conflicts should require explicit prior parliamentary authorisation.