![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) *About ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) # During a state of emergency, different ministers are responsible 29.1.2021, 15:19 (CET) A Dutch man warns in a video about a possible emergency The Netherlands. This would be called in response to the riots over the corona measures. When that emergency comes, there is only one man who can do it all may make decisions in the country: Minister of Public Health Hugo de Young. The video has already been viewed thousands of times and shared on Facebook (archived). REVIEW: The claims in the video are almost completely false. Although a A state of emergency is legally possible in the Netherlands, but it cannot simply become such called off. There is never just one minister authorized to make all decisions take, and what they can decide is also limited. FACTS: It is possible to declare a state of emergency in the Netherlands. The Constitution allow this in Article 103. The Constitution does not regulate the precise conditions, These are stated in the Exceptional Conditions Coordination Act (CWU). There has to be talk are of 'extraordinary circumstances'. In other words: a situation where normal legal powers are not sufficient. The government can declare (and lift) a state of emergency by royal order decision. The States General in joint session (the First and Second Chamber that meet together) decide whether the state of emergency will continue, and how long. There are two options: a limited or general state of emergency. But what can the government do? May they determine \'everything\', such as the man in the video says? No. The powers of the government during a states of emergency are far-reaching, but not endless. What is and is not possible listed in the CWU, both for a limited (list A) and general state of emergency (list B). The powers are therefore spread over a number of areas other laws. These listed laws then state who is allowed to make the decisions. It is impossible that Minister De Jonge can "determine everything" as stated in the video said. Depending on what the specific law is about is another relevant minister responsible. For example, the emergency law focuses mainly on food supply the Minister of Agriculture, and in the emergency law the minister mentions doctors of Public Health. For example, it is theoretically possible that during a general state of emergency the minister of Justice decides to intern people if there is a well-founded suspicion that they pose a danger to public safety and order. Those measures is subject to strict conditions. A Minister of Health has one nothing to do with it. It is therefore almost impossible for Minister de Jonge to put people in camps lock up, contrary to what the man in the video says. But invoking a state of emergency is cumbersome. That is why the government is taking... the corona pandemic in a different way. They use of 'normal' laws such as the Public Health Act. There is also the temporary corona law, which currently serves as the main legal basis for the corona measures. \--- Left: Facebook post: Archived video: Art. 103 Constitution: (archived: Public Health Act: (archived: Coordination Act Exceptional situations: (archived: Temporary corona law: (archived: About Dutch state emergency law: drum%20that%20not%20on%20order%20is%3F%27%20out%20Dutch%20Juristenblad%20d.d.%208%20may%202020.pdf (archived: \--- Contact the dpa fact check team: factcheck-netherlands@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
A Dutch man warns in a video about a possible emergency in the Netherlands This would be called in response to the riots over the corona measures If a state of emergency arises there is only one man who can make all decisions in the country Minister of Public Health Hugo de Jonge The video has already been viewed thousands of times and shared on Facebook