Cempaka Belanda: Marianne Thieme steps down after 17 years as animal rights party leader

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Monday, September 30, 2019

Marianne Thieme steps down after 17 years as animal rights party leader

DutchNews, September 30, 2019

Thieme at an animal rights party meeting in Portugal in 2014. Photo: Partido
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Marianne Thieme, founder of the Dutch animal rights party PvdD, is stepping down as leader after 17 years.

Thieme’s announcement on Sunday came as a surprise to most of the political world, in keeping with a career that has constantly defied expectations.

‘Party leaders usually step down as MPs after losing an election,’ she told a gathering of Partij voor de Dieren members. ‘Looking at our growing movement, that would mean I wouldn’t be able to stop until I was 300 years old. But I’m not waiting until then: I’m doing it today.’

The 47-year-old said she had made up her mind following the European Parliament elections in May, where the PvdD retained the seat it won in 2014.

Thieme founded the party on October 28 2002 to promote animal rights in the context of a wider programme of activism on a range of issues spanning vegetarianism, women’s rights and the TTIP transatlantic trade treaty.

Despite being mocked at first, Thieme won a seat in Parliament in 2006, at the second attempt, and held it for the next 13 years, making her one of the longest serving MPs. The PvdD won five seats at the last general election in 2017 and holds 33 seats in local councils. However, it has never taken part in a coalition administration at any level, preferring to promote itself as a party of conscience.

As the first party for animal rights to win seats in a national election, the PvdD became a standard bearer for the movement across Europe, helping to set up a network of similar parties in countries such as Finland, Austria, Germany and the UK.

Prinsjesdag outfits

Thieme also gained a reputation for eye-catching stunts such as the outfits she wore to the ceremonial opening of parliament on Prinsjesdag, including a sailor’s hat with the logo Save Our Seas, a sash to mark 100 years of votes for women and a combat outfit with carrots for bullets. Her dress in 2019 highlighted the importance of insects to the ecosystem.

However, there has also been criticism from within her party from members who felt the PvdD should pay more attention to ‘human issues’. In July, MP Femke Merel van Kooten resigned from the parliamentary group in a row that centred on whether it should focus primarily on the environment rather than animal rights.

Thieme spent four months on sick leave at the end of 2018, but did not disclose the reason. ‘I want to show that medical records are thankfully still private,’ she told AD, touching on another campaign point.

Co-founder and senate group leader Niko Koffeman said: ‘She has spent 17 years in the spotlight in The Hague. There are other things to do in our social movement. It’s time for her to make way for other people.’

Thieme will formally step down as an MP next Tuesday, October 8. She is expected to elaborate on her reasons for resigning in an interview to be published in De Groene Amsterdammer, where her partner, Ewald Engele works, on Wednesday.