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10 July 2012

De Jong: European Parliament rejects further liberalisation of airport ground services

SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong describes today’s vote in the European Parliament against further liberalisation of ground services at airports as ‘an important turnaround’. The Parliament’s Internal Market Committee, usually hugely enthusiastic when it comes to liberalisation, came out against the European Commission’s proposal for extending the liberalisation of baggage handling services at airports, when it voted on the measure today. ‘That even this committee sees no advantage to further liberalisation means an important ideological turnaround,’ says De Jong. ‘The vote was unanimous and thus breaks a trend that has been prevalent for many years, an important and hopeful sign in the midst of a crisis which broke out during recent years as a result of neoliberal policies.’

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5 July 2012

SP: European Parliament still throwing money around

The European Parliament yesterday approved by a large majority the mandate for the negotiations between the member states and the European Commission on the 2013 EU budget. While, on instructions from Brussels, almost all member states have adopted draconian austerity policies, the European Parliament is maintaining its resolve to add 6.8% to the total sum.

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3 July 2012

No aid to banks from ESM without approval of Parliament

The Dutch government will bring a proposal before both houses of Parliament before granting aid to banks from the European Stability Mechanism emergency fund. The proposal will have to be approved by Parliament before the government grants such aid. This commitment was made by Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager speaking in the Senate – the upper house of Parliament – in reaction to a motion presented by the SP’s Senate group.

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2 July 2012

Stop the foreign jollies for mayors and councillors

Secretary of State for Development Cooperation Ben Knapen should end subsidies for foreign trips by mayors and councillors, which do nothing to promote the effectiveness of development cooperation projects.

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30 June 2012

SP leader Roemer to party congress: ‘We will not leave the Netherlands in the hands of the right’

'Rutte woke sweating from his dream of Roemer pushing the buttons of the cash dispenser. But who’s pushing the buttons now? For emergency funds and guarantees? Not us. Just ask all of these bankers and highly-paid managers where the cash dispenser is to be found. Mark, I can put your mind at rest. If the SP is soon sitting in the Prime Minister’s residence, sleeping pills will still be available on prescription.’ So said SP leader Emile Roemer in a message to Prime mInister Mark Rutte during his speech today to the XIXth Congress of the SP.

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29 June 2012

Roemer: 'EU summit is a major step in the wrong direction’

SP leader Emile Roemer has described himself as ‘far from satisfied’ by the outcome of this week’s European Council summit. In his view, what has in reality been decided is to establish a banking union. In addition, Council President Herman van Rompuy is seizing the opportunity to develop his ideas on a federal Europe. ‘Soon everything will revolve around bankrupt banks, without the banking sector first being tackled by the government of the country in question,’ says Roemer. ‘A very bad development. It’s unbelievable that our own Prime Minister Mark Rutte voted for this, given that it stands completely at odds to what he told Parliament earlier in the week.’'

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