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Graduated in 2009!
FUTURE?
Tilburg
Den Helder
Study - Journalism
Born & Raised
Personal Evolution
Factsheet
Living on my own
Being critical
KNOWN FOR:
- Windy
- Terrible local politics - 6 mayors in 10 years. Normal term is 6 years per mayor
- Lange Jaap - Tallest iron cast lighthouse in the world (64 metres)
Understand
communication
Assess Media
MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
- Navy
- Offshore
- Fishery
- Bulbs
- (German) Tourists
CHRIS BOERMAN
Me and My country
Status?
Netherlands - Politics
Foreign Policy
- Transatlantic Relations
- European Integration
- International Development
- International Law
- Constitutional Monarchy since 1815
- Coalition governments (76 of 150 seats)
Netherlands - Green Economics
Maastricht
Study - European Studies
Complex political situation since populist
Pim Fortuyn was murdered (2001)
Or... liberal concerning ..
CURRENT SITUATION
- Multicultural society heavily criticised since then
- Growing Unhappiness Paradox
- More polarised society
- Recreational Drugs
- Abortion
- Same-sex Marriage
- Euthanasia
SOCIAL
* Polarised society
* During election campaign choice offered -
solidarity vs. individuality
* Immigrants in general, Muslims in particular
do not feel welcome
* Unhappiness Paradox
ECONOMY
* Dutch economy is recovering faster than others in EU
* Open economy, based on trade
* Government needs to cut 29 billion euro
* Liberals won elections with economic programme
* Real GDP per capita: 28.400 euro (2008)
Current Situation?
ENVIRONMENT
* One leftwing attempt
* Liberal leader only wants right
* Christian-democrats and Liberals like
eachother a lot
* Current negotiations between PVV, VVD, CDA
* Despite protest among Christian-Democrats,
likely to become new coalition
* Will be Danish model, supply and confidence
* PVV stays in parliament
Factsheet
* The Netherlands #46 on Environmental Performance Index*
* Total greenhouse gas emissions in 2008: 97.6 (1990=100)
* Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption
in 2008: 3.2%
* Common bird index (36 common farmland species) in 2007:
82.4 (1990=100)
* Focus on water-management and high-tech agriculture
* Index by Yale University
Poor region in the Netherlands
- Maastrict is affluent itself, in history and today
Most international city of the Netherlands
Commonly known for EU Treaty (1992)
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SOCIAL
Constitution under pressure. PVV wants to:
- close Islamic schools
- forbid building new mosks
- close borders: no new immigrants
- tear Qu'rans apart
- shoot criminals in knees (alluding to Maroccan youngsters) - use commandos to patrol in bad neighbourhoods
- tax headscarfs under 'polluter-pays-principle'
Main economic activity
- Tourists!
- DSM
- University
Agreement already reached over austerity
MY STUDY
= VERY BROAD
Harsh cuts in:
- social security
- healthcare
- immigration
Polarisation in society increases
ECONOMY
- The young, and extreme party has no governing responsibility
- Liberals and Christian-Democrats do not have to agree with all (extreme) points
- With minority government, parliament gains influence as coalition cannot count on majority automatically -->> Restores Dualism
- Critics argue minority government is unstable -->> Danish experiment proves to be stable. Studies also show: minority governments rest longer than majority ones
- Governing from parliament does not neutralise PVV
- Government position makes PVV's plans acceptable
- PVV decides
- the Netherlands needs stable and broad government for big spending cuts
- Cutting the deficit will be at expense of most vulnerable
* Dutch economy will be less open
* Fears to lose prominent trade position
* PVV wants to leave EU, VVD wants to cut budget
with 60%
* VVD wants to half development aid, PVV wants 0,
Christian-Democrats want 0.7% of GNP (now 0.8%)
Multi-disciplined curriculum
- Policy & Politics
- Economics
- History
- Culture
- Law
- Member States
- EU