Tom-Jan Meeus

Tom-Jan Meeus    ( journalist)
Born	1961
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	School of Journalism Utrecht
Dutch journalist for NRC Handelsblad who attended Bilderberg/2024.  Political columnist In office 2012 - 2000 Employer NRC Handelsblad Attended Bilderberg/2024  US correspondent In office 2005 - 2011 Employer NRC Handelsblad Preceded by Marc Chavannes, Ian Pannell Attended Bilderberg/2024

Tom-Jan Meeus is a Dutch journalist who was US correspondent for NRC Handelsblad from 2005 to 2011, interpreting how to see US politics for the Dutch public, and then became parliamentary reporter and columnist until 2022 He attended the 2024 Bilderberg meeting.

Career

His journalistic career began as a correspondent for the 'newspaper De Stem. After the School of Journalism in Utrecht, he did political reporting for the weekly De Tijd. In 1990 he became an investigative journalist at NRC Handelsblad. In doing so, he conducted research in the fields of politics, domestic administration, environment, economics, serious crime, charities and sports. From 2005 to 2011, Meeus was NRC correspondent in the United States, were he covered the 2008 presidential campaign. In 2012 he became part of the editorial board of NRC.

As of 2016, he contributed to 'Politico Europe'. Meeus wass a regular guest in the debate and discussion program Buitenhof.

Opinions

Covid

June 2020:

Satisfaction with the country in the second quarter was the highest ever measured. People experience "togetherness, respect and solidarity in the corona crisis". They believe in government, they believe that you can rely on fellow citizens. So the fascinating thing is that this exceptional satisfaction is answered this month with actions against the corona measures. For a few weeks now we have been seeing protest instigated by the Viruswaanzin foundation of the dancer Willem Engel. Often protesters who follow the reasoning of antivaxxers: I think the measures are absurd, so I can also decide for others that they are absurd.[...]
And the question is: Could it be that in the last year we also see staged protest, so-called astroturfing, only intended to disrupt the government? It's odd that protests flares up so soon after the country experienced the highest level of satisfaction ever.

The good thing is that we know what the willingness to vaccinate means if government does not want to polarize with unvaccinated people...We know that an 83 percent vaccination rate for corona is too low to keep society open. For example, that party puts the new coalition before choices: The Netherlands as the Gallic village that stands up to advancing vaccination obligations in the EU? That polarization with unvaccinated people continues to be avoided, even if this leads to a too low vaccination rate? (2022)

And about 2G: the principle that people are restricted in their rights because they pose a danger to others through their own actions is of course not new either. That is why drunk drivers are not allowed on the road. Denying vaccine refusers access to shops goes further, of course, but the difference in principle is not that great.

2022 Dutch farmer protest

“But giving in to a livestock industry that after decades of blocking causes a triple problem - climate, nature, water - would not simply be a defeat for politics. }”
Tom-Jan Meeus (July 2022) 

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2024	30 May 2024	2 June 2024	Madrid Spain	The 70th Bilderberg Meeting

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