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Francis Noijen, 52, from Boekel, was reported to have advised the Dutch cabinet on climate policy as a participant in a citizens’ council. She works as a reach-truck driver at Jumbo in Veghel, and her story was featured in the NPO 2 documentary *The Voice of the Citizen*.
The documentary examines whether such a citizens’ council has any influence. Noijen said participants did not have to agree with one another.
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Francis Noijen from Boekel was selected as one of 175 participants in the National Climate Citizens’ Council, after 70,000 people received an invitation and more than 4,000 applied. The council brought together ordinary Dutch citizens to consider climate policy and make recommendations to the cabinet. Noijen, who works with a forklift at a distribution centre in Veghel, travelled to Amersfoort for a weekend each month from January through June 2025. She said she had initially been sceptical but ultimately believed the participants had developed good plans.