Michael van der Galien is the founder and editor-in-chief of PoliGazette and Chief Political Reviewer at Monsters and Critics. He can be contacted at mpfvandergalien@gmail.com
Following months of delays and ominous warnings, a Dutch MP's graphic film critiquing the Koran is now online. Here's a first look at what all the fuss is about.
PJM Groningen: The Dutch CIA has come out and admitted that it has been spying on journalists. The reason has nothing to do with homeland security: Big Brother was keeping an eye on journalists who dared to write articles critical of the government, reports Michael Van Der Galien.
PJM Groningen: Unrest in the Moroccan neighborhoods of Amsterdam have many fearing that the chronic violence that rocked the Paris suburbs will spread to the Netherlands. If the Dutch police don't get much tougher much faster, warns Michael Van Der Galien, that is exactly what is going to happen.
PJM Groningen: Make no mistake: newly-elected conservative European leaders did not win their elections because they are pro-American, they won despite it, says PJM correspondent Michael van der Galien.