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12 January 2008

Europa Fund must be discontinued

SP Member of Parliament and spokesman on European affairs Harry van Bommel is demanding that the Europa Fund distributed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs be discontinued. The ministry is misusing money from the funds for what is disguised propaganda for the European Union, Van Bommel says. He was reacting to a report in the leading daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad that Dutch state television broadcast two programmes last summer on the benefits of the EU, without any mention having been made of the fact that they were made possible by subsidies from the ministry.

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11 January 2008

Van Bommel demands explanation of evidence of Netherlands' participation in 'Enduring Freedom'

SP Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel will use Tuesday's parliamentary question time to demand answers from Defence Minister Eimert van Middelkoop regarding Dutch involvement in military operations outside of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) territory. The unauthorised involvement was revealed by a German military officer in a newly-published book, Endstation Kabul.

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11 January 2008

Government must stop abuse of Bolivia investment treaty by Italian multinational

De SP is seeking to prevent the Netherlands being misused by an Italian telecoms corporation which is attempting to claim millions in compensation from one of South America's poorest countries, Bolivia. Eurotelecom Italia has established a 'postbox company' in the Netherlands – a sham corporation which in reality consists of nothing but an address from which mail can be forwarded – with the intention of taking advantage of an investment treaty between the Netherlands and Bolivia.

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7 January 2008

SP Development Spokesman Visits Ethiopia

SP Member of Parliament and spokesman on development issues Ewout Irrgang is to visit Ethiopia as part of a delegation from the Foreign Affairs Committee which will arrive in the country on 8th January and stay until the 14th. During his time in Ethiopia, Irrgang will have the opportunity along with other members of the delegation to talk with Prime Minister Mélès Zénawi, examine development projects and Dutch firms active in the country, and visit the refugee camp in the Ogaden near the border with Somalia.

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2 January 2008

'EU must demand Kenya recount'

The SP is asking the European Union to demand a recount under independent supervision of the votes in the Kenyan elections, in order to prevent the further escalation of violence. SP Senator Eric Smaling,who was present in Kenya as an official election observer, and Member of Parliament Ewout Irrgang, the party's spokesman on development issues, are urging the EU to act.

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