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AP Online | 4 days ago

Sarkozy, Merkel propose clampdown on speculators

...can do," hence the joint initiative, Merkel said in The Hague, after talks with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Credit default swaps are a form of insurance for buyers to...

Reuters | 4 days ago

WRAPUP 2-Euro policymakers inject cold reality into EMF debate

...IMF should be considered for Greece * Four nations demand EU probe of CDS "speculation" adds Merkel, Balkenende, Greek strike, CDS call) By David Stamp and Philip Blenkinsop EU...

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Reuters | 4 days ago

Merkel says confidence now key for Greece

...Merkel told reporters in The Hague after two hours of talks with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Balkenende added that European powers must consider the help of the...

Tacoma News Tribune | 4 days ago

Sarkozy, Merkel propose ban on some CDS trades

...Pool AP Photo German chancellor Angela Merkel, right, is welcomed by Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende as she arrived for a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday...

washingtonpost.com | 1 week ago

Wilders three seats ahead of rivals in Dutch poll

...a new Dutch election poll on Sunday, as support for the Christian Democrats (CDA) of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende continued to slip. The Maurice de Hond poll put the PVV on 27...

SPIEGEL ONLINE - International | 1 week ago

Surprise Success in Dutch Elections: 'Wilders' Voters Are the Disgruntled'

That is why they haven't done as poorly there as Prime Minister Balkenende's Christian Democrats. Balkenende's party hasn't figured out how it will deal with Wilders. Wednesday's...

Yahoo! News | 1 week ago

Dutch far-right leader Wilders in poll breakthrough (AFP)

...both of the largest parties. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party of outgoing Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende won around 15 percent of votes cast, a drop of around two...

Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 1 week ago

Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders makes strong showing in local polls

...morning, two weeks after their governing coalition collapsed at a national level. The CDA of Jan Peter Balkenende, the outgoing prime minister, had dropped about two percentage points...

"At this stage I will listen carefully," Balkenende said, declining to give any details on what issues he would like to be declared off-limits.

UPDATE 2-Dutch election June 9, De Jager finance minister Reuters | 2 weeks ago

washingtonpost.com | 1 week ago

Dutch anti-Islam leader is major winner in polls

...results showed. In the first test of public opinion since the collapse of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's coalition government last month, Wilders's Freedom Party (PVV)...

SPIEGEL ONLINE - International | 2 weeks ago

Afghanistan Pullout: The Dutch Retreat from the World Stage

...had never once collapsed due to a dispute over foreign policy. Until earlier this week. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's coalition partners, the Labour Party, quit government over the...

Sydney Morning Herald - World | 2 weeks ago

Netherlands to hold elections on June 9

...elections are to be held on June 9 after the weekend collapse of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's government over the country's military mission in Afghanistan, officials...

Reuters | 2 weeks ago

UPDATE 2-Dutch election June 9, De Jager finance minister

...the queen, her advisers and political leaders. Caretaker Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende told reporters he would discuss with parliament which issues to declare controversial.