Category Archives: the netherlands

Those elections – Some random thoughts

The Dutch general elections should have been about issues. But instead they were about, personality, a someone. Or two someones, as it turned out. Beforehand it looked like the elections would dominated by issues concerning the EUnion and the Dutch … Continue reading

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Heads up!

Via EURef we get a big and rather urgent heads up: It seems our own foreign minister, Uri Rosenthal (NL), (presumably on orders of the entire cabinet) is selling us Dutch out to the Brussels monster. From the Frankfurter Algemeine, … Continue reading

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Goodbyeee….

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Wilders to sue the state over ESM

From Elsevier, my translation: Wilders files suite against Dutch state over eurofund. Leader of the PVV, Geert Wilders, will file a suit against the state of the Netherlands to get the permanent emergency fund for the euro ESM off the … Continue reading

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Evolved

Tonight I was treated to an episode of ‘Knevel and van de Brink’ featuring a YouTube video (which I won’t favour with a link) of a set ‘new Dutch’ sexually harassing and taunting a girl of 12-13 years old. I … Continue reading

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Dutch angle

From the KV mailbox: It seems our trusted reporter at The Slog, John Ward, has got the number of our intrepid FinMin Jan Kees de Jager. In a post on the current episode of the on-going Greek drama that is … Continue reading

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Bluntly stated

From state broadcaster NOS: Wilders wants Netherlands out of EU (NL). Geert Wilders wants the Netherlands to leave the European Union. He said this in New York where he is for the presentation of his book about his struggle against … Continue reading

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Bend over

Despite the PVV abandoning the ‘Catshuis agreement’, the austerity measures, the ‘budget cuts’ if you will, are unfortunately not at all dead: New coalition emerges as talks begin on cutting Dutch deficit. Three political parties have begun joint talks with … Continue reading

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The end to Danish: A few random thoughts

Wilders was absolutely right to not agree to the agreement. It was a piss-poor effort that rolled the costs of this government’s (and the EUnions) mismanagement of the European debt crisis and collateral Euro crisis on the backs of ordinary … Continue reading

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The end to Danish: The dry facts

Today the Dutch experiment with the Danish form of government (a minority cabinet with support; in this case a cabinet of VVD and CDA with Wilders’ PVV in support) has ended as the PVV withdrew support. The cabinet now has … Continue reading

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