All right! I didn't know this.
Not to get too far off topic, but it also applies to the USA (e.g. Russian 'diplomats').
With regards to the Turkish minister of Family affairs. In International Law there is a basic principle of diplomatic immunity. The question was, does that also apply to her? The basic issue is that when you claim immunity, then that privilege has to originate from somewhere.
We do recognize Diplomatic immunity. That means that everybody who is
allowed by the government to come to our country, e.g. as a diplomat (like embassy personnel), are granted immunity.
But this minister of Family affairs was
not invited and
was also told she was not welcome. That's why she was asked to leave the country, and when she refused and locked herself in her car for several hours, and finally a tow truck was about to take the armoured car away, she exited the car and was escorted by police to the German border, where she came from.
Others who
do have immunity are e.g. heads of state or ministers of Foreign affairs, but that is very much defined according to International Law by the specific function of those officials who are an embodiment of their state. To execute the function of their office on behalf of their state, they must have immunity.
But a minister of Family affairs doesn't have to be in the Netherlands to execute her task, let alone come to our country to run a pro Erdogan campaign.
So there is no International Legal argument why she would be protected by immunity, unlike her colleague of Foreign affairs, but he was simply not allowed to enter the Dutch territory in an official capacity.
Good Luck with the Elections Bart! Let reason and wisdom be their guide.
Excellent!
Unless something disruptive happens, I assume that reason will prevail with the majority of the people. We do have a system of majority voting, so each vote counts for one of the candidates of 28 (!) political parties on the list, and basically all nationals of 18 years and older are able to vote. The outcome, should normally not take more than a day to be known, despite the paper and pencil choice (to prevent the already increasing hacking attempts by foreign powers). Then those parties who's candidates have assembled enough votes will enter in a process of negotiations about who will form a coalition government for the next 4-years.
I'll be in Netherlands on 15th, having an extra large portion of Kibbeling.
Always a nice thing to do
Enjoy your visit.
Cheers,
Bart