miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2012

The Netherlands and politics... another victim of the economical crisis

So, now we have another eletions to analyze soon. It's dutch elections. Due to the economical crisis, Mark Rutte couldn't convince the Parliament to approve austerity measures with strong economical impact, and on 23rd. april he handed his resignation to the country’s Queen. The Prime Minister of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (conservative-liberal political party) decided to resign after 7 weeks of negotiation with the ultra conservative part of the Freedom Party, mainly the leader, Geert Wilders. This part of the party  withdrew support for Rutte’s minority Liberal and Christian Democrat government, becoming Rutte's situation unsustainable.

In my point of view, it's not a problem to see another government falling down because of the economical crisis, but the frequency of it in this part of Europe. In the Netherlands, for instance, the last government dismissed was in 2010, just 2 years ago due to the impass about dutch military participation in war in Afganisthan. Another example can be Belgium, which has stayed with an interim government during 196 days in 2007-2008. This record is only lower comparing with the Netherlands themselves, which have stayed in the same situation during 208 days in 1977.

The question is: How can they stay without a stable government, but keeping so well State's structures?

Maybe it's time to re-think some concepts...

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