| Author (Person) | Steinglass, Matt |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 6.3.12 |
| Publication Date | 06/03/2012 |
| Content Type | News |
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The Netherlands would be better off leaving the eurozone than sharing in the cost of further bailouts of the eurozone's weaker economies, according to a report published by the Eurosceptic research group Lombard Street on the 5 March 2012. The report was prepared for the far-right Party of Freedom (PVV) led by Geert Wilders and could feed growing euroscepticism in one of the EUâs founding members. The report generated heated political and media debate in The Netherlands, highlighting how Dutch opinion towards Europe has turned from pragmatic enthusiasm to ambivalence and, increasingly, to hostility. Mr Wilders called on the 3 March 2012 for the Netherlands to return to its pre-euro currency, the guilder. The report argued that the introduction of the euro had cost the Netherlands a fortune and that it would be cheaper to reintroduce the old Dutch guilder than remain part of the eurozone However, this was a message rejected by the Netherlandsâ other political parties. |
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