The initial plan for €500 billion in grants was trimmed yesterday to about €350 billion in a compromise proposal aimed at persuading the Netherlands, but they still refused to budge. With Britain no longer a member, “the Dutch have taken over the British seat as the awkward bunch”, a French diplomat said.
Efforts by the German chancellor and President Macron, acting with unusual joint resolve, have tried to convince Mr Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, to soften demands that the countries that receive hundreds of billions of euros in outright grants commit to reforms to their labour markets. Tempers frayed before dawn yesterday as Mrs Merkel and Mr Macron walked out of the chamber lamenting the lack of European solidarity. Mr Rutte said they were being grumpy. “They ran off in a bad mood,” he said.
>Giuseppe Conte, the Italian prime minister, accused the Dutch and their allies of “blackmail”. He tweeted from the council chamber on Saturday night: “On the one hand, the overwhelming majority of countries — including the largest Germany, France, Spain, Italy — defending the . . . European project, and on the other, a few so-called ‘frugal’ countries.” >Enrico Letta, a recent Italian prime minister, said from Rome it was outrageous to lecture Italy and set conditions. “This is not about grasshoppers and ants,” he told French radio, referring to the north European view that the southern states brought on the 2011 euro crisis with their profligate ways. “The coronavirus happens to have hit the southern countries first. It’s not anything to do with them not being rigorous enough over the economy.”
pay denbts
Ian Hernandez
continental anglos aaaargh
Josiah Bennett
Based Dutchbros
Jayden Murphy
Britain dood wat nou?
Aiden Bell
uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-summit/europes-big-players-see-covid-recovery-deal-coming-as-summit-drags-on-idUKKCN24L046 >With talks going past midnight for two consecutive nights, French President Emmanuel Macron lost patience in the early hours of Monday and banged his fist on the table in frustration at “sterile blockages” by the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Austria, two diplomats said. Lmao is Macron a child? Based Dutchchads dabbing on EU povos, I miss the times when we would vote together to block gibs in the EU. Keep fighting the good fight.
>Viktor Orban has refused to countenance a Dutch-led requirement that the handout of relief funds carries the condition that the recipients guarantee democratic norms in their states. >Mr Rutte, defending the cause of a group of five wealthy northern nations — the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden and Denmark — sought to limit costs and impose strict reform guarantees. He came under criticism from Mr Macron, Italy and Hungary, whose prime minister asked why the Dutchman had such “hate” toward him. >“I don’t know what is the personal reason for the Dutch prime minister to hate me or Hungary, but he’s attacking so harshly and making it very clear that because Hungary, in his opinion, does not respect the rule of law it must be punished financially,” said Mr Orban.
why are dutch so mean to hungary??
Lincoln Thomas
Based Markitos and based indonesiaman too (forgot the name of the guy sorry)
Ryder Bennett
nooo, dutch monkeys explain yourselves
Leo King
why do meds always need gibs?
Jackson Hall
>Netherlands is basically a tax haven, a hug number of tax montages go through this country >"dumping" =being a tax haven is one of the main reasons people hate the eu for draining ressources states would otherwise have >when asked to do their share to help states hit with a disease that blocked the entire world they turn up their noses
We should just invade and gun down these ik ook cunts
>Dutch require member states to adhere to the Copenhagen Criteria so that increasingly illiberal Hungry can't get gibs >Other EU members are literally willing to sell out their principles and side with Hungary and their abuses on human rights for free gibs Wew EU members are actually whores for free money.
Mason Sullivan
You won't do shit you big nosed gallic faggot
Christian Watson
It's great how our penal colony new rif keeps making the EU seeth
Hunter Walker
based Dutch booty bandit
Easton Wright
>when asked to do their share to help states hit with a disease that blocked the entire world they turn up their noses why is it always us helping them and never other way around? it's really hard to argue benefits for the eu when you're always the one paying up everything