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The Netherlands' parliament on Tuesday narrowly voted against a multibillion-euro European Union defense plan presented by Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof last week.

The motion was introduced by the right-wing populist JA21 party, also known as the Conservative Liberals.

It was supported by three of the four coalition parties. The motion passed in a 73-71 vote, with the opposition Socialists (SP) also voting in favor.

Though the motion is not legally binding, it raises uncertainty about how the government will proceed.

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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Trump's strategy is to smash Canada & Greenland,

then between Russia & the US, DESTROY the hated-by-Trump-Musk-&-Putin, EU.

Either the US TOTAL WAR against Canada prevents Trump from chewing the EU to pieces,

& the EU successfully fights against Russia's CCP-backed rampaging of Europe when NATO's gutted/gone,

XOR the EU dies, possibly late this decade or very-early next.

Clue in!!

They want to be the ONLY ruling "kings" in the whole world, & "civilized" intention isn't even in their brains, at all, now.

We are standing on what Sun Tzu called "death ground"!

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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They seem awfully confident for a country that could be tremendously damaged by Russia blowing up a few dikes

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Also, mh17.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago

As we speak there's a meeting of the cabinet (the governement coalition). As the prime minister has already agreed to the European initiative, and then the coalition parties voted against it, which is very unusual.

I think that either the coalition partners will change their position or the prime minister wil resign. There's not much more to it.

[–] zonnewin@feddit.nl 19 points 1 week ago

Note that the motion is not against the idea of ReArm Europe, but opposes financing it with Eurobonds.

[–] Airowird@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Specifically, they're against the increase in national debt to pay for it.

Because they prefer to gut social programq instead, as the right are known to do.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Send his family to the frontline near Pokrovsk. I guarantee you, he'll start acting in a more sober manner.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

~~I mean.. I think orangeboi’s idea to take Greenland of your hands is an altogether idiotic idea from our end, but if that’s the way you feel, he’ll be more than happy to grab it from you, and possession is 9/10 of the law - probably a damn sight more in the context of geopolitics, particularly given his and Putin’s worldview.~~

If crossing the Netherlands and Denmark up isn’t emblematically American, I don’t know what is 🫠

[–] Propheticus@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

That's Denmark (Danish), this article is about The Netherlands (Dutch).