Wouter Bos
Icelanders reject plan to repay debt
...money to the British and Dutch governments was a requirement of the loan. Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos told CNN in January that nonrepayment of the funds would affect "the...
Dutch far-right leader Wilders in poll breakthrough (AFP)
...PvdA had been in a national coalition until January 20, when then finance minister and vice premier Wouter Bos withdrew his party in a spat over extending the Netherlands' military...
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Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders makes strong showing in local polls
...at about 16 per cent. The CDA and PvdA had been in government nationally until January 20, when Wouter Bos, then finance minister and vice premier, withdrew his Labour party from the...
Dutch anti-Islam leader is major winner in polls
...put turnout in the local elections at 56 percent. Labor, led by former Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos, appeared to have benefited from its stance over Afghanistan. "The Labor...
Wilders party set for gains in Dutch poll
...calling the Koran a "fascist" book and calling for it to be banned. Facing up to Labour leader Wouter Bos in a televised pre-election debate, Mr Wilders called for a ban on...
Dutch Vote to Gauge Party's Strength
...municipal elections. The Dutch government collapsed last week after Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos, leader of the Labour Party, pulled out of the ruling coalition to force the...
UPDATE 2-Dutch election June 9, De Jager finance minister
...new ministers, including Jan Kees de Jager as finance minister in succession to Labour Party (PvdA) leader Wouter Bos. He triggered the political crisis on Saturday by withdrawing...
Dutch will go to polls June 9, 1 year early
...elections as soon as possible." He named Jan Kees de Jager as the new finance minister to replace Wouter Bos, the Labor Party leader who resigned. The government's fall and the...
"For the people that are already here, I say: if you adapt to Dutch laws and Dutch norms and values, you're welcome to stay," Mr Wilders said. "But if you don't, then you go to jail and as far as I'm concerned, out of the country." Mr Bos responded that "we'll only help this nation move forward if we stop thinking in terms of Muslims and non-Muslims". He cited examples of a prominent Dutch football player, a comedian and a politician of Moroccan ancestry and said that he doubted their religion influenced their abilities. "I think in terms of citizens that participate in society and basically behave and those that don't,"
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Dutch government collapse: Will other European troops now leave Afghanistan?
...to souring a war-weary public toward Afghanistan. The Dutch coalition collapsed after Labour chief Wouter Bos withdrew his party from the ruling coalition. While Mr. Bos had gone along...
Dutch move toward Afghan exit, early ballot looms
...and let's put our energy into that," Balkenende said. BUDGETS OVER AFGHANISTAN Labour leader Wouter Bos, also the incumbent finance minister, is already making the budget and not...
PENPIX-Profiles of Dutch political leaders
...at 12 years, and has been reappointed to lead the CDA to the next election. * WOUTER BOS Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos intervened in the banking sector in 2008 when the credit...
Dutch government falls over Afghan troop mission
...wanted to extend the Dutch deployment in Afghanistan past an August deadline, but Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos's Labour Party opposed any extension. NATO had asked the Netherlands,...
