Wilders challenges government on Greece and eurozone
Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-Islam PVV, has called on prime minister Mark Rutte to ‘use action rather than words’ and make sure Greece is expelled from the eurozone.
Wilders used the microblogging service Twitter to urge Rutte ‘not to just call for countries to be put out of the eurozone but to put Greece out now’.
Wilders was responding to an opinion piece in Thursday’s Financial Times in which Rutte and finance minister Jan Kees de Jager said expulsion from the eurozone would be the ultimate sanction for countries which did not keep monetary union rules.
‘In future, the ultimate sanction can be to force countries to leave the euro. That will require a treaty amendment and is therefore a measure for the longer term. It is not a sanction that can be applied at the present time,’ the article said.
Wilders’, whose party supports the minority cabinet on economic policy, has threatened to drop his backing for the government if the latest Greek bail-out costs Dutch taxpayers money.
Thank you for donating to DutchNews.nl.
We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, without the generous support of our readers. Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter, and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day.
Make a donation