Netherlands

No more than two days were needed for the CETA text, only just signed in front of the cameras, to be rejected again. The German Greens announced their intention of blocking its ratification, in its present form, in the Bundesrat, something that is within their capacities given the way that its system functions. Is the participation of the Bundesrat indispensable for ratification of the treaty? German jurists are working on this question, and it is thorny.

Speaking in Germany today, President Obama has strongly defended the TTIP, the new important tool of multinationals' power over societies, asking for the treaty...

Negotiations on the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership could soon end up in a fast track process which may see the treaty between...

By NIGEL FARAGE Today's Dutch referendum on the EU's expansionist agreement with Ukraine really is the people's referendum. It wasn't triggered by politicians or political...

ROEMER: "REFERENDUM RESULT IS A VICTORY FOR UKRAINE FOR THE NETHERLANDS AND FOR EUROPE" A large majority of the voters has said 'no' to the...

EUROPEAN UNION leaders were tonight plotting to override the democratic wishes of the Dutch people and plough ahead with a rejected plan to tighten...

by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos Dutch voters spoke again, as they had spoken in June 2005, when they rejected, along with French voters, the proposed European Constitutional...

Dutch Vote on EU-Ukraine Deal Could Send Ripples Through Europe On Wednesday, Netherlands will vote to support or reject EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, a...

by Rene Cuperus Germany’s Dutch neighbors are following its refugee debate closely and with a mixture of admiration, astonishment and confusion. Before “Cologne” we had...