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The European Parliament is disgusted with the Dutch surcharges scandal. Europe must do everything in its power to prevent such forms of institutional racism from ever occurring anywhere in Europe.Frans Boogaard 05-10-22, 21:57 Latest update: 06-10-22, 08:49 In a plenary debate tonight, requested by Samira Rafaela (D66), both politicians in The Hague and Brussels were hit hard. Dutch and other MPs from left to right had no good word left for the Dutch government, which plunged thousands of families into the accident and has still not compensated many of the victims. ,, Rutte is always at the forefront of taking measures to measure countries such as Poland and Hungary. Instead of the splinter in other people's eyes, it's better for him to look at the bar in his own eye,” says Michael Hoogeveen from JA21.Read also

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Researchers: Tax authorities more often identified foreign persons as fraudsters“Take responsibility”European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli was accused of doing nothing to address the scandal from Brussels. “Take responsibility, and at least ensure a moratorium on algorithms,” Rafaela urged her. The Dutch tax authorities used it to detect abuse and, through the computer programs, automatically reached people of foreign origin and often with a low income. “Algorithms without rules can have life-devastating consequences. People should never face a computer empty-handed again”, says Kim van Sparrentak (GroenLinks) .Agnes Jongerius (PvdA): “We have already reached 25,000 victims and the counter is still counting. “This was not the intention,” you hear afterwards, but the impression remains that this was exactly the intention.” Many MEPs, including foreign ones, find it scandalous that the Netherlands is now also training reparations again after the initial cover-up. And according to Anja Hazekamp (Party for the Animals), it should not stop there. “The government must recognize the perpetrator and feel what it has done. This is the result of a satiated neoliberal government that has cut itself apart.”“Want to see actions”The Maltese European Commissioner for Equality received little credit from Parliament. She protected with 'a compendium of good practices' and European and national action plans. “We want to see actions. This is about the rule of law,” said Parliament. Moreover, data abuse in the Netherlands is not an isolated case; border security service Frontex and Europol also handle personal data far too easily, says French Green Saskia Bricmont. Slovak Christian Democrat Peter Pollák said that institutional racism is also the order of the day in his country without any political or judicial consequences. “Roma children are automatically placed in schools for children with learning disabilities. Their future is being destroyed based on their name or skin color.”No reason for more decisivenessDalli saw Parliament's fierce criticism as no reason for more action. In her final speech, she also referred to promises of 'monitoring', the conviction that Parliament and Justice will continue to settle the benefits case in the Netherlands properly and the hope that other countries will learn from the mention of the benefits scandall in its annual rule of law report. The skepticism was on the faces of many MEPs.

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