Members of parliament from PRO, CDA, D66 and DENK tabled a motion urging the cabinet to raise Omar Elshal’s case with the Egyptian government at the highest diplomatic and political level. Elshal, a 34-year-old from Eindhoven who works for ASML, has been detained in Egypt for a year. Elshal’s friend and spokesperson, Marouen Hamdi, attended the debate in which the motion was introduced.