Compensation protest: 'A mortgage is gone with a 40k loan'.

Compensation protest: ‘A mortgage is gone with a 40k loan’.

Nearly eight thousand students protested last Saturday for more compensation for the loan system student generation. Below is a photo report of the most remarkable protest signs.

compensatieprotest studentenprotest demonstratie leenstelsel studieschuld hypotheek 5 februari – josephine hartmann — Image credit: Josephine Hartmann

compensatieprotest studentenprotest leenstelsel hypotheek 5 februari – Josephine Hartmann — If you want to buy a house and you have a student debt, you’ll get a lower mortgage. Image credit: Josephine Hartmann

compensatieprotest studentenprotest leenstelsel demonstratie mondkapje krompensatie – josephine hartmann — Even the face mask served as a protest sign. Image credit: Josephine Hartmann

compensatieprotest studentenprotest leenstelsel demonstratie genaaide generatie 5 februari – josephine hartmann — On stage, the talk was about the ‘bad luck generation’, members of Rood, the youth branch of the Socialist Party SP, spoke of ‘the screwed generation’. Image credit: Josephine Hartmann

compensatieprotest studentenprotest leenstelsel demonstratie rutte aan het stuur student tegen de muur – josephine hartmann — Image credit: Josephine Hartmann

compensatieprotest studentenprotest leenstelsel rutte geen actieve herinnering 5 februari demonstratie – josephine hartmann — Jokes about the Prime Minister’s (lack of) memory were very popular. Image credit: Josephine Hartmann

compensatieprotest studentenprotest leenstelsel demonstratie krompensatie 5 februari – josephine hartmann — Students who were and are covered by the loan system will receive a compensation now that the system is being abolished. This will probably amount to about 1,000 euros, while they would have received about 14,000 euros with a student grant. That is why they call it #krompensatie (‘unfair’ compensation) Image credit: Josephine Hartmann

compensatieprotest studentenprotest leenstelsel vouceher 5 februari – hoger onderwijs persbureau — As additional compensation, the loan system generation will receive ‘study vouchers’ that they can use for extra training after graduating. But you can’t pay the rent with those, according to this demonstrator. Image credit: Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

compensatieprotest leenstelsel duo last – hoger onderwijs persbureau — Frans, in solidarity with his student daughter and others having study debts, joined the protest march with a heavy burden around his neck. Image credit: Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

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Big turnout at compensation protest: ‘Even Rotterdam students came to Amsterdam’

Around seven thousand students gathered on Museum Square in Amsterdam to protest against…

Compensation protest: ‘A mortgage is gone with a 40k loan’.

Big turnout at compensation protest: ‘Even Rotterdam students came to Amsterdam’

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