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27 July 2011

€50 billion more than we were told: SP demands explanation from Prime Minister

SP Member of Parliament Ewout Irrgang is urging a recall of the legislature in order that Prime Minister Mark Rutte can be quizzed over the apparent addition of €50 billion to the rescue package for Greece. ‘Last Friday, Rutte was talking in terms of 100 billion or so, including the contribution from the banks,’ says Irrgang. ‘Now it turns out that the European taxpayer and the IMF will be paying the whole of that sum, while it is becoming increasingly obvious that many banks have no interest in paying anything towards solving the problems which they themselves caused. I want Rutte to explain how this blunder could occur.”

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23 July 2011

'We are all Norwegians’

SP leader Emile Roemer has reacted with horror to the bomb attack and shootings in Norway, joining in the sentiments expressed by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt who expressed his solidarity with the words, ‘We are all Norwegians’. Roemer added that ‘a cowardly act such as this touches every free society. What happened yesterday in Norway can never be entirely ruled out in our own country.'

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21 July 2011

Debt crisis shouldn’t be an excuse to hand more powers to Europe

SP Member of Parliament Ewout Irrgang has strongly criticised the European approach to the debt crisis in Greece. ‘More money to Greece, with a minimal contribution from the banks,’ he says. ‘This money will help only the banks, not the Greeks and not the Dutch taxpayer.’

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20 July 2011

Hadzic’s arrest not enough to qualify Serbia for EU candidacy

SP Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel has reacted with delight to the arrest of war criminal Goran Hadžić. ‘This man has been pursued for years and it’s high time he was held responsible for his deeds,’ he says. Van Bommel stresses, however, that this does not mean that Serbia can become a member of the European Union. Hadžić’s arrest certainly meets an important demand which had to be fulfilled before an approach to the EU could be considered, but before membership can be discussed the country must take serious steps to combat corruption.

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20 July 2011

De Jong: Time still not ripe for open borders with Romania and Bulgaria

The European Commission today published its progress reports on Romania and Bulgaria. The reports show that corruption in these countries is still not being adequately dealt with, a conclusion reached by the Commission for the fifth year in succession since the two joined the European Union. ‘This means that internal border controls with these countries cannot yet be done away with,’ says SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong. “Moreover, the Commission should stop hesitating and pluck up the courage to suspend various subsidies until we see some real progress in the fight against corruption.’

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14 July 2011

EU must take action over billions lost in VAT fraud

Every year the European Union is defrauded of some €100bn in VAT. The fraud is effected via complicated constructs often involving different EU countries. During a parliamentary debate on the issue in May, SP Member of Parliament Farshad Bashir asked the government to take measures to prevent this, while MEP Dennis de Jong has urged the European Commission on a number of occasions to take more effective steps to tackle fraud. Nest week, De Jong will, he says, ‘put pressure on the Commission by proposing amendments to a report on the issue from the Internal Market Committee.´

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