The Dutch lower house of parliament (the Tweede Kamer) has cancelled all debates and activities scheduled for Tuesday after national civil servants announced a strike, with the chamber's speaker warning that too few staff would be available to keep operations running. The weekly question hour will be dropped entirely, votes will be postponed to Wednesday, and a planned debate on antisemitism will be rescheduled. Civil servants are striking in protest at a pay freeze — known as the "zero line" — introduced by the previous Schoof cabinet, which means workers receive no salary increase this year; trade unions say the measure hits employees at public-facing agencies particularly hard.