For students
Dear EU-student,
If you reached this page, you probably found our flyer. Not? Click on the left-hand picture.
The reason to make a separate flyer for students is that we have a large number of students living in Amstelveen. Both in the Uilenstede-area as in other areas of the city. And we feel the urge to explain ourselves, to say why CDA would be good party to vote for.
If you reached this page, you probably found our flyer. Not? Click on the left-hand picture.
The reason to make a separate flyer for students is that we have a large number of students living in Amstelveen. Both in the Uilenstede-area as in other areas of the city. And we feel the urge to explain ourselves, to say why CDA would be good party to vote for.
A note on the 'leenstelsel'
You might have heard of the Dutch 'leenstelsel' (student lending, abolishment of the student allowance). CDA was the only major party that did not want this: https://lsvb.nl/2014/05/29/leenstelsel-in-vraag-en-antwoord/. (Dutch)
That CDA was against this, was not a coincidence. It is symbolic for how we view science and education: not as a financial transaction, but as something that we do for the benefit of society.
Lately, the other parties have come around and have said that they now want to abolish the 'leenstelsel'. That's great. But has the mode of thinking, in terms of individualistic performance, changed as well? We don't think so.
That CDA was against this, was not a coincidence. It is symbolic for how we view science and education: not as a financial transaction, but as something that we do for the benefit of society.
Lately, the other parties have come around and have said that they now want to abolish the 'leenstelsel'. That's great. But has the mode of thinking, in terms of individualistic performance, changed as well? We don't think so.
CDA & Science
CDA has its own research institute, that you can find at cda.nl/wi
The institute has existed since 1979 and provides the ideas for the pary. It helps that we believe in truth: not as something that we claim for ourselves, but as an acknowledgement that there is a reality outside of just our own point of view. It should make us humble, but also curious. And interested in other people, who have different life experiences.
You can find the publications of the institute here: www.cda.nl/wetenschappelijk-instituut/publicaties-194377
Want to know more? E-mail the institute at [email protected] or email the leading candidate in Amstelveen who works there, Arjen Siegmann
The institute has existed since 1979 and provides the ideas for the pary. It helps that we believe in truth: not as something that we claim for ourselves, but as an acknowledgement that there is a reality outside of just our own point of view. It should make us humble, but also curious. And interested in other people, who have different life experiences.
You can find the publications of the institute here: www.cda.nl/wetenschappelijk-instituut/publicaties-194377
Want to know more? E-mail the institute at [email protected] or email the leading candidate in Amstelveen who works there, Arjen Siegmann
