Mark Rutte
Mark Rutte (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrk ˈrʏtə]; born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician who has been Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 14 ... More »
Dutch PM, partner agree on EU summit position
Dutch Prime Minister and Liberal Party (VVD) leader Mark Rutte reacts on stage after the first results in the Netherlands' general election in The Hague September 12, 2012. AMSTERDAM | Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:23pm BST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his future ... Read more »
Dutch Prime Minister resigns in budget cuts row
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives at the Huis ten Bosch Royal Palace in The Hague April 23, 2012. THE HAGUE | Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:47pm EDT THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned on Monday in a crisis over budget cuts, creating a political vacuum in a ... Read more »
Dutch prime minister, Cabinet resign after failing to reach agreement to reduce budget
The government information service announced Queen Beatrix had accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his Cabinet after a meeting in which Rutte told her talks on a new austerity package had failed over the weekend. Rutte is to address parliament Tuesday ... Read more »
Netherlands political crisis casts cloud on euro zone
Problem Qantas plane returns home Sun, Apr 22 2012 Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte holds a news conference at the end of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels March 2, 2012. AMSTERDAM | Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:48am BST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands, a core euro zone ... Read more »
rekenfout 50 miljard euro??wonen we hier nog in een vrij land?
Bovendien moet er voor morgenochtend 10.00 uur een brief aan de Kamer zijn, waarin nogmaals uitleg wordt gegeven over de persconferentie van Mark Rutte. 16.33 uur: Minister-president Mark Rutte en minister van Financiën Jan Kees de Jager hebben de oppositiepartijen in de Tweede ... Read more »
Dutch September vote leaves months of uncertainty
Prime Minister Mark Rutte reacts during a debate in the Dutch parliament, about the government's resignation caused by a crisis over budget cuts, in The Hague April 24, 2012. AMSTERDAM | Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:38am EDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands has called an election for ... Read more »
Dutch Swearing in New Government
(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Queen Beatrix is swearing in a new centrist Dutch government under Prime Minister Mark Rutte, even as Rutte faces harsh criticism from members of his own conservative party over a plan to hike health care premiums. The stormy weather forecast for the ... Read more »
Dutch parties to form pro-austerity coalition
Liberal and Labour parties say they have reached agreement to form government, with Mark Rutte staying as prime minister The Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte's Liberal party and the Labour party say they have reached a coalition deal, preparing for a pro-austerity, pro-European ... Read more »
BBC News Dutch crisis: PM Rutte addresses MPs on budget failure
A day after the fall of his government, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will face questions from MPs on the next step in the country's budget crisis. His minority government collapsed over last-minute disagreements on finding billions of euros in austerity cuts. The Netherlands ... Read more »
Dutch start orange countdown to Royal handover
"There will be tears on Tuesday," said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, paying tribute to "this formidable lady who has ruled this country for over 30 years". On her last evening as Queen, Beatrix will hold a banquet in the newly renovated Rijksmuseum. The next morning at 10:00 a.m. ... Read more »
Dutch Queen Beatrix announces she will abdicate throne
Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a staunch monarchist, paid his respects in a speech that immediately followed Beatrix on all Dutch television channels. "Since her coronation in 1980s she's applied herself heart and soul for Dutch society," Rutte said. The timing of the announcement ... Read more »
FT Alphaville » Austerity goes to the polls, Dutch edition
But while Mark Rutte’s pro-austerity Liberal party, which resigned from power in the spring after losing the support of its right-wing Freedom Party coalition partners, has been holding its own in the polls, it is also dependent on finding willing partners for its increasingly unpopular ... Read more »
Finns, Dutch cast first doubt on euro zone deal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said last Friday he was not in favor of using limited rescue fund resources, which run to a maximum of 500 billion euros, to try and turn the bond market. "The chance of that is very small because I don't see the point at all of buying on the markets ... Read more »
EU summit works on short-term support for Spain, Italy
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, leader of one of the most hardline north European creditor countries, said the euro zone could use its existing tools to solve the market problem. It was the 20th EU summit since the still-widening euro zone sovereign debt crisis began in early 2010 after ... Read more »
Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend Germany-Greece Euro 2012 match
" "In any case, it will be a good sporting event, and I hope that it will be a very fair sporting event," Merkel told reporters in Berlin after meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Merkel, who has frequently attended Germany matches over recent years, was invited to Gdansk by ... Read more »
EU clock ticking for Dutch budget talks
Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government fell apart at the weekend when its main ally, Geert Wilders' Freedom Party, refused to agree to a deal that would cut more than 14 billion euros ($18 billion) off the annual budget and bring the deficit down to the EU limit of 3 percent of domestic ... Read more »
Dutch give up on EU deficit target for 2013
"It is probably not possible to get the deficit below 3 percent in 2013," Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Dutch broadcaster RTL7, saying the government would now meet the target a year later. "This will be necessary for 2014. For 2013 it means limiting the damage, taking measures to help ... Read more »
EU leaders battle over budget at tough summit
Photo: Yves Logghe A woman walks through heavy snow and rain showers in front of the... Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte looks up, as he arrives during an EU Budget summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. European Union leaders braced for all-night ... Read more »
Davos 2013: Boris says referendum will 'lance the boil'
10.54 Dutch PM Mark Rutte has been speaking further about his support for parts of Cameron's EU speech that he made yesterday. I agree with David's comments yesterday in terms of making the EU more efficient. We should look at the running costs of the Union. I also like the part where he ... Read more »
Clegg warns Cameron creating uncertainty about Britain's place in Europe will have a 'chilling effec...
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said Dutch PM Mark Rutte will not attend the speech, despite earlier reports that he had been signed up as an ally in the battle with Brussels. The speech will be delivered to European diplomats, business leaders and 'other interested parties'. Mr Cameron is ... Read more »
