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	QuirksBlog - Politics
		Dutch politics: the Rules of the Game, and an attempted coup in the VVD
		In my continuing series on Dutch politics I present the next background page: The Rules of the Game, in which I discuss government, parliament, elections, and coalitions.
		Today the first installment: The Ins and Outs, in which the three large parties and their dance around the centre of power are introduced.
	www.quirksmode.org /blog/archives/politics (259 words)

	Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dutch workers were conscripted for labour in German factories, civilians were killed in reprisal for attacks on German soldiers, and the countryside was plundered for food for German soldiers in the Netherlands and for shipment to Germany.
		Political scientists consider the Netherlands to be a classic example of a consociational state, traditionally explained by the necessity since the early Middle Ages for different social groups to cooperate in order to fight the water; illustrated by the authority of the Dijkgraven (regional dyke inspector general) over the local nobility.
		Another Dutch dialect granted the status of regional language is Limburgish, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of Limburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Netherlands (5191 words)

	Peaktalk - Dutch Politics Archives
		The questions that were raised in the Dutch press about the likelihood that security arrangements around Hirsi Ali were in actual fact being used to put her in political isolation.
		The Dutch security services arranged, as a precautionary measure, for her to disappear from the public scene, which resulted in two separate overseas stays in the northeastern US and a brief sojourn in Germany.
		The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled last week that the earlier decision by the Court of the City of Amsterdam - the one that evicted Ayaan from her apartment in The Hague - needs to be revisited.
	www.peaktalk.com /archives/cat_dutch_politics.php (10719 words)

	Biblography on Party Politics in the Netherlands, 1950-1962
		In light of the communal (verzuild) nature of Dutch society and politics, where each socio-religious group has its own party, it is not surprising that the "party composition" codes (3--) are overrepresented in relation to the others.
		The "political history of the party" code (140) is used frequently because the major parties have deep roots in Dutch history.
		For foreigners the issues of Dutch politics do not seem to arouse feelings of relevance to personal political views, although Catholics are sympathetic to the idea of a Catholic political party.
	www.janda.org /ICPP/ICPP1980/Book/PART3/26-NetherlandsBib.html (984 words)

	Dutch politics breaks taboo on talking about immigration
		With political correctness here in shreds, and multiculturalism often defined for the time being more as a problem than as an enrichment, the Dutch are basically choosing from mainstream candidates who have all marked out ground rules for how Muslim immigrants must integrate into and assume the obligations of the Dutch humanist tradition.
		Last May, when the old politics were still in sway (and after Fortuyn's murder), a coalition, including the populist's party, ousted the government that had been led by the Social Democrat Wim Kok.
		While de Vries said Dutch voters had no particular awareness of the exceptional aspects of their election debate — he personally agreed with the premise that it was unique in Europe — Bolkestein insisted in an interview that it would soon be coming to the rest of the EU countries.
	www.iht.com /articles/2003/01/20/dutch_ed3_.php (1125 words)

	The Globalist \| Global Politics -- The Dutch PR Problem
		From Somali immigrant to Dutch Member of Parliament, Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s life seemed a story of the progress and hope possible only in a liberal democratic state — until she began receiving death threats from Islamic fundamentalists and ultimately saw her Dutch citizenship revoked.
		Dutch ambassadors around the world have now been ordered to get to work at counteracting this alarming assault on the traditional Dutch standing as international paragon of all that is good and tolerant.
		Dutch values appear to be hiding inside a self-image that is little more than fantasy — a fantasy the world has accepted without challenge.
	www.theglobalist.com /printStoryId.aspx?StoryId=5337 (1268 words)

	Politics Central: The Divided Dutch Right: Or how an opportunity to effect change is being squandered
		There were many other articles in the international media that suggested that the Dutch had lost their appetite for good old fashioned left-of-center political correctness and were voting en groupe for neo-con inspired change in the wake of failed integration policies.
		Ali, the newest addition to the American Enterprise Institute’s team of scholars, was cruelly offered up for political expediency by her fellow party member and hardline immigration minister Rita Verdonk.
		Still, ideologically they may not be that far apart, and the various groupings together or under the banner of a reformed VVD could be able to offer the Dutch voter a realistic alternative to the traditional left-of-center option where the Dutch have been stuck for most of the last four decades.
	politicscentral.com /2006/08/31/the_divided_dutch_right_or_how.php (995 words)

	The Amsterdam Post Dutch Politics index
		The Dutch will fulfil their duties in defending Turkey with patriot missiles and the government will help rebuilding Iraq under UN flag.
		The Dutch Labour Party is miles from the "New" Labour of Tony Blair.
		The Dutch voted the Christian- Democrats of Jan- Peter Balkenende into government and defied the governing coalition of Prime Minister Wim Kok consisting of Labour, Liberals (VVD) and social Liberals (D66).
	www.theamsterdampost.com /Dossier/dutch_politics/index.htm (1962 words)

	DutchReport
		The political correct “sorry culture” when they are dealing with the multicultural drama is just one example of that seizure of The Netherlands by that same political elite.
		That the Dutch government neglects her responsibilities is a directly caused by a changed conception of its duties.
		The Dutch Socialist could not be convinced by foreign affairs minister Bot who said that he would use the mission to maximize the pressure on the American to change the legal position of the enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan.
	dutchreport.blogspot.com (11282 words)

	Slashdot \| Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics
		As some commentators remarked (for our Dutch readers, Rob Oudkerk among them), and consistent with what I hear around me, it is the waffling and trying to be everyone's friend of the centrist parties that drove voters to vote for politician that were actually willing to stand up for their beliefs.
		Major politics parties are the result of a concensus of a large subsection of society, as a result they must be fairly moderate since extreme views would alienate large portions of their base who do not share those views.
		I don't know about politics, but I'd be interested in trying out a website where you answer a few belief questions and it determines the best existing religion that fits your own beliefs, questions compiled from an analysis of the belief systems of all known religions and their differences.
	politics.slashdot.org /politics/06/11/23/2054248.shtml (6602 words)

	Cartoons Politics News
		Leaders say it was more than just dirty politics in a byelection race full...
		Most people only know about politics from what the news or their parents say...
		It looks like he may have found his place in politics and for the party...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/News/Politics/Cartoons (297 words)

	-- MONAS.nl -- article - the death of furtune (dutch politics and the 'case Fortuyn') (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In 1994 (I think) he got the idea of a political career in his head when a former prime-minister (Ruud Lubbers) tells him that he would be a good president.
		Fact is that he wanted a lot of changes in Dutch politics, not only in the immigration policy.
		BUT, politics will never be the same again and some things are (back) on the agenda and as Fortuyn used to say: "even when I don't get one single vote, I at least made certain subjects discussable again".
	www.monas.nl /think/fortune.htm (2780 words)

	Eshin Direct » Archive » A Dark Day for Dutch Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Whether he was anti-immigrant or not, it was an attack on the Dutch value system and political process that is central to it operating as a democratic society.
		It has damaged more our political system and threatened a workable multicultural society than instill grief in me. With the resignation of the Dutch cabinet, last month, over something that I believe that they should not have resigned for, it makes this past month something to wonder about.
		Politics in Europe are not what they used to be…or maybe they have never really changed.
	www.eshindirect.com /a-dark-day-for-dutch-politics (702 words)

	Dutch politics explained
		The Hague - The Dutch government has fallen apart after the smallest coalition party D66 withdrew its support and its ministers because of the immigration minister's handling of the citizenship of a Somali-born former Dutch lawmaker.
		Under Dutch state law it is common to call for new elections within three months of a government's resignation, but these may be postponed if a cabinet continues to govern without the minister(s) which have resigned.
		Head of state Queen Beatrix, after discussions with representatives from political parties, may ask Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende to proceed governing the country with the VVD and CDA ministers, but without the two D66 ministers, in a so-called rump cabinet.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1960646,00.html (405 words)

	Christian Politics according to Abraham Kuyper
		It may therefore be helpful to take a look at his life and his political thought, in order to seek to understand something of the roots of the contemporary evangelical political movement.
		Thus politics and the State are unnatural developments in human history, the State being a mechanical structure imposed upon the natural organic relationships that bind men together.
		As a result, he produces a political theory that is neither radical nor conservative, but which has the potential to be a truly Christian third way, incorporating true understanding of man's state found in both radical and conservative theories.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~nurelweb/papers/irving/kuyperp.html (3437 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Vote fragments Dutch politics
		The Dutch used to go in for consensus politics, but a swing from the centre to the margins in the latest election has left even seasoned observers scratching their heads.
		Political observers expect a long round of negotiations this time too.
		Dutch voters, like Arno Heltzel, an aid agency worker, are used to this sort of thing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/6175956.stm (660 words)

	DaVinci: Society> Politics> Parties
		But to blame it simply on the compulsions of coalition politics is a little too...
		The Republicans, the more conservative of the two dominant parties in US politics, are considered to be more pro-business, but Malara emphasises that the ASA...
		The visiting envoy said he would like to encourage the leaders of political parties to resolve their differences in the political process through dialogue.
	www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Society/Politics/Parties (588 words)

	D9D1E2 - weblog - Dutch politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The murder on Pim Fortuyn; the LPF and the 2002 Dutch general elections; the Balkenende I cabinet.
		The 2003 Dutch general elections; the Balkenende II cabinet.
		The Balkenende II cabinet; the aftermath of the murder on Theo van Gogh.
	www.d9d1e2.com /dutch (139 words)

	0337-Week of September 16, 2003
		A year and a half ago, the placid politics of the Netherlands were thrown into turmoil by a series of events, which changed them forever.
		Hilversum is the Dutch equivalent of Middle America: middle-sized, middle income, middle of the road.
		DUTCH MAN ON THE STREET #1: He was a very smooth talker and we needed a person that stands up because it was all flat and boring.
	www.commongroundradio.org /shows/03/0337.shtml (7367 words)

	USATODAY.com - Slain politician turned around Dutch politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — With a bluntness unknown in Dutch politics, Pim Fortuyn attacked immigration, high taxes and low government performance, and managed in less than a year to shift the political agenda of the Netherlands.
		Touting Dutch nationalism, Fortuyn decried the loss of national identity within the European Union and cautioned about an ill-considered expansion to include Eastern European countries.
		While most Europeans looked on Dutch public services with envy, Fortuyn hammered the government for allowing long waiting lists to build for health services, for ever-increasing traffic jams and for a common feeling that education levels were falling.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/05/07/fortuyn-obit.htm (543 words)

	JTW Comment by Nermin Aydemir : : Remarks over Dutch Politics before Municipal Elections
		The CP was also quite away from being a popular party in the Dutch parliament as it had just four MPs during its entire history.
		Fortuyn was a university professor in sociology and had began his political career not from the right but from the extreme left of the spectrum.
		The Dutch were uneasy with the multicultural discourse of the elites for a long time but as said before nobody dared to touch the taboos before Mr.
	www.turkishweekly.net /nermin.php?id=147 (1209 words)

	Online NewsHour: Dutch Elections -- May 16, 2002
		A look at the victory of the political right in the recent Dutch elections, and what it may portend for the rest of Europe.
		Not even a week after the nationalist professor at the head of an upstart political movement was buried amidst national mourning, his followers, members of the party called Pim Fortyn's List, are now waiting to see if they'll be included in the new Dutch government.
		Instead of trying to be politically correct and trying to appease everyone, like the way it has been done for years, he just said, well, listen, we're full, this country is full.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/jan-june02/dutch_5-16.htm (1366 words)

	Politics of the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Furthermore all legislation that is not a law in the strict sense of the word (such as policy guidelines or laws proposed by provincial or municipal government) can be tested on their constitutionality.
		The major political parties are CDA, PvdA, SP and VVD.
		Since the elections of 2006, the SP (Socialit Party), is also a major political faction in the Tweede Kamer, with 25 seats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_the_Netherlands (3256 words)

	Peaktalk - DUTCH POLITICS 101
		In practice this is a party of the center and it makes its political moves depending on which way the wind is blowing.
		Americans, pay attention, the religious right is well represented in Dutch politics to the extent that there are two separate parties that carry out the message of the bible being the guidebook for society.
		They are on the right of the political spectrum and socially conservative so you can imagine what their life is like in a country that has embraced abortion, gay marriage and a law that has enacted lawful procedures for mercy deaths.
	www.peaktalk.com /archives/000249.php (1000 words)

	Politics News
		ePolitixLabour's politics of fear will repel voters, says Lib DemGuardian Unlimited, UK - 9 hours agoThe government's use of "the politics of fear" will increase cynicism among voters and discourage them from having their say, the Liberal Democrats' home...
		Fidelis Oditah, contesting the governorship race in Delta State where over 30 aspirants are on the queue, says he decided to venture into politics because of...
		Don Brash has announced he is quitting politics altogether, a week after giving up the National Party leadership.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/News/Politics (384 words)

	CNN.com - Dutch government collapses - Oct. 16, 2002
		The Dutch government has collapsed after less than 100 days in office amid disagreements in the three-party coalition and feuding within the party of murdered maverick Pim Fortuyn.
		"We don't want to get involved in internal Dutch politics but it is very important that next week's Brussels European Council (summit) sticks to the timetable for enlargement agreed in Seville," said a spokesman for the Danish government, which holds the rotating EU presidency.
		But a Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesman said an interim cabinet could offer its support at the summit after reaching a decision and getting parliament's approval.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/10/16/dutch.government/index.html (889 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Who's who in Dutch politics
		Until relatively recently it had dominated the Dutch political scene, playing a part in every coalition government from 1918 to 1994.
		As well as its much publicised anti-immigration stance, it wants to integrate existing immigrants, re-erect Dutch border controls, dramatically reduce the number of Dutch civil servants, and reduce the level of Dutch contributions to the European Union.
		The Dutch Labour Party is a moderate, social democratic party.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1985456.stm (878 words)

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