Netherlands

  • Aug 27, 2012
  • 7 min read

Socialist win would upturn Dutch position on euro-area

On August 25, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberals (VVD) and Emile Roemer's Socialist...

Netherlands
  • Aug 17, 2012
  • 2 min read

ESM seniority status spat may scupper Spanish rescues

Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said today Finland would oppose any attempt to change the ESM's...

EU
  • Jul 30, 2012
  • 2 min read

Global weakness fuels airlines' economic woes

Air France-KLM today reported net losses of 895 million euros (1.1 billion dollars) in the second...

International
  • Apr 30, 2012
  • 2 min read

Treaty is still in question after Dutch budget deal

The caretaker government today submits to Brussels a package that will allow the Netherlands to...

Netherlands
  • Apr 25, 2012
  • 6 min read

Markets, not EU, would punish Dutch fiscal 'slippage'

Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned on April 23 following the collapse at the weekend of his...

Netherlands
  • Apr 24, 2012
  • 2 min read

Euro-area elections risk fiscal pact and growth agenda

Yesterday's resignation of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte raised the prospect of political...

Netherlands
  • Apr 23, 2012
  • 2 min read

Dutch coalition fall threatens EU economic governance

Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned today following the collapse of the coalition government on...

Netherlands
  • Mar 21, 2012
  • 6 min read

Austerity and Europe rifts risk Dutch coalition

Diederik Samsom, who was elected on March 16 to lead Labour, the largest opposition party, has...

Netherlands