Netherlands

  • Oct 4, 2013
  • 7 min read

EU seeks greater role in policing national democracies

Under Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, the EU can suspend the voting rights of a member...

EU
  • Sep 17, 2013
  • 2 min read

Coalition weakness is biggest risk to Dutch economy

Government forecaster CPB yesterday warned that the budget deficit would be 3.3% of GDP in 2014,...

Netherlands
  • Aug 15, 2013
  • 2 min read

EU leaders will not rein in Brussels until late 2014

Merkel today began campaigning officially for a third term ahead of the elections on September 22.

EU
  • Aug 14, 2013
  • 2 min read

Problems defy euro-area's second quarter growth

Quarterly euro-area GDP growth turned positive for the first time since September 2011, expanding...

Europe
  • Aug 6, 2013
  • 6 min read

Dutch coalition seeks quiet revolution over EU powers

The coalition government of Liberals and Social-Democrats wants to revise the division of labour...

Netherlands
  • Jul 24, 2013
  • 6 min read

EU postal privatisation poses competition concerns

On July 10, the UK coalition government announced plans to privatise the Royal Mail, the national...

EU
  • Jun 24, 2013
  • 2 min read

Dutch end to 'an ever closer' EU may help Cameron

Rutte's coalition wrote to parliament on Friday outlining its intention to limit the expansion of...

EU
  • Jun 21, 2013
  • 2 min read

EU's privacy probes may hurt Google

Yesterday Spain and France joined the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy in...

EU