Rutte does give the Netherlands a stand but remains silent about the true nature of this crisis. For weeks now, the frame has been spread of the Dutch who have varying degrees of lacking in the 'measures'.

“Do not bake sweetheart cookies”, the spider doctors of the National Information Service had no doubt said: “Look at the speech speeches. More than 60% of the population want more stringent measures. Give them cotton.” So Mark Rutte appeared on Tuesday night with a tight face for the cameras to wipe out the Netherlands. He blamed the bourgeoisie for the second wave. After all, the regulations had not been complied with sufficiently. Therefore, the catering industry and a large part of the amateur sport had to close. “It is a hard message and the measures are going to hurt too, but it is the only way,” said the Prime Minister. It took a hammer to knock down the virus. He talked about a partial lockdown. And if we continue to behave badly, then there will be a total. That will turn out in four weeks. He was like a schoolmaster calling the class: “You all have it in your hands”.

The Prime Minister was very concerned about the fact that the talk shows are being overrun by all sorts of people who have reservations about his policy. He had to, he found out. It just took guests to talk about the virus. Hugo de Jonge put a similar thing in the bag: “We may have finished with the virus but the virus is not done with us”.

The true nature of this crisis