THE HAGUE – Paul Rosenmöller has sharply criticized the socio-economic situation in the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, stating that “extreme poverty is unworthy of a Kingdom like ours.”
Speaking during the Senate debate on the government declaration, Rosenmöller urged the Dutch cabinet to address long-standing issues in Kingdom relations, including inequality and structural challenges affecting islands such as Curaçao.
He emphasized that the situation requires urgent political attention and called for concrete action to improve living conditions across the Caribbean territories.
Rosenmöller also pointed to unresolved institutional issues, including the lack of a formal dispute resolution mechanism and what he described as a democratic deficit within the Kingdom.