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Frederik " Frits " Bolkestein ( born 4 April 1933 ) is a retired Dutch ___MASK66___ of the People ' s Party for Freedom and Democracy ( VVD ). ___MASK27___ is the capital and most populous city in the Dutch province of ___MASK27___ . It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the ___MASK84___ with a population of in . The ___MASK84___ is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the ___MASK84___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean . The European part of the ___MASK84___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK84___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the ___MASK84___ . Joshua Livestro ( born 16 December 1970 in Amersfoort ) is a Dutch columnist and political writer . He was a former assistant to EU commissioner Frits Bolkestein . Livestro read political science at Leiden University and philosophy at the University of Cambridge . Livestro was active in the Edmund Burke Foundation , a conservative think tank . During his studies , Livestro was an active checkers player , and became national students ' champion in 1994 . He writes a column about foreign affairs for De Telegraaf . Livestro succeeded Ronald Plasterk as a columnist for the Sunday morning television talkshow Buitenhof . Plasterk became an education and culture minister in the fourth Balkenende cabinet . The producers of Buitenhof fired Livestro after just four months , saying that his columns were subpar . Livestro said in a Telegraaf op - ed that he was fired for his `` right - wing views , '' that the show routinely ignores alternate viewpoints and even censures columnists ' views . He also called one of the broadcaster of Buitenhof , the NPS , a `` left - wing funnel , '' where `` a DDR mentality reigns . '' In wake of Livestro ' s firing , political parties D66 and VVD asked parliamentary questions to the culture minister , Ronald Plasterk , who incidentally was Livestro ' s predecessor at Buitenhof . Plasterk answered that there was enough diversity in Dutch public television . Livestro later wrote a longer account his experiences at Buitenhof for Pajamas Media . On 25 November 2010 , the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad published an article which names Livestro an advisor to Sarah Palin ; Livestro confirmed the announcement by telephone from his home in Nottingham , England . The People ' s Party for Freedom and Democracy ( VVD ) ( is a conservative - liberal political party in the ___MASK84___ . Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of ___MASK27___ in central ___MASK84___ . The city is growing quickly but has a well - preserved and protected medieval centre . Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country , because of its location on two of the ___MASK84___ ' main east - west and north - south rail lines . It celebrated its 750th birthday as a city in 2009 .