I'm Naoufal.
Politics
got out of hand.

I want emissions to fall in the real world. That means a stronger power grid, insulation, cleaner technology and stable policy. In my January essay I mentioned nuclear energy as one possible part of the mix. Implementation matters: if a household cannot afford the transition, or a factory merely moves production abroad, say so. Ambition should be bigger than a press release.

I am pro-market. Competition and entrepreneurship can do a great deal. If a large firm can hire its way through a rulebook while a founder gets stuck at every counter, something is off. I also see a job for government in housing, energy, infrastructure and education. Somebody on a housing waiting list gets little comfort from being told the market will respond eventually. I want public investment and a safety net that helps without treating people as suspects first.

I've called myself radically pro-European and argued in print for further federalisation. Digital power, defence, climate and energy do not stop at a border. Europe should be able to act, with democratic oversight of that power. The trade-off is to tackle the big problems together without creating another layer of rules for every small one. European capacity should also be explainable.

I want to keep the Dutch law that distributes asylum reception across municipalities, and I do not support a blanket asylum stop. I do want reform and a system that can actually be administered. Asylum, work, study and family migration raise different questions. Take nuisance and abuse seriously, along with the rights of the person affected by a decision. I wrote about why the housing shortage cannot be blamed on people with refugee status, and why symbolic toughness doesn't make immigration services, courts or councils work faster.

Freedom needs independent courts, a free press and privacy that doesn't vanish because collecting data is convenient. I don't want a government that treats everyone as a suspect. Social support should move people forward instead of dragging them through an administrative maze. A decision backed by a majority still has to be fair and accountable.

I criticise parties when their promises evaporate in government. At the same time I understand better than I once did that governing involves concessions. That doesn't make every compromise the plan all along. Show us what you gave up and what came back. A party manifesto and a coalition agreement are different documents. These days I read both.