Next Wednesday the Netherlands will be able to cast their votes in the 2025 general election. Waag takes a long-standing position on the importance of digitisation in policy. It is therefore a crucial moment to examine the presence of digitisation in the election manifestos.
Together with PublicSpaces and Commons Network Waag listed four important points that we would like to see reflected in the election programmes for the 2025 general election.
Afterwards, we reviewed the election programmes of twelve parties to see to what extent our recommendations had been taken on board.
Earlier this week, we organised an election debate on our digital society together with Amnesty International, Open State Foundation, PublicSpaces, and SETUP. Were you unable to attend? Trouw summarised the afternoon for you (article in Dutch).
Nina Stefanovski spoke to Marleen Stikker about social media in election manifestos. Read the article (in Dutch).
Earlier this week, Marleen Stikker and Daniel Mügge argued that Dutch politicians should not only look at AI as a revenue model, but should also ensure that undesirable innovation is nipped in the bud. Read the opinion piece (in Dutch).
