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Honorary doctorate

Timmermans was recently presented with an honorary doctorate by Maastricht University. Is this relevant enough to add to the page? See for example also Jimmy_Wales#Honors.2C_awards_and_positions. Talk2chun (talk) 15:06, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vacuous

I came here to find out what Timmermans' opinions are on matters of politics and international affairs. Out of luck - zip, nada. However there is a detailed list of the medals that have been attached to his chest. WP:UNDUE, anyone? This is the EU commissioner, remember, that backed Rajoy in suspending the Catalan Parliament, saying: "Human rights depend on Rule of law" (but not the converse). Timmermans is EU commissioner for both. MrDemeanour (talk) 16:30, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not easy to improve and expand. Translation from the Dutch version will help only a bit. The quote about human rights can go into wikiquote. Andries (talk) 08:11, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

An overview of his opinions does not exist in Dutch reputable media, I think. Though he was elected in the parliament, he was then just a number on the list of the PvdA and not a well known politician. Andries (talk) 19:39, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nordstram 2

Timmersmans, as Commissioner of the EU, said in 2021 that NORDSTREAM 2, has no threat to security in Europe! And today in the program AnneWill he speaks of support for Ukraine, although the years as a minister in the Netherlands and in the EU had taken measures that indirectly led to this war in Ukraine. The Netherlands are on board with the construction of Nordsteam 1 and 2. And as EU Commissioner, he indifferently disregarded Ukrainian, Polish and Baltic concerns.