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	<title>The Amsterdam Post &#187; Dutch politics</title>
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		<title>Cabinet negotiator turns to left-centre-right option</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/23/cabinet-negotiator-turns-to-left-centre-right-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cabinet negotiator Uri Rosenthal will on Wednesday hold talks with the VVD, Christian Democrat and Labour leaders to assess the chances of forming a new coalition between the three parties.]]></description>
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		<title>Wilders urges CDA to join coalition talks immediately</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/15/wilders-urges-cda-to-join-coalition-talks-immediately/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/15/wilders-urges-cda-to-join-coalition-talks-immediately/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-Islam party PVV has called on the Christian Democrats to immediately join talks between his party and the Liberals VVD on forming a new government.]]></description>
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		<title>Complicated coalition talks ahead after right wing win</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/complicated-coalition-talks-ahead-after-right-wing-win/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/complicated-coalition-talks-ahead-after-right-wing-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 election made the Liberal Party(VVD) of Mark Rutte the largest in parliament with 31 seats.  A gain of 9, which is topped by Freedom Party(PVV) leader Geert Wilders, who gained whopping 15 seats. The PVV is now the third largest party with 24 seats, after the VVD and the Social-Democrats(PvdA) of Job Cohen, 30 seats, a loss of three.]]></description>
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		<title>Geert Wilders on course for Dutch cabinet seat</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/geert-wilders-on-course-for-dutch-cabinet-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/geert-wilders-on-course-for-dutch-cabinet-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Populist leader of Freedom party insists on government role after election breakthrough The Netherlands&#8217; Muslim-baiting maverick Geert Wilders has staked a strong claim to a seat in a new Dutch cabinet after almost tripling his party&#38;apos;s parliamentary presence in an election breakthrough. Wilders, the leader of the Freedom party, increased its seats from nine to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work starts on forming right-wing coalition</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/work-starts-on-forming-right-wing-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/work-starts-on-forming-right-wing-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leiden University professor Uri Rosenthal, the man appointed by queen Beatrix to begin putting together a new coalition government for the Netherlands, is to look at an alliance between the right-wing Liberals and anti-Islam PVV as his first priority. Beatrix has reported urged Rosenthal not to take too long given &#38;apos;the difficult situation the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Rutte emerges as new Dutch leader</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/mark-rutte-emerges-as-new-dutch-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/mark-rutte-emerges-as-new-dutch-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Rutte's face was absent during the election campaign, but on Thursday he appeared to have won the election, making his right-wing liberal party the biggest and himself the likely prime minister.]]></description>
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		<title>Election campaign enters final stages, PVV under fire</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/06/election-campaign-enters-final-stages-pvv-under-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/06/election-campaign-enters-final-stages-pvv-under-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Party leaders continued their war of words on Friday, with just four days of campaigning to go before the general election on June 9. In particular the PVV came under fire.]]></description>
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		<title>Will the real liberal please stand up</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/06/will-the-real-liberal-please-stand-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/06/will-the-real-liberal-please-stand-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes a liberal? The definition differs widely on the two opposite sides of the Atlantic, but even within the tiny Netherlands, political parties bicker over who is really entitled to use the term.]]></description>
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		<title>In Dutch election, Europe is not an issue</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/06/in-dutch-election-europe-is-not-an-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/06/in-dutch-election-europe-is-not-an-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe is rarely mentioned in the ongoing Dutch election campaign. Most parties seem to agree the European Union is necessary, even if they are loath to say so openly.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-immigration Wilders runs a muted campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/anti-immigration-wilders-runs-a-muted-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/anti-immigration-wilders-runs-a-muted-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 10:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Dutch election campaign centres on the economy, the populist Islam-basher Geert Wilders has lost momentum.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch parties support anti-discrimination amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/dutch-parties-support-anti-discrimination-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/dutch-parties-support-anti-discrimination-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 06:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A majority of the Dutch parliament supports a bill to be submitted by opposition party Democrats 66 which would make it illegal for school governors to discriminate against homosexual teachers and students. The Democrats want to scrap the "sole fact" construction from the existing anti-discrimination legislation.]]></description>
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		<title>All about soundbites: a philosophical look at the failure of the left</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/all-about-soundbites-a-philosophical-look-at-the-failure-of-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/all-about-soundbites-a-philosophical-look-at-the-failure-of-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 06:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch labour party leader, Job Cohen, is losing ground. But his attitude in the election campaign is exemplary for left-wing politicians. They prefer not to play along with this game called politics.]]></description>
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		<title>PVV ready to rule with CDA, VVD: Rutte doubts PVV economic policy</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/pvv-ready-to-rule-with-cda-vvd-rutte-doubts-pvv-economic-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/31/pvv-ready-to-rule-with-cda-vvd-rutte-doubts-pvv-economic-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 06:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While a post-election coalition with Geert Wilders anti-Islam PVV party could not be ruled out, the PVV is a left-wing party in terms of the economy, Liberal leader Mark Rutte said at the weekend.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Purple coalition very unlikely&#8217; says Liberal leader Rutte</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/25/purple-coalition-very-unlikely-says-liberal-leader-rutte/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/25/purple-coalition-very-unlikely-says-liberal-leader-rutte/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new purple coalition - a combination of the two Liberal parties and Labour - is "extremely unlikely" , VVD leader Mark Rutte said during Sunday's televised election debate.]]></description>
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		<title>Who will be the next Dutch prime minister?</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/25/who-will-be-the-next-dutch-prime-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/25/who-will-be-the-next-dutch-prime-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands will go to the polls to choose a new parliament on June 9. But although, officially, Dutch voters will only be electing the 150 members of de Tweede Kamer, the real race will be fought out between the contenders for the highest Dutch office, that of prime minister.]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates clash in first TV election debate</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/25/candidates-clash-in-first-tv-election-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/25/candidates-clash-in-first-tv-election-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Rutte has come out on top of the first live television debate between Dutch political leaders. A majority of viewers said he won the TV contest between the leaders of the four largest parties.

Mr Rutte’s conservative VVD party is building on a solid lead in the opinion polls. Just two and a half weeks from election day, he is the clear favourite to be in the position of forming a coalition after the 9 June election.]]></description>
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		<title>Extramarital affair ends Dutch spin doctor&#8217;s political career</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/17/extramarital-affair-ends-dutch-spin-doctors-political-career/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/17/extramarital-affair-ends-dutch-spin-doctors-political-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 21:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sex scandals are rare in Dutch politics, but now an affair with an aide has floored deputy minister and prominent Christian democrat Jack de Vries, just weeks before the general election.]]></description>
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		<title>Junior defence minister De Vries resigns over affair</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/16/junior-defence-minister-de-vries-resigns-over-affair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/16/junior-defence-minister-de-vries-resigns-over-affair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 10:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junior defence minister Jack de Vries resigned on Friday afternoon following revelations he is having an affair with a defence ministry aide.]]></description>
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		<title>D66 leader hints at pre-election coalition pact, polls go purple</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/09/d66-leader-hints-at-pre-election-coalition-pact-polls-go-purple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/09/d66-leader-hints-at-pre-election-coalition-pact-polls-go-purple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 12:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[D66 leader Alexander Pechtold backs the idea of a pre-election pact between a number of parties who pledge to work together and form a coalition in the run up to the June 9 election.]]></description>
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		<title>New Labour Leader keeps option open over Afghan mission</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/03/new-labour-leader-keeps-option-for-afghan-mission-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/03/new-labour-leader-keeps-option-for-afghan-mission-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 09:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Labour leader (PvdA) Job Cohen keeps the option open to support a police training mission to Uruzgan in Afghanistan. Cohen is also ready to talk about the protection force to accompany the police mission.

Cohen made these remarks in a Sunday evening televised interview with the KRO.

It is again a curious turn of events in the debate around the Dutch role in Afghanistan. Barely two months ago the CDA/ PvdA cabinet fell over an extended military mission in Uruzgan in line with Nato proposals.]]></description>
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		<title>For Dutch Jews, Wilders is A &#8216;delicate subject&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/29/for-dutch-jews-wilders-is-a-delicate-subject/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/29/for-dutch-jews-wilders-is-a-delicate-subject/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geert Wilders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch Jewish community is divided over Geert Wilders, the controversial populist politician. He is a staunch supporter of Israel, but many feel his treatment of Muslims brings back unpleasant memories.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Labor Party’s Rise May Hinder Anti-Islam Party</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/26/dutch-labor-party%e2%80%99s-rise-may-hinder-anti-islam-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/26/dutch-labor-party%e2%80%99s-rise-may-hinder-anti-islam-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising support for the Dutch opposition Labor Party is putting it in a dead heat with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende’s Christian Democrats and may block an anti-Islam party’s bid for power in June elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Election campaigns kick off with the big three party conferences</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/26/election-campaigns-kick-off-with-the-big-three-party-conferences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/26/election-campaigns-kick-off-with-the-big-three-party-conferences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The top three parties in the polls - Labour (PvdA), the Christian Democrats (CDA) and Liberals (VVD) - kicked off their election campaigns at the weekend with parties conferences and rousing speeches by their leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch parties plan to cut EU budget contribution</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/12/dutch-parties-plan-to-cut-eu-budget-contribution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/12/dutch-parties-plan-to-cut-eu-budget-contribution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch liberal party, the VVD, wants the Netherlands to cut its contribution to the EU budget by almost half in a move popular with voters.]]></description>
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		<title>Social tension up with Unions demanding pay rise</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/12/social-tension-up-with-unions-asking-payrise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/12/social-tension-up-with-unions-asking-payrise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unions are threatening to go on strike in several sectors if employers don't give in to pay rise demands. Employers on the other hand want to freeze wages in light of the economic crisis. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamentalist Christian party must let women become MPs</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/09/fundamentalist-christian-party-must-let-women-become-mps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/09/fundamentalist-christian-party-must-let-women-become-mps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fundamentalist Christian party SGP must stop refusing to allow women to stand for parliament as MPs, the high court ruled on Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Labour manifesto calls for lower mortgage tax relief, new top tax</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/08/labour-manifesto-calls-for-lower-mortgage-tax-relief-new-top-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/08/labour-manifesto-calls-for-lower-mortgage-tax-relief-new-top-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savings totalling €20m over the next five years, a new top income tax tariff of 60% and a reduction in mortagage tax relief are at the heart of the Labour party´s manifesto for the June 9 general election.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch politicians campaign on a shoestring</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/07/dutch-politicians-campaign-on-a-shoestring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/07/dutch-politicians-campaign-on-a-shoestring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political parties in the Netherlands spend a pittance on their campaigns compared to those in other countries. Corporate donations are “not done”.]]></description>
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		<title>CDA to leave mortgage tax relief untouched</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/29/cda-to-leave-mortgage-tax-relief-untouched/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/29/cda-to-leave-mortgage-tax-relief-untouched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current tax break on mortgages, which allows home owners to deduct all their mortgage interest payments from tax, remains untouched in the Christian Democrats election manifesto.]]></description>
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		<title>Muslims quietly take Wilders&#8217; abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/26/muslims-quietly-take-wilders-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/26/muslims-quietly-take-wilders-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insult after insult is hurled at Dutch Muslims by a member of parliament . Why aren&apos;t they standing up against him?

Day in and day out, Dutch Muslims are told their religion is "a fascist ideology" and "a threat to Dutch society". They hear their "so-called prophet Muhammad" is "a barbarian, a mass murderer and a paedophile", or words to that effect. The indignities come from a member of parliament: Geert Wilders.]]></description>
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		<title>D66 call for pension age hike by 2024</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/22/d66-call-for-pension-age-hike-by-2024/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/22/d66-call-for-pension-age-hike-by-2024/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An increase in the state pension age to 67, spending cuts of €15bn over the next four years and limits to mortgage tax relief are among the main policy initiatives in the D66 election manifesto, party chairman Joris Backer told tv show Buitenhof on Sunday.]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Democrat says Balkenende must go</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/17/christian-democrat-says-balkenende-must-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/17/christian-democrat-says-balkenende-must-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Christian Democrats argue over the position of party leader Jan Peter Balkenende, more politicians are set to stand down at the next election.]]></description>
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		<title>Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Wilders channels anger</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/17/ayaan-hirsi-ali-wilders-channels-anger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/17/ayaan-hirsi-ali-wilders-channels-anger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ayaan Hirsi Ali has returned to the Netherlands with the same message as when she left: Islam needs its own period of 'Enlightenment'. Ms Hirsi Ali is back for one week to promote her most recent book, Nomad. It's her first substantial visit since leaving the Dutch parliament four years ago to live in the United States.]]></description>
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		<title>New Labour leader Cohen: hard man, soft touch</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/15/new-labour-leader-cohen-hard-man-soft-touch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/15/new-labour-leader-cohen-hard-man-soft-touch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam, announced on Friday he hoped to be leading Labour in the next elections. What kind of leader is he?]]></description>
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		<title>Cohen tops polls as people&#8217;s favourite</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/14/cohen-tops-polls-as-peoples-favourite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/14/cohen-tops-polls-as-peoples-favourite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen is by far the people's favourite choice for prime minister, according to two opinion polls carried out shortly after he announced his candidacy for Labour party leader.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Political Landscape overhauled</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/12/dutch-political-landscape-overhauled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/12/dutch-political-landscape-overhauled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the comming of Job Cohen as the new leader of the Labour Party PvdA, the Dutch political landscape will be completely overhauled.
The present leader and former finance minister Wouter Bos decided after the collapse of his government and the loss in the local elections for the Labour movement to resign as party leader and candidate prime minister. His main motive was his desire to raise his young children. He doesn't want to miss their education in their formative years.

By Daan Diederiks - The Amsterdam Post]]></description>
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		<title>Wouter Bos stands down as Labour leader</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/12/wouter-bos-stands-down-as-labour-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/12/wouter-bos-stands-down-as-labour-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouter Bos is standing down as leader of the Labour party and will not take the party into the June general election campaign.

Bos told a surprise news conference on Friday morning he is to leave the party for personal reasons.]]></description>
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		<title>D66 founder Hans van Mierlo dies</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/12/d66-founder-hans-van-mierlo-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/12/d66-founder-hans-van-mierlo-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hans van Mierlo, the man seen as the founding father of the Liberal democratic party D66, has died at the age of 78. Read more &#62;&#62; &#124; DutchNews.nl &#8211; D66 founder Hans van Mierlo dies. See also &#62;&#62; &#124; NRC- Handelsblad &#8211; Hans van Mierlo, changer of Dutch politics, dies at 78]]></description>
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		<title>Keep the PVV&#8217;s Dutch gains in perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/09/keep-the-pvvs-dutch-gains-in-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/09/keep-the-pvvs-dutch-gains-in-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands is a fragmented country – neither a liberal paradise nor swept up in mass far-right fervour The media have recycled the same headlines following Dutch elections for about a decade now, and similar observations are regularly trumpeted in international newspapers. Part of me thinks they actually just run the same articles, updating the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour, CDA, neck and neck in new poll</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/08/labour-cda-neck-and-neck-in-new-poll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/08/labour-cda-neck-and-neck-in-new-poll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new poll by Maurice de Hond puts the Labour party (PvdA) and CDA neck and neck on 24 seats, with Geert Wilders anti-Islam PVV still in first place on 27. The internet panel poll gives Labour a nine-seat boost since it pulled out of the government two weeks ago. The 24-seat total for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch anti-Islam politician creates stir in UK</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/07/dutch-anti-islam-politician-creates-stir-in-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/07/dutch-anti-islam-politician-creates-stir-in-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch anti-Islam maverick Geert Wilders took his cinematic assault on the Quran to Britain&#8217;s House of Lords on Friday, sparking heated debate inside the building and angry protests outside. The invitation to Parliament, and Wilders&#8217; stunning political gains in the Netherlands this week, highlight a growing dichotomy in Europe: concern at the increasing number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilders, Not Islam, &#8216;Is Holland&#8217;s Biggest Problem&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/05/wilders-not-islam-is-hollands-biggest-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geert Wilders and his anti-Islam Freedom Party party did well in Dutch municipal elections on Wednesday. Still, despite the attention the populist party attracts, it still has a long way to go if it wants power on the national stage, say German commentators. read more &#62;&#62; &#124; Der Spiegel Online]]></description>
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		<title>Agnes Kant quits as Socialist Party leader</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/05/gnes-kant-quits-as-socialist-party-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agnes Kant, leader of the Socialist Party, has resigned following the party&#8217;s poor showing in the local elections. In a statement, Kant said that her departure was connected to the &#8216;poor election results and the low opinion poll rating&#8217; and her own performance as figurehead of the party. Read more &#62;&#62; &#124; DutchNews.nl &#8211; Agnes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pressure mounts on CDA leader Balkenende</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/05/ressure-mounts-on-cda-leader-balkenende/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior Christian Democrat officials are openly doubting whether prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende should lead the party into the June election, various media report on Thursday evening. The CDA were one of the big losers in Wednesday&#8217;s local elections, shedding 182 seats. And one opinion poll showed the party is set to lose 12 of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geert Wilders is major winner in Dutch polls</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/04/geert-wilders-is-major-winner-in-dutch-polls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders scored major gains in local elections on Wednesday, making him a serious challenger for power in the June national election, preliminary results showed. In the first test of public opinion since the collapse of prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende&#8217;s coalition government last month, Wilders&#8217;s populist Party for Freedom (PVV) led [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blond bombshell Geert Wilders returns to Britain, looking for a fight</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/03/blond-bombshell-geert-wilders-returns-to-britain-looking-for-a-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boyish, topped with a bouffant mane of bleached blond hair, cheerful and cherubic, Geert Wilders is the unlikely new face of the far Right in Europe. But appearances are deceptive. The leader of the Dutch anti-immigration Freedom Party has emerged as one of the most divisive politicians in Europe, the purveyor of a virulent brand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilders goes for headscarf ban in the Hague</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/02/26/wilders-goes-for-headscarf-ban-in-the-hague/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ban on headscarves for city council workers and in all institutions and clubs which get local authority money will be the most important point in the PVV´s negotiations to join governing coalitions in Almere and the Hague, says party leader Geert Wilders. Speaking to RTL news, Wilders said the ban would be central to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Government Collapses Over Its Stance on Troops for Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/02/21/dutch-government-collapses-over-its-stance-on-troops-for-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[last-ditch effort to keep Dutch troops in Afghanistan brought down the governing coalition in the Netherlands early Saturday, immediately raising fears that the Western military coalition fighting the war is increasingly at risk. “If the Dutch go, which is the implication of all this, that could open the floodgates for other Europeans to say, ‘The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch government collapses over Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/02/20/dutch-government-collapses-over-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[he Dutch government collapsed in the early hours of Saturday morning over Labour&#8217;s insistence that the Netherlands pull out of Afghanistan this year. After two days of intensive talks and a bitter parliamentary debate, it had become increasingly clear the gulf between prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende and deputy prime minister Wouter Bos was too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency debate on Afghanistan today</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/02/18/emergency-debate-on-afghanistan-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[rime minister Jan Peter Balkenende and deputy premier Wouter Bos will debate the future of the Dutch mission in Afghanistan in parliament this afternoon, as speculation grows that the cabinet is about to collapse. The debate was called by Socialist Party leader Agnes Kant, who said she wanted to get to the bottom of the [...]]]></description>
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