Kendir: “Yes. When I came here two and a half years ago, I saw a municipal council in which we are tough on content, but soft on people. And I was very proud of that. When I look at national politics, or to municipal councils in Rotterdam or The Hague, then I think we are still doing well in Utrecht. At the same time, I see that there is a hardening in politics and of people towards politics, through the use of both traditional media and social media. has increased. Because when there are a lot of cameras, you see that parties have a much greater need to profile themselves. The result is that after a debate or media appearance, as a politician or politician you receive a lot of online hate. I have also had that in the past two years during appearances on national media. Regardless of what the subject was, I subsequently had Twitter going crazy for a few days, with very unnecessary personal hate comments. Several people in the city council experience that. And that causes This also means that the political atmosphere is hardening.”
Outgoing faction leader Student & Starter is disappointed with the hardening in Utrecht politics
