Archief 29 April 2012 : Economie

'Kicking against austerity'

An irony in Mr Rutte’s predicament: his government was the most strident in demanding budget cuts and reforms elsewhere, and yet has fallen apart over a more modest adjustment than those imposed on Greece and Spain. There is something else even more disturbing. In both France and the Netherlands, between one-fifth and one-third of voters support…