Ahead of the upcoming elections, HOGIAF Den Haag organised a breakfast meeting with parliamentary candidate Kirsten van den Hul of the PvdA (number 8 on the party list).
After an extensive round of introductions, in which the entrepreneurs had the chance to present themselves, their businesses and their business activities, Kirsten van den Hul shared the following positions on behalf of the PvdA during an interactive meeting, after which she explicitly asked the entrepreneurs present to make use of their right to vote:
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The PvdA stands for a caring society in which no one is written off and everyone counts. According to the number 8 candidate, anyone who shares this view should vote for the PvdA. She added that discrimination must be tackled firmly by specially trained police officers.
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Everyone in the Netherlands must be given equal opportunities, and that means that children from poor families must also be able to go on to study. The finding that young people from immigrant backgrounds have more difficulty finding a job or work placement is unacceptable, and introducing anonymous job applications at public institutions would be an appropriate answer to this problem.
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It is undesirable that some self-employed people (zzp'ers) work for a client for whom they previously worked as employees. Such situations must be prevented, and a safety net must be created for the self-employed, because they are entitled to more social security.
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Poverty among entrepreneurs must be tackled. Unfortunately, it is relatively common for SME entrepreneurs to fall below the statutory minimum income. This is an invisible group that deserves more attention.
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SMEs in particular find it hard to obtain financing for their businesses. For this group of entrepreneurs, the PvdA would set up a fund through which their financing needs could be met.
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It is undesirable that part of the Dutch population is affected by developments abroad. Foreign governments' interference with part of the Dutch population must be stopped, and the PvdA will follow developments in this area closely.
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