rime Minister Mark Rutte said the measures were "unavoidable".
Countries across Europe have been tightening restrictions as the heavily mutated variant spreads.
The new rules in the Netherlands - the strictest to have been announced over Omicron so far - come into force on Sunday.
"I stand here tonight in a sombre mood And a lot of people watching will feel that way too," Mr Rutte told a news conference on Saturday. "To sum it up in one sentence, the Netherlands will go back into lockdown from tomorrow."
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11/24/21
‘The Netherlands: A lot of work to do’: Dutch government formation talks drag on for record 226 days
Government formation talks in the Netherlands have become the longest on record, 226 days after the 17 March elections delivered a fractured political landscape that made parties more reluctant than ever to compromise.
Dutch government coalitions often take months to form, but this year’s post-election talks have been especially drawn out. For months, parties failed to even move beyond the question of who would be allowed at the negotiation table.
Meanwhile, pressing matters such as climate change, health care and the strained housing market have been left untouched.
“It’s remarkable,” said political historian and cabinet formation expert Carla van Baalen. “We have never seen a situation in which no real talks were held for months following the elections.”
Read more at: ‘A lot of work to do’: Dutch government formation talks drag on for record 226 days | Netherlands | The Guardian
Dutch government coalitions often take months to form, but this year’s post-election talks have been especially drawn out. For months, parties failed to even move beyond the question of who would be allowed at the negotiation table.
Meanwhile, pressing matters such as climate change, health care and the strained housing market have been left untouched.
“It’s remarkable,” said political historian and cabinet formation expert Carla van Baalen. “We have never seen a situation in which no real talks were held for months following the elections.”
Read more at: ‘A lot of work to do’: Dutch government formation talks drag on for record 226 days | Netherlands | The Guardian
9/3/21
The Netherlands: Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact
The next Dutch government looks likely to be a minority coalition after all other options were categorically ruled out this week.
Read more at: Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact - DutchNews.nl
Read more at: Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact - DutchNews.nl
8/31/21
The Netherlands: Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
The Netherlands appeared to be heading toward talks to form a minority coalition after efforts to piece together a Cabinet made up of five parties from across the political spectrum broke down Tuesday.
More than five months after a general election left the Dutch political landscape fragmented, two key parties said they do not want to form a new government with a pair of leftist parties.
The decision by caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy — known by its Dutch acronym VVD — and the CDA Christian Democrats came after months of talks between party leaders and an official who is attempting to cobble together the coalition.
Read more at: Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
More than five months after a general election left the Dutch political landscape fragmented, two key parties said they do not want to form a new government with a pair of leftist parties.
The decision by caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy — known by its Dutch acronym VVD — and the CDA Christian Democrats came after months of talks between party leaders and an official who is attempting to cobble together the coalition.
Read more at: Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
1/17/21
The Netherlands: Riot police used water cannon to break up illegal anti-Rutte Government demo in Amsterdam
Riot police used water cannon and horses to break up an illegal demonstration on Amsterdam’s Museumplein on Sunday afternoon. The demonstration had been called by a group calling itself Nederland in Verzet (the Netherlands resists) but had been banned by mayor Femke Halsema because of fears that coronavirus measures would not be kept.
Read more at: Riot police used water cannon to break up illegal demo in Amsterdam - DutchNews.nl
Read more at: Riot police used water cannon to break up illegal demo in Amsterdam - DutchNews.nl
1/16/21
The Netherlands: "If we reelect Mark Rutte "the Dutch political Houdini" we don't deserve any better" - by Johan Fretz
The self induced fall of the Rutte III cabinet took place in such a slow motion that its impact was spread out over a week. That was precisely Rutte's intention: if you move more slowly towards the ground, the impact will be less hard. Even in his own fall, Rutte remained the merciless strategist. If there was no other option, then only with as little damage to himself as possible.
Earlier this week, he had put on the table a sample of genuine “Rutlet logic”. Before the Christmas holidays, he had pretended that he thought it was all so intense and had to deal with it first. Now, after the holidays, he said that stepping down was a thing of the past. He may have thought we were all stupid and blame him: he has never been punished for anything in ten years. But the dynamics suddenly changed rapidly.
Lodewijk Asscher of thr PVDA labor party, the only one who had said aloud since the beginning that he felt shame and regret about his part in the benefits affair, still resigned. As is so often the case, it is the politicians who prefer integrity over power who pay the highest price, even though Asscher's choice was very justified and inevitable.
In looking back on his years in The Hague, he will have to reflect on the fact that he and his party entered Rutte II so indiscriminately, a cabinet that aimed to develop the public sector and human scale and in which it was established from the outset that such accidents would happen. That is why support for Asscher has crumbled so quickly in recent weeks: the affair reminded many voters how angry they were about this fatal government participation.
Even after Asscher's departure, Rutte continued to stop the fall of his cabinet behind the scenes. After all, it was not necessary from his VVD party viewpoint, and he undoubtedly felt strengthened by the voters behind the forty polled seats, who don't give a damn. But on Friday, Rutte solemnly said at the press conference: “We had to take responsibility,” as if it came from his deep inside. Those who listened more closely heard his cunning again: "Of course, it is always my ultimate responsibility in the end." In other words, I, the Good Samaritan, now fall for other people's sins, but have clean hands myself.What Typical Rutte B.S.
Political reality and public pressure can force a cabinet's resignation, but what they clearly cannot enforce is an inner realization in those responsible that they have failed morally. Mark Rutte does not resign out of regret or shame. He resigns because he had no other option. In doing so he devalues the symbolic value of the fall, which if it had been sincere could have contributed to the healing and the initial restoration of trust in the institutions.
Now our political Houdini PM has again freed himself from the chains underwater and has escaped from the steel box. On March 17 last year, he happily emerges, with that tirelessly cheerful grin that for ten years has kept others from seeing his brutal politics of hollowing out and reckoning behind it. Do we deserve better? If we re-elect him or not ?
Read more in the original Dutch version of "Het Parool" from where this translated version came: Als we Rutte opnieuw herverkiezen, verdienen we niet beter | Het Parool
Earlier this week, he had put on the table a sample of genuine “Rutlet logic”. Before the Christmas holidays, he had pretended that he thought it was all so intense and had to deal with it first. Now, after the holidays, he said that stepping down was a thing of the past. He may have thought we were all stupid and blame him: he has never been punished for anything in ten years. But the dynamics suddenly changed rapidly.
Lodewijk Asscher of thr PVDA labor party, the only one who had said aloud since the beginning that he felt shame and regret about his part in the benefits affair, still resigned. As is so often the case, it is the politicians who prefer integrity over power who pay the highest price, even though Asscher's choice was very justified and inevitable.
In looking back on his years in The Hague, he will have to reflect on the fact that he and his party entered Rutte II so indiscriminately, a cabinet that aimed to develop the public sector and human scale and in which it was established from the outset that such accidents would happen. That is why support for Asscher has crumbled so quickly in recent weeks: the affair reminded many voters how angry they were about this fatal government participation.
Even after Asscher's departure, Rutte continued to stop the fall of his cabinet behind the scenes. After all, it was not necessary from his VVD party viewpoint, and he undoubtedly felt strengthened by the voters behind the forty polled seats, who don't give a damn. But on Friday, Rutte solemnly said at the press conference: “We had to take responsibility,” as if it came from his deep inside. Those who listened more closely heard his cunning again: "Of course, it is always my ultimate responsibility in the end." In other words, I, the Good Samaritan, now fall for other people's sins, but have clean hands myself.What Typical Rutte B.S.
Political reality and public pressure can force a cabinet's resignation, but what they clearly cannot enforce is an inner realization in those responsible that they have failed morally. Mark Rutte does not resign out of regret or shame. He resigns because he had no other option. In doing so he devalues the symbolic value of the fall, which if it had been sincere could have contributed to the healing and the initial restoration of trust in the institutions.
Now our political Houdini PM has again freed himself from the chains underwater and has escaped from the steel box. On March 17 last year, he happily emerges, with that tirelessly cheerful grin that for ten years has kept others from seeing his brutal politics of hollowing out and reckoning behind it. Do we deserve better? If we re-elect him or not ?
Read more in the original Dutch version of "Het Parool" from where this translated version came: Als we Rutte opnieuw herverkiezen, verdienen we niet beter | Het Parool
1/15/21
The Netherlands: Dutch government quits over 'colossal stain' of tax subsidy scandal - by Stephanie van den Berg
Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government resigned on Friday, accepting responsibility for wrongful accusations of fraud by the tax authorities that drove thousands of families to financial ruin, often on the basis of ethnicity.
Read more at: Dutch government quits over 'colossal stain' of tax subsidy scandal | Reuters
Read more at: Dutch government quits over 'colossal stain' of tax subsidy scandal | Reuters
12/16/20
The Netherlands: Reactions to Rutte's 5-week coronavirus lockdown in the Netherlands
Speaking from his official office in The Hague, Prime Minister Mark Rutte addressed the people of the Netherlands and, before announcing the new measures that would place in the country under lockdown, delivered a speech that served to remind the public of the severity of the situation and the importance of following the rules.
Almost 8,4 million people tuned in to listen to what the Prime Minister had to say - the highest number of viewers ever garnered by a coronavirus press conference or speech. Nearly 90 percent of all the people who were watching TV on Monday evening were watching Rutte’s speech.
People may have been eager to hear what Rutte had to say, but how have people responded to the strict lockdown measures that have been introduced just before the Christmas holidays?
Read more at: Reactions to Rutte's 5-week coronavirus lockdown in the Netherlands
Almost 8,4 million people tuned in to listen to what the Prime Minister had to say - the highest number of viewers ever garnered by a coronavirus press conference or speech. Nearly 90 percent of all the people who were watching TV on Monday evening were watching Rutte’s speech.
People may have been eager to hear what Rutte had to say, but how have people responded to the strict lockdown measures that have been introduced just before the Christmas holidays?
Read more at: Reactions to Rutte's 5-week coronavirus lockdown in the Netherlands
11/14/20
The Netherlands: Dutch PM Rutte to seek fourth term
Liberal Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has confirmed he will seek a fourth term in office, wanting to continue steering the Netherlands through the coronavirus pandemic.
Dutch elections are set for March 17 next year.
Read more at: Dutch PM Rutte to seek fourth term | Macau Business
Dutch elections are set for March 17 next year.
Read more at: Dutch PM Rutte to seek fourth term | Macau Business
10/28/20
The Netherlands: Current coronavirus rules will last well into December, Dutch prime minister says
The partial lockdown imposed in the Netherlands two weeks ago will last deep into December, prime minister Mark Rutte and health minister Hugo de Jonge told reporters on Tuesday evening.
‘You can assume that you will celebrate Sinterklaas in a small group, with no more than three people from outside your household,’ Rutte said. ‘It is still too early to say about Christmas.’ Ministers are also working on new recommendations for holiday travel, both in the Netherlands and abroad, and that could be published as early as later this week, Rutte said.
Read more at: Current coronavirus rules will last well into December, Dutch prime minister says - DutchNews.nl
‘You can assume that you will celebrate Sinterklaas in a small group, with no more than three people from outside your household,’ Rutte said. ‘It is still too early to say about Christmas.’ Ministers are also working on new recommendations for holiday travel, both in the Netherlands and abroad, and that could be published as early as later this week, Rutte said.
Read more at: Current coronavirus rules will last well into December, Dutch prime minister says - DutchNews.nl
9/29/20
The Netherlands considers nationwide face mask obligation
Following the Netherlands’ announcement of the stricter
measures against the coronavirus on Monday, calls for a national face
mask obligation in the country are rising.
The Dutch government’s current measure
– that shopkeepers in the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague
should only allow customers wearing a face mask to enter their shops –
is perceived as unclear, according to the Dutch Lower House.
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The Netherlands considers nationwide face mask obligation
9/2/20
EU versus USA: what a difference a day makes when you hear and watch two leaders speak - by RM
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| Mark Rutte - Dutch PM |
Compare that to the US President Donald Trump and his Republican political buddies. All they do is blame others for their own mistakes and failures.
Case in point' The rioting in the US came during Trump's watch, and Republicans can only blame themselves for the chaos America is in, while they shout their empty slogans.
Pitiful - Donald Trump is a disgrace to America and all the people who love the country !
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8/6/20
The Netherlands: Dutch Dr. Fauci Thinks Masks Won't Work. Here's Why: by Hannah Osborne
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| Dutch PM Mark Rutte |
Following a meeting with mayors last week, Minister for Medical Care Tamara van Ark reaffirmed the national standpoint.
"From a medical point of view, there is no evidence of a medical effect of wearing face masks, so we decided not to impose a national obligation," Politico quotes her as saying.
At present, the only places where people in the Netherlands need to wear masks are on public transport and at airports. City mayors have also introduced orders about mask use in busy shopping centers.
Note Almere Digest: These are very unorthodox suggestions on masks wearing by the Dutch Rutte Government . A Dutch saying goes : "Baat het niet, schaden doet het ook niet."- Even if it doesn't help, It does not do any harm.Yes indeed, wearing masks has shown to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus, and more important Mr. Rutte, it saves lives in the process .
Mr. Rutte, also, please don't follow President's Trump's conflicting advice on masks, or anything else, for that matter. But I am sure you are aware of his mental shortcomings.
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Dutch Dr. Fauci Thinks Masks Won't Work. Here's Why
5/23/20
Multinational Tax Evation: Waiting for Godot: tackling multinationals’ tax avoidance – by Francesco Saraceno and Tommaso Faccio
The Netherlands’ insistence that everyone ‘go Dutch’ on mushrooming
coronavirus deficits in the European Union has (given its complicity)
revived the debate on tax havens within the EU. In an ideal world,
action on joint debt issuance should go hand in hand with tax
harmonisation and brakes on fiscal dumping.
But, given the current standstill in Europe, it is more likely that national solutions to avoid tax-base erosion will be sought, at least in the near future. Enforcing transparency and leveraging on company reputations could be enacted more effectively than the bans and regulations currently considered.
Note EU Digest: The Netherlands Government of Mark Rutte is one of the major EU culprits in facilitating these Multi- National Corporations (Mainly US companies) to dodge paying their local country taxes, by registering them as "special status" Dutch corporations.
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Waiting for Godot: tackling multinationals’ tax avoidance – Francesco Saraceno and Tommaso Faccio
But, given the current standstill in Europe, it is more likely that national solutions to avoid tax-base erosion will be sought, at least in the near future. Enforcing transparency and leveraging on company reputations could be enacted more effectively than the bans and regulations currently considered.
Note EU Digest: The Netherlands Government of Mark Rutte is one of the major EU culprits in facilitating these Multi- National Corporations (Mainly US companies) to dodge paying their local country taxes, by registering them as "special status" Dutch corporations.
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Waiting for Godot: tackling multinationals’ tax avoidance – Francesco Saraceno and Tommaso Faccio
4/3/20
The Netherlands: Coronavirus EU: Dutch offer as death toll rises in Spain, Italy - by Silvia Amaro
After much criticism, the Dutch government now wants to give a “gift” to
other European countries that are grappling with the coronavirus
outbreak, including Italy and Spain.
The Netherlands unveiled Wednesday a plan for a “coronafund,” a common basket of cash filled with contributions from member states. “These are not loans or guarantees, but gifts to help people in need,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told lawmakers on Wednesday.
France, for example, also wants a common EU fund to help with costs. Bruno Le Maire, the French finance minister, told the Financial Times Wednesday that this fund should have a five to 10-year limit.
“Having a fund for, let’s say, five or 10 years — with a limited timeframe — and with the possibility of having common debt but only within that fund, which might be more acceptable for other countries, might be a solution,” Le Maire told the newspaper.
Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Le Maire said the Dutch proposal was a “first step in the right direction.”
Read more: Coronavirus EU latest: Dutch offer as death toll rises in Spain, Italy
The Netherlands unveiled Wednesday a plan for a “coronafund,” a common basket of cash filled with contributions from member states. “These are not loans or guarantees, but gifts to help people in need,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told lawmakers on Wednesday.
France, for example, also wants a common EU fund to help with costs. Bruno Le Maire, the French finance minister, told the Financial Times Wednesday that this fund should have a five to 10-year limit.
“Having a fund for, let’s say, five or 10 years — with a limited timeframe — and with the possibility of having common debt but only within that fund, which might be more acceptable for other countries, might be a solution,” Le Maire told the newspaper.
Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Le Maire said the Dutch proposal was a “first step in the right direction.”
Read more: Coronavirus EU latest: Dutch offer as death toll rises in Spain, Italy
1/26/20
Holocaust: Netherlands PM Rutte apologizes for WWII persecution of Jews for first time
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday apologized for the first time
on behalf of the government for the war-time persecution of Jews, saying
little was done to protect them from the atrocities committed by Nazi
Germany.
"Since the last survivors are still among us, I apologize today in the name of the government for what the authorities did at that time," Rutte said. "Our government did not act as the guardian of justice and security."
Of the 140,000 Jews living in the Netherlands at the time, only 38,000 survived World War II. However, authorities never recognized their own role in facilitating the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany.
Note EU-Digest: Was this apology by the Dutch PM a sincere gesture or more of a political P.R. statement? The Dutch Government at the time of the occupation, was one which was established by, and collaborating with the Nazi's, they obviously would or could do very little in stopping the atrocities committed by the Nazi's. This in contrast to the Dutch resistance forces, which fiercely attacked the Nazi occupiers in the Netherlands throughout the war.
Read more at: Netherlands apologizes for WWII persecution of Jews for first time | News | DW | 26.01.2020
"Since the last survivors are still among us, I apologize today in the name of the government for what the authorities did at that time," Rutte said. "Our government did not act as the guardian of justice and security."
Of the 140,000 Jews living in the Netherlands at the time, only 38,000 survived World War II. However, authorities never recognized their own role in facilitating the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany.
Note EU-Digest: Was this apology by the Dutch PM a sincere gesture or more of a political P.R. statement? The Dutch Government at the time of the occupation, was one which was established by, and collaborating with the Nazi's, they obviously would or could do very little in stopping the atrocities committed by the Nazi's. This in contrast to the Dutch resistance forces, which fiercely attacked the Nazi occupiers in the Netherlands throughout the war.
Read more at: Netherlands apologizes for WWII persecution of Jews for first time | News | DW | 26.01.2020
9/29/19
The Netherlands: Teachers to strike over educator shortages and increased Government budget for education - school closures expected - by Janene Pieters
Teachers in primary- and secondary education announced another
national strike. If the government does not respond to their demand to
allocate 423.5 million euros extra to education, they will strike on
Wednesday, November 6th, NOS reports.
According to the education unions, the government has made it clear that it does not want to invest in education. And that while classes are sent home every day because there are not enough teachers. On Thursday, an Amsterdam primary school announced that it has to close due to the teacher shortage.
"The children suffer if they do not get the attention they deserve", Liesbeth Verheggen of education union AOb said to the broadcaster. Jan de Vries of CNV added: "The level of students' knowledge is under pressure. This affects our entire society."
The trade unions and employers submitted the joint demand of 423.5 million euros to the government in July. According to the education sector, this amount will be needed next year to increase salary, reduce workload, and deal with the teacher shortage.
During the budget debate last week, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that he is prepared to set aside an extra once-off amount to combat the teacher shortage in primary schools. But he did not mention any amounts, and he attached the condition that employers and employees in primary education must first conclude a collective bargaining agreement.
The unions gave the government an ultimatum to meet their demands by October 20th. If their demands are not met, primary- and secondary school teachers will strike on November 6th.
Teachers in the Netherlands also held a nationwide strike in March, also for higher salaries and lower workloads. Lecturers in higher education also participated in that strike.
Note EU-Digest: School teachers in the Netherlands might strike again, Wednesday, November 6th, if their demands are not met for an increase in the Governement budget for education. The obvious question is; when will governments, who make their citizens pay for education and healthcare understand, that "free education and healthcare are a right, not a privilege", and that they must include these funds, to cover those essential services in their annual budgets?
Read more: Teachers to strike over educator shortages, school closures | NL Times
According to the education unions, the government has made it clear that it does not want to invest in education. And that while classes are sent home every day because there are not enough teachers. On Thursday, an Amsterdam primary school announced that it has to close due to the teacher shortage.
"The children suffer if they do not get the attention they deserve", Liesbeth Verheggen of education union AOb said to the broadcaster. Jan de Vries of CNV added: "The level of students' knowledge is under pressure. This affects our entire society."
The trade unions and employers submitted the joint demand of 423.5 million euros to the government in July. According to the education sector, this amount will be needed next year to increase salary, reduce workload, and deal with the teacher shortage.
During the budget debate last week, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that he is prepared to set aside an extra once-off amount to combat the teacher shortage in primary schools. But he did not mention any amounts, and he attached the condition that employers and employees in primary education must first conclude a collective bargaining agreement.
The unions gave the government an ultimatum to meet their demands by October 20th. If their demands are not met, primary- and secondary school teachers will strike on November 6th.
Teachers in the Netherlands also held a nationwide strike in March, also for higher salaries and lower workloads. Lecturers in higher education also participated in that strike.
Note EU-Digest: School teachers in the Netherlands might strike again, Wednesday, November 6th, if their demands are not met for an increase in the Governement budget for education. The obvious question is; when will governments, who make their citizens pay for education and healthcare understand, that "free education and healthcare are a right, not a privilege", and that they must include these funds, to cover those essential services in their annual budgets?
Read more: Teachers to strike over educator shortages, school closures | NL Times
7/19/19
US-Netherlands relations: Rutte's visit to Washington focuses on jobs and security issues
During their press conference, Trump was asked about the racist chanting made during a speech at which he again criticised four congresswomen.
The questioning made Rutte visibly uneasy, the Volkskrant said. In 2017, Rutte was himself at the centre of a similar row when he told a Dutch newspaper people who are not happy living in the Netherlands and with the way things are done should leave. And in 2016, he said a group of Dutch Turks demonstrating in Rotterdam should ‘eff off’.
The visit ended with a special ceremony to hand over a US flag which flew during the Normandy landings in 1944. The flag had been bought by a Dutch art collector at auction in 2016 for €450,000 and he decided to donate it to the US. My visit to the White House came to an end with a special ceremony. On D-Day in 1944, the first navigation vessels landed on Utah Beach, Normandy under this very flag. Today this flag returned home, after its Dutch owners presented it to President Trump
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The questioning made Rutte visibly uneasy, the Volkskrant said. In 2017, Rutte was himself at the centre of a similar row when he told a Dutch newspaper people who are not happy living in the Netherlands and with the way things are done should leave. And in 2016, he said a group of Dutch Turks demonstrating in Rotterdam should ‘eff off’.
The visit ended with a special ceremony to hand over a US flag which flew during the Normandy landings in 1944. The flag had been bought by a Dutch art collector at auction in 2016 for €450,000 and he decided to donate it to the US. My visit to the White House came to an end with a special ceremony. On D-Day in 1944, the first navigation vessels landed on Utah Beach, Normandy under this very flag. Today this flag returned home, after its Dutch owners presented it to President Trump
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7/15/19
The Netherlands: Dutch PM Rutte to visit Trump for talks on trade. As to US Defense requests : "NO WAY JOSE" - by Mike Corder
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is visiting U.S. President Donald Trump next week, but said Friday he can't yet give the president a response to American requests for assistance in Syria and the Strait of Hormuz.
"No way Jose"
Rutte will meet Trump at the White House next Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, international trade and defense and security cooperation, the Dutch government announced.But Rutte said the visit comes too soon for him to say whether the Netherlands will agree to U.S. requests for assistance in Syria and the Gulf, because his government is still discussing them.
"I can't have a conversation with the American president about it if the procedures in the Netherlands have not been completed," Rutte said. "So that is not a point we are putting on the agenda."
Last month, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said after a meeting in Brussels that NATO allies gave him no firm commitments that they will participate in a global effort to secure international waterways against threats from Iran.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, said Tuesday that Washington will move ahead with plans to build a coalition of nations to monitor and deter Iranian threats against commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf area and in a busy waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.
Note EU-Digest: Donald Trump created the problem with Iran, which has stirred up unrest within the Middle East, after the US stepped out of the Iran Nuclear Treaty. Hopefully PM Rutte of the Netherlands will tell Trump during his visit to the White House, that as to Trump's request for Dutch troops in Syria, or Dutch Navy support in the Persian Gulf, the answer is " NO WAY JOSE".
Read more: Dutch leader to visit Trump for talks on trade, defense - San Antonio Express-News
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6/20/19
Britain: Brexit would "diminish" UK, says Dutch PM Mark Rutte
Brexit would 'diminish' UK, says Dutch PM Mark Rutte.
Note EU Digest: Mark Rutte hits the nail on the head when it comes to Brexit
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