One of the benefits of a fairly small country is that politicians are quite approachable. Amateur YouTube channels frequently walk up to Dutch politicians to a

One of the benefits of a fairly small country is that politicians are quite approachable. Amateur YouTube channels frequently walk up to Dutch politicians to ask them a few quæstions without men in black denying them access. It benefits journalism, of course, as the politicians feel compelled to provide some answer as a refusal to answer a tough quæstion will be construed against them. In larger countries, security has given politicians the perfect excuse to control who can, and cannot ask them quæstions, by only inviting the journalists favorable to them on their press conferences, and decide who can ask. Journalists being able to approach politicians directly is quite beneficial to democracy.