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Uncheckable: “The EU yields 1500-2000 euro to every Dutchman annually”

Fact-check, UncheckableBy Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, NL April 23, 2019 Leave a comment

It sounds great: 1500 to 2000 euro per year for every Dutch citizen, only because the Netherlands is a member of the European Union. This is what the Dutch progressive liberal party D66 states in a twitter response to a promotional ‘Nexit’ video by extreme right PVV leader Geert Wilders. To good to be true?

False: “Almost 50.000 elephants are being poached a year”

Fact-check, FalseBy Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, NL January 16, 2019 Leave a comment

When the Netherlands announced a national ban on ivory trade on December 17th 2018, Dutch D66 European Parliament member Gerben Jan Gerbrandy shared an article from the D66’s website. In this article, Gerbrandy is quoted saying: Almost 50.000 elephants are being poached a year.” But reliable data shows this number is way too high.