Diederik Samsom

Type: Person

Name: Diederik Samsom

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Labour MPs will not back shale gas extraction following congress vote

The 38 Labour MPs will vote against sanctioning drilling for shale gas in the Netherlands, party leader Diederik Samsom said on Wednesday evening at a May Day meeting. ... [Published DutchNews - May 02 2013]

Entities: Shale Gas, Diederik Samsom, Netherlands

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Henk Kamp

Netherlands: Coalition Partner Opposes Shale Gas Exploration

The Dutch Labour Party (PvdA), a coalition partner in the present government, will vote against shale gas exploration in the Netherlands.During last weekend's party congress in Leeuwarden, Labour members voted on a motion to ban test drillings. Speaking ... [Published Natural Gas Europe - May 02 2013]

Entities: Shale Gas, Netherlands, Coalition, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Henk Kamp

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Mark Rutte

PvdA erupts in rebellion over illegal migrants

Several thousand members of the Labour Party (PvdA), including a number of mayors, and members of the PvdA youth section, the Young Socialists (JS), have announced their opposition to government plans to initiate criminal proceedings against undocumented ... [Published Expatica Netherlands - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Illegal, Diederik Samsom, Mark Rutte, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Labour leader ignores party congress on illegal vote: I gave my word

Labour leader Diederik Samsom will not implement a vote condemning government moves to make living in the Netherlands without proper papers a criminal offence, he told the party’s conference in Leeuwarden. ... [Published DutchNews - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Ignorance, Illegal, Leeuwarden (Netherlands), Diederik Samsom

First reported Apr 01 2013 - Updated Apr 01 2013 - 1 reports

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Geert Wilders Party Now Polling at No. 1

Geert Wilders Party Now Polling at No. 1 March 31, 2013 By Daniel Greenfield Comments (9) 13 Print This Post A year ago, Islamists and their useful idiots were writing off Wilders as finished. The political crisis appeared to have ... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - Apr 01 2013]

Entities: Geert Wilders, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Diederik Samsom, Mark Rutte

First reported Mar 04 2013 - Updated Mar 04 2013 - 1 reports

Why politicians ignore economists on austerity

I have written before about fiscal policy in the Netherlands. I have done so in part because that country has a strong macroeconomic tradition , and I regard their long standing fiscal council (CPB) as a model of how to try and get good economic ... [Published mainly macro - Mar 04 2013]

Entities: Netherlands, Diederik Samsom, Lars Calmfors, Recession, Coalition

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...time became the largest party in the Netherlands," Mr Rutte told supporters after Labour leader Diederik Samsom telephoned him to concede defeat. "we fought this election house by house, street by street, city by city, and i'm proud. tomorrow i will take the first steps leading to the formation of a cabinet." Mr Rutte declined to say which parties he would approach as coalition partners...

Pro-European parties top Dutch elections [Published RTE Online - Sep 13 2012]

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