The political fringes fire at Rutte, but EU recovery fund support is assured
4 years, 3 months ago

The political fringes fire at Rutte, but EU recovery fund support is assured

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte was criticised by far right and Socialist MPs during Wednesday evening’s debate on the EU €750bn recovery fund, but he was still assured of sufficient support for the Dutch position in the negotiations. In particular, the anti-immigration PVV and FvD said that Rutte had wrongly voted to give billions of euros to ‘poor’ member states. Roelof Bisschop, an MP for the fundamentalist Protestant SGP, said the EU fund had saddled future generations with a ‘mountain of debt’. During Wednesday’s long debate, Rutte admitted that he had been forced to compromise on his hard line over gifts, but said the Dutch position is a sensible one because the Netherlands would suffer major economic fall-out if Spain and Italy got into real difficulty.

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Rutte bows out in The Hague with warning to new cabinet on EU
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Rutte bows out in The Hague with warning to new cabinet on EU

Dutch News  

Outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte fired a parting shot at the incoming coalition in his final debate in parliament, warning the parties not to put narrow national interests first when choosing the next Dutch EU commissioner. In a debate on the upcoming summit on Tuesday, Pieter Omtzigt, leader of the centre-right NSC, one of the partners in the new coalition, …

Rutte bows out in The Hague with warning to new cabinet on EU
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Rutte bows out in The Hague with warning to new cabinet on EU

Dutch News  

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Mark Rutte | The consensus man
1 year, 5 months ago

Mark Rutte | The consensus man

The Hindu  

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Read how the govt in Netherlands collapsed over the burning refugee issue
1 year, 5 months ago

Read how the govt in Netherlands collapsed over the burning refugee issue

Op India  

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The political fringes fire at Rutte, but EU recovery fund support is assured
4 years, 3 months ago

The political fringes fire at Rutte, but EU recovery fund support is assured

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte was criticised by far right and Socialist MPs during Wednesday evening’s debate on the EU €750bn recovery fund, but he was still assured of sufficient support for the Dutch position in the negotiations. In particular, the anti-immigration PVV and FvD said that Rutte had wrongly voted to give billions of euros to ‘poor’ member states. Roelof …

Dutch PM criticized over EU Covid recovery fund
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch PM criticized over EU Covid recovery fund

NL Times  

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Coronavirus EU bailout came ‘close to failure’ but new compromise being drawn up
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus EU bailout came ‘close to failure’ but new compromise being drawn up

Dutch News  

The EU summit on a coronavirus bailout package ended early on Monday morning without success so far, reports NOS. ‘The conversations last night made progress on a few things,’ prime minister Mark Rutte said in a briefing on Monday morning. ‘It looks a bit more hopeful than when I thought last night: it’s over.’ The heads of all 27 EU …

Coronavirus EU bailout came ‘close to failure’ but new compromise being drawn up
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus EU bailout came ‘close to failure’ but new compromise being drawn up

Dutch News  

The EU summit on a coronavirus bailout package ended early on Monday morning without success so far, reports NOS. ‘The conversations last night made progress on a few things,’ prime minister Mark Rutte said in a briefing on Monday morning. ‘It looks a bit more hopeful than when I thought last night: it’s over.’ The heads of all 27 EU …

EU coronavirus fund debate enters third day after tense night
4 years, 5 months ago

EU coronavirus fund debate enters third day after tense night

NL Times  

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