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Originally Posted by danielf
I think this is made into a bit more than it is really. The real issue isn't the cuts. Pretty much everyone (except Wilders) is in agreement that cuts are necessary, and that the 3% norm needs to be adhered to. The real issue is that Wilders, who has propped up the minority government with his populist 'Freedom' party, has decided to pull the plug on the government. I think the cuts are just an excuse. They were in negotiations over the cuts for 7 weeks, and he decided to pull out at the last moment, saying he wouldn't adhere to 'dictates' from Europe, conveniently forgetting that the Netherlands was one of the driving forces in favour of the 3% norm. He seems set to run for the next elections on an anti-Europe rather than anti-Islam ticket, coming off the back of slipping polls and substantial numbers of people leaving his party over the undemocratic way in which it's run. The real issue here is Wilders. Not the cuts.
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Let's hope that's true and stability returns.
It seems to me that an increasing number of people throughout Europe will vote for what they want to hear rather than what needs to be done.