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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 08:00 PM
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Dutch Right-wing party proposes returning to guilder, abandoning the euro
GEERT WILDERS and his right-wing Freedom Party (PVV) say they will press for a referendum on abandoning the euro and returning the Netherlands to its old currency, the guilder, if a report they’ve commissioned from an international consultancy says it would be good for the economy.

Since last year, the anti-Islamic PVV has been supporting Holland’s minority Liberal (VVD/Christian Democrat (CDA) coalition government, and wielding considerable influence over policy, particularly a tougher approach to immigration.

“The cabinet is frightening us by telling us the lights will go out if we leave the euro,” Mr Wilders said in The Hague last night, after prime minister Mark Rutte and finance minister Jan Kees de Jager dismissed his proposal as “bad for Europe” and “simply not an option”.

“But we want to know if going back to the guilder would deliver more sovereignty and security . . . it should not frighten us,” said Mr Wilders.

Although the Netherlands has the lowest unemployment rate in the euro zone, its economy is slowing. Growth was just 0.2 per cent in the third quarter, and is expected to fall by half, to just 0.1 per cent, in the fourth quarter.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/1112/1224307458708.html
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 08:07 PM
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1. Right Wing=Divide
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 08:35 PM
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2. What's the deal with a resurgent right wing in the Netherlands anyway?
It's one of the last places I ever thought it would happen.
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Philosopher King Donating Member (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 08:58 PM
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3. The EU is imploding--they are like US States were under the Articles of Confederation.
Each of US States was a separate nation unto itself. The had currency problems, which created trade issues between themselves and ineffective and separate trade policies with other nations. As a result, they were not economically prosperous and they were militarily weak. If you ask me, we were lucky the British didn't try to re-subject us to the Crown.

In any case, I am thankful that I live in the US and not in the EU.









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