{"id":23004,"date":"2017-02-25T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T00:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23004"},"modified":"2017-02-25T19:42:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T00:42:39","slug":"dutch-parliament-to-debate-leaving-the-eurozone-nexit-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23004","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Parliament to Debate Leaving the Eurozone: Nexit on the Way?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-title\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/mishtalk.com\/2017\/02\/25\/dutch-parliament-to-debate-leaving-the-eurozone-nexit-on-the-way\/\">Dutch Parliament to Debate Leaving the Eurozone: Nexit on the\u00a0Way?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"post-content clear-fix\">\n<div class=\"post-entry\">\n<p>Potential\u00a0Eurozone disruption possibilities keep compounding. The Netherlands Parliament will now debate leaving the Eurozone.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Netherlands Parliament will now debate leaving the Eurozone.<\/p>\n<p>In long-winded wording for a potential \u201cNexit\u201d,\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>reports\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/netherlands-election-euro-idUSL8N1G95BX\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch relations with euro up for debate after lawmakers commission probe<\/a><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-44361\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Netherlands\u2019 future relationship with the euro will be comprehensively debated by its parliament following elections in March after lawmakers commissioned a report on the currency\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>The motion approving the investigation by the Council of State, the government\u2019s legal advisor, coincides with a rising tide of euroscepticism in Europe, which populist parties are hoping to tap into in a series of national elections this year also taking in eurozone powerhouses France and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The probe will examine whether it would be possible for the Dutch to withdraw from the single currency, and if so how, said lawmaker Pieter Omtzigt.<\/p>\n<p>Omtzigt, of the opposition Christian Democrats, tabled the parliamentary motion calling for the investigation, which legislators passed unanimously late on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It was prompted by concerns the ECB\u2019s ultra-low interest rates are hurting Dutch savers, especially pensioners, and doubts as to whether its bond purchasing programs are legal, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Its findings will be presented in several months, by which time the make-up of parliament will have changed dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>While most Dutch voters say they favor retaining the euro, the eurosceptic far-right party of Geert Wilders is expected to book large gains though it is unlikely to win enough votes to form a government.<\/p>\n<p>The most probable outcome of the March 15 vote is a new centrist coalition including some parties, such as Omtzigt\u2019s Christian Democrats, that have been vocal in their opposition to current ECB policy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch Parliament to Debate Leaving the Eurozone: Nexit on the\u00a0Way? Potential\u00a0Eurozone disruption possibilities keep compounding. The Netherlands Parliament will now debate leaving the Eurozone. For example, the Netherlands Parliament will now debate leaving the Eurozone. In long-winded wording for a potential \u201cNexit\u201d,\u00a0Reutersreports\u00a0Dutch relations with euro up for debate after lawmakers commission probe The Netherlands\u2019 future [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[279,281,284,285,14648,1479,14904],"class_list":["post-23004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-eurozone","tag-michael-shedlock","tag-netherlands","tag-nexit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23006,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23004\/revisions\/23006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}