Overview

• The AIVD told MPs that individuals already known to the service and football hooligans joined the unrest, while Antifa involvement was deemed unlikely.
• Newly disclosed NCTV advice labels the violence a sign of normalizing right‑wing extremist ideas and urges officials to name that ideology explicitly.
• Justice minister Foort van Oosten faced criticism for initially avoiding the term before later speaking of “extreemrechtse relschoppers,” as DENK announced a no‑confidence motion.
• Police chief Wilbert Paulissen said investigators are reviewing all available images to identify and arrest perpetrators.
• Political unity faltered as a ChristenUnie-led condemnation drew nine signatures including PVV and FvD while others balked, and NSC leader Eddy van Hijum pressed for a stronger national approach as Ter Apel’s overcrowding prompted a transfer of 70–80 people to a Leiden church.