Nexit (Netherlands Union of the Union) and next vote on “Own funds”
The Netherlands was, in its time, one of the major supporters of the United Kingdom's entry into the European Union. After all, the two nations, despite bloody wars fought between the seventeenth and seventeenth centuries, are very similar. Heirs of large colonial maritime empires, based on international trade, with a very practical view of international relations. Without the UK, the Netherlands feels isolated, and this is evident. Their position is very different not only from that of the Mediterranean countries, but also from that of their bulky German neighbors: in fact, while we begged the Recovery Fund, while it would have been much better to ask for the suspension of the debt conditions at least thirty years, the Dutch they are concentrated on the so-called “Rebates”, ie on the reduction of payments to the Union, obtained in a substantial way.
However, the current formula of the Recovery Fund foresees a slice of “non-repayable” funds (Grants) that should be repaid by European taxes, in the form of taxes on plastic, on energy and a reduction in the share of customs duties due to states. These last two items are very unpleasant for the Dutch who still depend heavily on fossil fuels and who earn well with 20% of the duties transiting from the port of Rotterdam.
So the Dutch are very opposed to the part of "Grants", ie non-repayable: the Dutch prefer NOT to pay taxes rather than obtain aid already predestined by the Commission and which increase dependence. Unlike the Italians, who are forbidden to vote, those undemocratic barbarians of the Dutch will vote at the end of March and the sovereign PVV party follows the majority VVD party by a few particular points. This is why it is far from unlikely that the Dutch parliament will NOT APPROVE the taxes linked to the RRF, for which the approval of each national parliament is required, sending to that country the expectations of Brussels and also of the Draghi government. Indeed, since the Dutch are the most Eurosceptic, it is not certain that a pressure towards a positive vote can trigger a strong Nexit movement, that is, the exit of the Netherlands from the union. So realism would say to wait until March 31 to sing victory. on European funds.
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