Greece - The end game ?

					Dear reader,
					in the days after last week's Greek elections all kind of speculation about Greek government formation
					and Greek's commitment to its obligations to the EZ is growing. Some even speculate on an exit from
					the eurozone. Here are some facts and lots of speculation
					As with all rapidly developing stories you can expect some updates here.
					#GRexit
Nov	13th	2011		pdf	Willem Buiter: Greek exit scenario A Disaster for Greece, a Crisis for the world
May	14th	2012	#		Greek poker destroys 2 trillion Dollars market value
May	14th	2012			Paul Krugman: Exit and exports
May	14th	2012			Bloomberg NewsCredit-Default Swaps in U.S. Rise on Talk Greece May Exit Euro
May	14th	2012			Government plays down German claims that UK could help Greece
May	14th	2012			Greece 'Considered' Leaving Single Currency
May	14th	2012			Germany Rejects Giving Greece More Time To Meet Targets
May	14th	2012	*		Eijffinger: Greece goes bankrupt
May	13th	2012			Paul Krugman: Eurodämmerung
					#Grelections, #GR_formation
May	14th	2012			Greece: Syriza is not going to meet with President Papoulias
May	14th	2012			Greek Elections Loom as Key Bailout Opponent Defies Unity
					last updated:May 14th 1940 CET
					# = German , * = Dutch language

The Netherlands: developments after cabinet fails to agree on austerity measures

					Dear reader,
					after 7 weeks of negotiations between coalition partners VVD & CDA and 'supporting'  party PVV it looks as if there are new elections to be held in the Netherlands in September/October 2012. In order to follow ongoing events there will be some reports posted here. As always check for updates.
			*		Statement of prime minister Rutte after austerity negotiations failed
Apr	22nd	2012	*		Chaos days at PVV '5 Mps threathened to quit' (dedagelijksestandaard)
Apr	22nd	2012	*		Blok(VVD): PVV faction withdrew support for Wilders (NOS)
Apr	22nd	2012	#		The Netherlands is sliding towards a crisis (WSJ_de)
Apr	22nd	2012			Dutch Leader Rutte May Seek Budget Deal Before Early Elections
Apr	21st	2012			Dutch Austerity Talks Fail as Geithner Prods Europe ¹
Apr	21st	2012			Dutch government austerity talks collapse ²
Apr	21st	2012			Dutch Early Elections Likely After Wilders Opposes Budget ³
Apr	21st	2012	*		Dutch FinMin de Jager 'will do everything' to retain AAA rating DFT
Apr	21st	2012	*		The Netherlands could finally loose its 'AAA' status (welingelichte kringen)
Apr	18th	2012	*		Cabinet Rutte gets a 'D' (FTM)
			*	pdf	CPB economic forecast that led to the walkout of Mr Wilders. (dut, pdf)
					Some more info on the breakdown of Dutch cabinet  for Twitter updates as well for latest developments and analysis
					Follow: @andrs_mr  Live blog: What next in The Hague  (dut, NOS publ. TV) Live blog: an exiting day in The Hague  (dut,RTL) BNR - business news radio  (dut, radio&web info)
					Here are some 'older' articles on The Netherlands
					* = Dutch, # = German language
					¹ = via @NYTimes
					² = via @germany_news
					³ = via @tiefseher

CPB data: forecast Dutch economy 2012-2015 for Dutch government

Dear reader,

the meetings held in 'Catshuis' in order to agree on a budget 2013 broke down. After almost 7 weeks Mr Wilders (PVV party) left the negotiations because he wanted to protect pensioners from cuts in coming years. (he said so) So although it's uncertain what happens next (new elections in July or September it seems) the Dutch institute that provided that crucial economic forecast for the government (led by PM Rutte (VVD)) published its findings, which led to the breakdown of those austerity negotiations : (according to Mr Wilders)


CPB data official website  (via @CentraalPB) About CPB (eng)

alternative website (mirror by Dutch public TV, if CPB website is down again) 
(via @rietbergen)(pdf, Dutch, 8 pages)

CPB: moderate economic recovery after 2012 (eng)
complete report pdf, Dutch, 138 pages

Calculations of proposed measures of various Dutch parties:
green-left , PvdA (Labor) , D'66 (center left), Christian union
(all in Dutch, April 26th)




The Netherlands: 8 charts on economy 2007 - 2012 (by Scott Barber/Reuters)

Some more info on breakdown of dutch cabinet
(revisit this site for more insight in Dutch politics, and/or follow @andrs_mr)

A translation of the Dutch PM Rutte's statement on the failure of austerity talks will be available here later. 

Dutch PM to announce cabinet resignation -sources


If you want to follow (Twitter) some people with knowledge of Dutch politics,economics etc:
click here for directory and/or follow: @andrs_mr

Last update: Apr 29th, 1606 CET