D66 wants the social minimum in the Caribbean Netherlands to be linked in 2024 to what is actually needed to make ends meet for the month. Now 1 in 3 residents of the islands live below the poverty line because the minimum wage and benefits are up to tens of percent below the poverty line.
We give priority to overdue social security in order to achieve a truly equivalent level of provision and to effectively combat poverty,” can be read in the draft election program ‘New energy for the Netherlands’ presented today, in which a lot of attention is paid to the relationship with the Caribbean parts of the Netherlands. Kingdom.
We are one Kingdom – Nos ta un Reino – We are one Kingdom
Every region counts and this also applies to the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands. The bond between the Caribbean and the European part of the Kingdom cover a period of almost 400 years. The government and the king met on December 19 2022 and July 1, 2023, apologize and ask forgiveness for the role of their predecessors in the transatlantic slavery. The apology marks an important step in recognition and… awareness of our shared past.
In addition to the shared past, the Kingdom has a shared future. A future that is based on equality, emancipation, solidarity and mutual trust. From these values, we work together within the Kingdom on sustainable economic development, the preservation of the unique nature and culture, and the guarantee of human rights in our democratic constitutional state.
In 2024 it will be exactly 70 years since the Statute for the Kingdom of the Netherlands was signed. Since then, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has changed politically, with as most recent example the dismantling of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010. Challenges such as economic resilience, poverty reduction, geopolitical developments and cross-border issues in the areas of asylum and migration, climate change and undermining puts great pressure on the governance and implementation capacity of all six Caribbean Islands. We work together with the islands to meet these challenges to offer.
Equality in democracy and governance The six Caribbean islands and the Netherlands are working on a Kingdom-wide vision Kingdom Relations for 2030. The vision sets out the sustainable development goals, emancipation and synergy included to give substance to mutual relationships.
Future-proof political relations require reforms. The six Caribbean
The islands, together with the Netherlands, are drawing up a reform agenda for 2024-2034 with agreements on the revision of the Statute and relevant implementing legislation. An independent body must be established to settle disputes within the Kingdom.
D66 wants to expand the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (IPKO) to include an annual one debate about the state of the Kingdom. The impact of the history of slavery is reflected in institutional racism and structural disadvantage in policy, legislation and regulations. We remain together with the six Caribbean islands We are going to work on social awareness about this past and its impact We continue with research that maps and tackles the consequences of the history of slavery the subordination in treaties and legislation and regulations. Papiamento are included in the EU Charter as a regional language.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (Caribbean Netherlands)
The Caribbean Netherlands has been part of the Netherlands for thirteen years, but does not have the same level facilities as in the Netherlands. We will continue to catch up in this area in the coming period of overdue legislation and regulations and we amend, among other things, the Public Entities Act to improve administrative effectiveness. The Caribbean Netherlands Governance task force is working together to identify and address administrative bottlenecks in a timely manner.
Due to the absence of the administrative intermediate layer of a province and the lack of To combat administrative capacity, the State and the Public Entities are drawing up a plan approach to strengthen the administrative implementation power of the Caribbean Netherlands. We give priority to overdue social security in order to achieve an actual equivalent level of services and to effectively combat poverty. We link it social minimum and other social benefits in 2024 at the actual subsistence minimum.
Local self-government must be in the hands of the residents. In accordance with the deadline under the Recovery Act facilities on St. Eustatius, we will complete the administrative intervention no later than September 1, 2024, which puts local democracy back in the hands of the citizens of St. Eustatius. dossierkoninkrijksrelaties.nl
