Courtesy of Mish.
European nannycrats breathed a sigh of relief following the re-election of Dutch Liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte on September 12.
The results “will likely inject a little more confidence into parts of the European political elite” as they step up efforts to contain the debt crisis, David Mackie, chief European economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London, wrote today. “The risks of the Netherlands changing policy direction in a fundamental way appear to have receded, doubtless to private sighs of relief in Berlin and elsewhere.”
Really?
Reader Bert who lives in the Netherlands analyzed the actual stated positions of every member of the Dutch parliament and came up with this analysis. Bert writes …
Hello Mish
As you can see in the table below, according to statements made by political party leaders in the past few weeks, 81 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament will vote against any future bailout of Greece. The same thing is likely should the ESM need additional funds for other countries.
Here is my interpretation.
VVD ( classical liberal / conservative)
Party leader and current prime minister made several time’s a clear statement: “note a dime to Greece anymore” and got support from Wolfgang Schäubele (German finance minister) for that statement.PVV (freedom party)
Is totally against the Euro and even the EU in its current formSP (socialistic / maoistic party)…



