Thursday, September 13, 2012

Centrists Are The Surprising Winners In Dutch Elections



Surprise Election Triumph For Dutch Centrists -- The Australian

DUTCH voters have given a resounding slap to anti-Brussels Eurosceptic parties, re-electing centrist Prime Minister Mark Rutte to complete a surprisingly bright week for supporters of the embattled euro common currency.

Populists of the hard Left and far Right dominated the early stages of the Dutch election campaign with promises to stop supporting the German-led policy of fiscal austerity at home and expensive bailouts for struggling southern neighbours such as Greece and Portugal.

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More News On The Dutch Election

Dutch prepare for coalition government
-- CBC/AP
Dutch Rivals Set for Coalition Talks -- Wall Street Journal
Dutch election: Pro-Europe VVD and Labour parties win -- BBC
Dutch PM wins election, tough fiscal stance likely -- Reuters
Dutch voters go centrist, shun euroskepticism -- Christian Science Monitor
Netherlands election analysis: Dutch show faith in Europe -- Anna Holligan, BBC News
Dutch Election Shows Europe Hasn’t Lost Its Mind -- Yet -- Marc Champion, Bloomberg

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