EU Politics Today: VVD News

UK union demands levy on energy firms to help poor

5 Sep 2008 15:11 GMT

... oil major BP posted a 61 percent jump in second-quarter profits and Royal Dutch Shell reported earnings of $7.9 billion. The government's much-hyped economic relaunch, including raising ...

EU hails Turkey's 'historic' Armenia visit

5 Sep 2008 13:32 GMT

... of a controversial law which sets limits on freedom of the speech by... The Netherlands has indicated readiness to allow some EU concessions to Serbia ahead of early elections ...

EU to seek caps on text-message fees

4 Sep 2008 13:17 GMT

... said Hennicot-Schoepges, a member of the European People's Party from Dudelange, Luxembourg. "As a conservative I ... the relatively short distances between Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg. "Every time I cross ...

Serbia could become EU candidate in 2009

4 Sep 2008 10:19 GMT

... of a controversial law which sets limits on freedom of the speech by... The Netherlands has indicated readiness to allow some EU concessions to Serbia ahead of early elections ...

Witch hunt in the Netherlands

4 Sep 2008 04:32 GMT

... the 1980s? That question has cost one Dutch member of parliament his job, and led ... a real debate. That space, in the Netherlands of today, isn't really there." 1980s squatters riots in Amsterdam (photo: Rob Hameeteman) Squatters The magazine at ...

Dutch dykes in need of massive overhaul

4 Sep 2008 04:32 GMT

... effect of rising sea levels on the Netherlands delivered its findings today. The 'Delta Committee' ... agenda. The main opposition party, the conservative VVD, is also positive about the recommendations, but ...

EU to propose caps on fees for text messages

4 Sep 2008 00:19 GMT

Europe Weighs Caps on Roaming Fees for Text Messages

3 Sep 2008 22:32 GMT

... Ms. Hennicot-Schoepges, a member of the European People's Party from Dudelange, Luxembourg. As a conservative I ... the relatively short distances between Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg. Every time I cross ...

Hirsi Ali Exposes Netherlands' Intellectual Contrast with France

3 Sep 2008 21:54 GMT

... D66 and leftwing Greens (GroenLinks) believe the Netherlands should be ashamed. An army of French ... State Secretary, Rama Yade, praised the former Dutch MP at length last Sunday as a ... her." Also illustrative was the reaction of VVD MP Hans van Baalen. Hirsi Ali's former ...

Dutch Governing CDA Has Comfortable Lead

3 Sep 2008 05:17 GMT

... mandates, followed by the Proud of the Netherlands (ToN) movement, the People’s Party for Freedom ... the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and the Labour Party (PvdA) all with ... (PvdD), and the Reformed Political Party (SGP). Dutch voters renewed the Second Chamber in November ...

Islamic extremists free to walk the streets and hatch their plots

2 Sep 2008 22:58 GMT

... A majority on Amsterdam city council is distancing itself from Mayor ... but of fostering integration. Labour (PvdA), conservatives (VVD) and Christian democrats (CDA) rejected Cohen's proposals ...

Dutch diplomatic shuffle in the US

2 Sep 2008 12:18 GMT

... The Netherlands has appointed a woman as ambassador in ... a hundred and is expected to push Dutch interests everything from Afghanistan to the ... of integration minister by the right-wing Liberal VVD party in 2003 a post that ...

Asylum applications increase in Netherlands

2 Sep 2008 04:31 GMT

... Sybrand van Haersma Buma suggests that the Netherlands should therefore consider taking similar measures. However, ... asylum seekers is still relatively low. The VVD and right-wing Freedom Party accuse justice minister ...

City Council Rejects Mayor Cohen's Plea for Mosque Subsidies

1 Sep 2008 23:17 GMT

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