Femke Halsema



Femke Halsema ( Haarlem , April 251966 ) is a former Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2010 she was the political leader of the Green . Currently, she is president of the Refugee Foundation and the Advisory Board of the ASN Bank .



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[ hide ]  *1 Life  ==Lifespan [ edit] == ===For politics [ edit] === Halsema was born into a social democratic family. Her mother was a long time alderman Social Affairs and Employment for the Labour Party in Enschede .
 * 1.1 For the political
 * 1.2 Political life
 * 1.3 Career after politics
 * 1.4 Personal life
 * 2 Political Vision
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 Bibliography
 * 5 External links

In 1984 Halsema passed her havo exam in Enschede on Kottenpark College. In 1984 and 1985 Halsema worked in a pub and attended the Free Propaedeutic Year at the Free Universityin Driebergen, now Bernard Lievegoed College for Liberal Arts named. In 1985 she began the teacher Dutch and History in Utrecht . In 1988 she left without success training and startedGeneral Social Sciences to study at the University of Utrecht . She specialized in criminology . She took while studying some side jobs that were related to her education: between 1991 and 1993 she was an intern with the Working Party on Police and Ethnic Minorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and student assistant. In 1992 she was "added Professor scientific methods and techniques" at the Faculty of Social Sciences, she taught workshops statistic to lower year students.

From 1993, her career began to develop. She became a rising star within the Labour Party. She worked for the Wiardi Beckman Foundation (WBS), the research center affiliated to the Labour Party. In 1995 she wrote the book "Derailed. Drawing on crime and law enforcement" for the WBS. In 1996 she was briefly a fellow at the German Marshall Fund, which they include two months by the United States traveled. In 1996 she became editor of The Slope, the magazine of the scientific bureau of Green Left. Since that year, she also worked for De Balie, Amsterdam a political-cultural center, where at that time Kees Vendrik worked. For the Desk in 1997 she led the Res Publica project on the role of the Dutch Constitution in modern society. In the same year she became a member of the program committee of the Labour Party for the 1998 elections. She wrote with Maarten Hajer for WBS book Land in sight: a cultural-political approach to spatial planning . She was asked to stand for the Labour Party in the 1998 elections as candidates. [1]

In the fall of 1997, she left the Labour Party. The reason for this was the rigorous way the police handled the protests against the European Summit in Amsterdam. The Social Democratic mayor Schelto Patijn left 500 people preventively arrested. [1]  However, she was already dissatisfied with the direction of the Labour Party, who had not been able to renew its social democratic program and use the economic tide in the state according to its to invest in the public sector. She took a few smaller jobs: she was a columnist at Parool and the IKON radio program The Other World as well as editor of the series "Knowledge, Politics and Public Opinion" from publisher Van Gennep. ===Politics [ edit] === In 1998 she kandi bother herself after she was asked by former Green Party leader Paul Rosenmöller the list of GL for the election of that year . [2]  She was the third candidate on the list. The number of seats the party increased from 5 to 11. In its first period in the House Halsema was spokesman in the area of justice. She became known for her commitment to asylum seekers and its opposition to the new migration of Job Cohen .

In the 2002 elections Halsema was again third candidate. The party lost one seat. Halsema was vice chairman and fed them include the word in the first debate with the first Balkenende government . In November, Paul Rosenmöller unexpectedly announced his intention to leave politics. He asked her to become party leader as his successor. Halsema agreed immediately. Ten days before the party congress it was put forward as a candidate for party leader . [3]  As party leader Halsema took a more prominent role. They suggested some initiative laws, one on judicial review of constitutional rights, and a second, along with the then leader of D66 , Boris Dittrich, on book.

Twitter party F. Halsema, February 27, 2010<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Halsema was leader of her party in the 2003 elections . The party lost two seats. She remained chairman and was spokesman in the field of culture and media. Between October 2003 and January 2004 Halsema was on maternity leave: she had a twin . Marijke Vos, vice chairman, replaced her temporarily. After her return to the House Halsema started an ideological debate over the direction of the left in general and the Greens in particular. She claimed that her party last "leftist liberal party of the Netherlands" and according to some, as it seemed to break with thesocialist roots of her party. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  They called for strong cooperation between the Socialist Party, the Labour Party and Greens. This should lead to a left-wing government after the 2007 elections, which in her eyes, a "leftist spring" would usher. She asked PvdA leader Wouter Bos to speak for such a government. out But he refused because he wanted the option of a cabinet with theCDA does not exclude. In January 2006 she was elected "Liberal of the Year" by the JOVD, the youth organization of the VVD , because of her new political orientation, especially when it comes to the reform of the welfare state . <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  In June 2006, the nomination closed for the party leadership and Halsema was the only candidate. In October 2006, she was in his own wordsAlbanian reelected. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  During the campaign, she reunites with Michael Zonneveld, a friendly journalist , a personal tinted book, Left spring .

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2002 Femke Halsema submitted a private member's bill to amend the Dutch Constitution . The intent of this bill-Halsema constitutional review was an examination of formal laws to the Dutch constitution making. possible in certain cases The bill has been passed in the Lower and the Upper House. After this, a new parliament to be elected, it may take two-thirds of the votes cast. 'Second reading' only However, the proposal was already before the elections of June 2010 for the second reading lodged in the 'old' House: so wrong. Nevertheless, the new election proposal accepted and submitted a report in October 2010. It appears from the report are VVD , PvdA , D66 , SGP still welcomed the proposal. The CDA remains a critical challenge. The wait has since been on the answers to the questions therein by the initiator.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2007 she took her colleague Wijnand Duyvendak together with D66 and PvdA bill submitted on a non-binding corrective referendum should be possible. Other hand, was at a party congress on April 18, 2010 the referendum was not adopted as part of the program of the Green for the parliamentary elections that year.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Halsema was in two committees: the Committee of Intelligence and Security and Public Health, Welfare and Sport . She was also a member of the Contact Group of the House of the United Kingdom .

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In April 2010 she received from former House chairman Frans Weisglas the Thorbecke Price for political oratory. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">On December 17, 2010 Halsema made ​​via Twitter known to have resigned as a fraction and political leader of the Green and the day before, immediately Jolande Sap was elected as party leader and the political leadership had taken over. She left the House after the Christmas recess, on January 11, 2011.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Femke Halsema was in 2010 by Intermediate seen as the best prime minister candidate. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  She received the 2010 Thorbecke Prize for political rhetoric. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  She also won the 2006 prize "Liberal of the Year" by the JOVD because its proposals to the reform. welfare state <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10] ===Career after politics <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">As of February 2011 held Halsema momentarily Leonardo Chair of the Tilburg University . She gave in the second semester at the Tilburg School of Humanities students master the "Politics in the 21st Century." In closing she held on May 26, 2011 Public Lecture Leonardo. On June 28, 2011 Halsema was chairman of the supervisory board of WPG Uitgevers . <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  On November 20, 2011 it was announced that Halsema took office on 1 January 2012 as the new chairman of the Refugee Foundation. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  On June 18, 2012 she was also appointed chairman of the advisory board of the ASN Bank where she Saskia Northman-den Uyl replaced this function has held since 2008. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13] ===Personal life <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Femke Halsema lives in Amsterdam with her ​​two children and her boyfriend, TV and documentary filmmaker Robert Oey, which the film The Lie made ​​that Halsema (partly singing) cooperated. ==Political vision <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == Halsema during the campaign in 2006<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Halsema calls himself a left-liberal, although she prefers the term " liberal "top liberal because the VVD is often linked. to liberalism In 2004 she started a debate within her own party over the political course. She emphasized this freedom and pragmatism.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">With the concept of "freedom" Halsema trying to give. Ties with the "freedom-loving tradition of the left" in <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  Following Isaiah Berlin Halsema distinguishes between positive and negative liberty. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  Negative freedom according Halsema safeguard citizens from government influence. She wants to apply this concept particularly in the multicultural society and the rule of law that the government should protect the rights of citizens are not limiting. Positive freedom is the emancipation of citizens from poverty and backwardness. Halsema wants to apply this concept in particular the welfare and the environment where the government should have more influence. Greens should according Halsema an undogmatic his party, which a little anarchist is.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Halsema contrasts with its political and populist labeled sound right, especially Pim Fortuyn . Right has become much more dogmatic in her eyes, trying to reform based on new principles. Radically society Halsema emphasized the "narrow margins of politics". <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  Links should not focus on just principles, but on equitable outcomes, says Halsema.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Along with Ineke van Gent she puts her ideals are some practical proposals, which "Freedom Fair Share". This leads to a debate within and outside the party. Halsema states that the purpose of the welfare of the emancipation of citizens from poverty. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  Therefore, the welfare state must be reformed to Danish model . The government should aim for full employment through flexible, reduce taxes on labor and create more jobs. within the public sector labor market If there is more work, anyone can be offered a job, and no one should be. More than a year

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In late September 2006, she arranged the Catholic Church under the "axis of evil religion". She made ​​this statement during the general political considerations in the House. The spokesman of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands, Jan Willem Wits, responded with sharp words and upbraided them Halsema historical load of the term " axis of evil did not know "and they from anEnlightenment fundamentalism would degrade. believers into second-class citizens Even religious parties in parliament criticized. Later Halsema nuanced its verdict, by emphasizing the difference. Between believers and religious institutions

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In November 2008 Femke Halsema brought the book ''Luck! Beyond the hyper-consumption, hurry and loutish 'behavior'' off. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  It criticizes the current Halsema hyperconsumptieve society . She points to the paradox in the Western consumer society: one chases economic growth, material prosperity and luxury after, there to be happy, but the associated symptoms as "competition, social conflict, scarcity, stress and loutish 'behavior" constitute a "serious threat "for their happiness. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  The book is according Halsema an alternative flight path for Green Left politics.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2008 Halsema also pleaded for government reform in the form of referendums, an additional vote for the coalition in elections, extending the suffrage and constitutional review. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">From mid-November 2010 Halsema went along with the VVD Ton Elias and PVV'er Martin Bosma make contributions to the opinion pages of the redesigned NRC . With Bosma quickly cooperation was stopped because several subscribers walked away and Halsema wore after her departure from politics on the baton to Jolande Sap. ==Trivia <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Halsema was born in Haarlem on April 25, 1966 as Jeroen Overbeek .

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> ==Bibliography <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] ==
 * 1995 - Derailed. Essays on crime and law enforcement
 * 1997 - Land in sight. a cultural-political approach to the Planning (together with Maarten Hajer)
 * 2005 - Freedom as an ideal (edited by Bart Snels )
 * 2006 - Left Spring
 * 2008 - Happiness! Beyond the hyper-consumption, hurry and loutish 'behavior
 * 2010 - Search for Freedom