Far-right PVV to handle integration policy; minister won’t apologize for discrimination

(NL Times) In the Schoof I Cabinet, integration will fall under the Ministry of Justice and Security, not the Ministry of Social Affairs, as it currently does, Ingrid Coenradie of the far-right PVV, the candidate for state secretary of justice and security, said on Tuesday after meeting with formateur Richard van Zwol and candidate prime minister Dick Schoof. [Marjolein] Faber, the PVV’s candidate for immigration minister, said she would not take back past statements about repopulation and describing Islam as a reprehensible ideology, but she intends to act as a minister should.

On Tuesday, Ingrid Coenradie said that, as state secretary of justice and security, she would be responsible for the Civic Integration Act, the prison system, morals, and crisis management, according to ANP.

The Ministry of Justice and Security handles the police and the rule of law.

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