The ribbon refusal of asylum minister Marjolein Faber (PVV) yielded former minister and chairman of the chapter for the civilian order Ank Bijleveld a unique. For the first time ever, the advisory body was confronted with a minister who refused to sign for the Royal Award. As far as she is concerned, it is also the last time: “It is not the intention to make the royal awards political and that happened deliberately here.”

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