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Another Dutch Warning Shot to Rutte

From a couple of weeks ago.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-ro...-idUKKCN2450AI
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18-07-2020, 10:28 AM
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Re: Another Dutch Warning Shot to Rutte

Could also be linked to the Dutch reluctance to bail out its Southern neighbours

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKCN21R31J
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That sounds like good news for Britain. The sooner we can get out, the better! Shell is but one of many who will be on their way over.
Come on in, plenty of office space here......

By the way, it certainly looks as though the Netherlands has taken over the mantle from the UK and is now officially "the new bad boy" within the bloc! Good luck.
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18-07-2020, 12:20 PM
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Re: Another Dutch Warning Shot to Rutte

Originally Posted by Vlad ->
Could also be linked to the Dutch reluctance to bail out its Southern neighbours

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKCN21R31J
Nah, the dutch did a U turn on that (you know, that movement boris johnson is famous for)
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18-07-2020, 12:24 PM
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Re: Another Dutch Warning Shot to Rutte

Originally Posted by Bread ->
From a couple of weeks ago.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-ro...-idUKKCN2450AI
From the article:
Rutte abandoned the plan after a popular outcry over the tax cut, which was seen as a gift to rich foreigners.

Damn, the netherlands prove to be a sovereign democracy! And a member of the EU. The two go together well.
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18-07-2020, 12:38 PM
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That sounds like good news for Britain. The sooner we can get out, the better! Shell is but one of many who will be on their way over.
Come on in, plenty of office space here......

By the way, it certainly looks as though the Netherlands has taken over the mantle from the UK and is now officially "the new bad boy" within the bloc! Good luck.
Yes, I wonder who vacated all that space.....

Netherlands's Rutte holds out as deadlocked EU talks go into second day https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu...-idUKKBN24J0A6
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Yes, I wonder who vacated all that space..
A boost for our building industry for the many European companies who will no doubt be soon moving their headquarters here.
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Not so, according to the British papers! BAD BOYS! You will have to be shown the error of your way. There is no way out of it. You will pay it, whether you like it or not. That is the EU way. You chose the Dutch way of leaving it all up to Rutte and his government, so it is either pay up or go under.
This is just the start of it. Get used to being tipped upside down and your pockets emptied out, We've had over 40 years of it. Your turn now.
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18-07-2020, 04:59 PM
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Rutte is under enormous pressure. He, like the frugal 4 have 3 options.

1. Cave in to Merkel and accept the mutualised debt and the budget amounts - if he does, his country will hate him and could well be out of a job because of it. He will divide further his country but kiss the ass of Spain and Italy who will thank him enormously while biting their lips trying not to laugh.

2. Dig in and continue to go against the mutual debt and budget in which case, Germany hates him, Brussels hates him, Poland hates him, Spain and Italy hate him etc etc... which could again, cost him his job when " special measures" from Brussels are put in place (like removing his voting rights - allowing the budget and mutual debt to go through without him) and in which case, he will most likely lose his job.

3. Do nothing and see which of the frugal 4 blink first - then fall in behind. See point 1.

Either way, its end game for the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and Finland. The priority for the EU is ... the EU... not what individual trouble making members states want.
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Or, go to the public and say ‘OUT?’
 
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