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After three days of debate, during which Geert Wilders repeatedly tried to have the proceedings delayed, MPs voted by 100 to 47 in favour of the ESM. Wilders' PVV, the Socialists, ChristenUnie, and other minor parties voted against. Wilders also
Tags: rescue fund, european rescue, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Islam in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, political-news, Islam, Criticism of Islam, Party for Freedom
Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders says he will file a lawsuit to block the Netherlands from ratifying the permanent European bailout fund. Wilders, leader of the Netherlands' third-largest political party, forced the collapse of the all-conservative
Tags: bailout fund, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Islam in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, political-news, Islam, Politics of the Netherlands, Business Finance, Criticism of Islam
It was a team performance.' The five parties had put the needs of the country before their own, he said. The deal includes 12bn worth of cuts and tax increases, plus 1bn in extra spending. Details have not been made public, but the measures are known
Tags: Netherlands, Amsterdam, Islam in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, political-news, social issues, Business Finance, Criticism of Islam, Party for Freedom
Luxemburg's Jean-Claude Juncker, who chaired the meeting, said it is a 'good quality package of measures' and the EU's finance commissioner Olli Rehn called it 'an important agreement that sends a strong signal about the Netherlands' intention to
Tags: Belgium, Brussels, political-news, Liberal Party of Canada, Geert Wilders, Macroeconomics, Party for Freedom, European Commission, Dutch Labour Party, socialist party
Story continues below Greece is far from the only country turning to the far right. French National Front leader Marine Le Pen, who wants to withdraw from the euro and recently said that ''Islamism is the totalitarianism of religions and
Tags: totalitarianism, European Union, Italy, Rome, political philosophy, Islam in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, Politics of the Netherlands, Criticism of Islam, Party for Freedom
The statement pledging to destroy the PVV came out of anger, Rutte told the Pauw & Witteman show. Rutte admitted he had not spoken to the PVV leader since the talks collapsed last month but said he believed his 'personal relationship' with Wilders
Tags: PVV, Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, Geert Wilders, rutte told, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Islam in the Netherlands, political-news, Dutch general election
The minister expects the finalised plans to be passed to the government's macro-economic think-tank CPB for analysis on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. Today, the five parties' financial spokesmen and women will look at the tax plans. It is already
Tags: austerity measures, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Islam in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, political-news, social issues, Criticism of Islam, Party for Freedom
The Christian Democrats and the right-wing liberal VVD governing parties had an alliance with the PVV until party leader Geert Wilders walked away from austerity talks last month and a new election was called for September. Since the collapse of the
Tags: CDA, PVV, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Geert Wilders, political-news, Criticism of Islam, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Party for Freedom, Dutch cabinet formation
News in pictures Opinion blogs I was going to write in The Independent on Sunday about the paradox of the Government offering power... Peter Popham has a good article at The Daily Beast on Tony Blair's evil conspiracy to subvert ... Last night, I sat
Tags: Greece, Athens, political-news, Movement for a Better Hungary, Islam in the Netherlands, Democratic Social Movement, Geert Wilders, Criticism of Islam, National Front, Communist Party of Greece
The CDA is shortly to elect a new leader, which officials hope will unify the party ahead of the September general election. The alliance between the CDA/VVD coalition and the PVV collapsed last month when PVV leader Geert Wilders pulled out of
Tags: austerity measures, PVV, CDA, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Dutch Labour Party, Islam in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, political-news, Criticism of Islam