Here are some
Text of the speech itself:
[link|http://www.minocw.nl/toespraak/73|http://www.minocw.nl/toespraak/73]
In it she calls for a debate at the scholarly level, but given her political roots and position in the government this was generally interpreted as a prelude to introducing ID in the classroom. A follow-up damage control statement to the press didn't make it much better by failing to dispel this ("changes to the school program are not yet in order")
Dutch mainstream newspaper "De Volkskrant" (critical):
[link|http://www.volkskrant.nl/den_haag/article198440.ece/Minister_wil_debat_over_evolutie_en_schepping|http://www.volkskran...utie_en_schepping]
From the Technical University Delft (critical):
[link|http://www.delta.tudelft.nl/archief/j37/n14/19695|http://www.delta.tud...ief/j37/n14/19695]
And from Katholiek Nieuwsblad (supportive):
[link|http://www.katholieknieuwsblad.nl/actueel22/kn2236b.htm|http://www.katholiek...eel22/kn2236b.htm]
(The Church hierarchy didn't want to touch the subject with a ten foot pole and steered itself well clear of the controversy.)
Most of what I could find follows the same general trend. There isn't much more to it because she didn't get any backup from her own party following the criticism so the thing died quickly.
And then we have "homegrown" comments from [link|http://www.demorgen.be/telex/?news=B348022|Miroslaw Orzechowski], Polands new vice minister of edukayshun, last Saturday... He's one of those pining for the good old days from before the Communists.
(The theory of evolution is "a cowardly opinion of an old, non-believing man" possibly arrived at because "he was a vegetarian and missed an inner spirit".)
