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The Netherlands
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THE NETHERLANDS
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. What are we talking about?
2. The Stereotypes 3. The Netherlands: Facts & Figures 4. History 5. PoliEcs 6. Role in the European Union
KINGDOM OF NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS HOLLAND What are we talking about?
NETHERLANDS [1]
• 41,848 km2
• Land 60% under sea level
• Highest 877m (Saba) • Lowest -‐7m
Capitol Amsterdam
Language Dutch
Inhabitants 16.6 mio
HOLLAND [2][3]
• 2 Provinces of the Netherlands (12 total)
• “Holland” disliked • Most populated and richest provinces
North South
Capitol Haarlem The Hague
Inhabitants 2.6 mio 3.5 mio
North
South
CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS [4]
• Oct 2010, dissoluEon of Netherlands AnElles
• Special municipaliEes • Vote for Dutch and EU parliament
• NOT part of the EU Bonaire
Saint EustaEus Saba
Language Dutch
Inhabitants 18 000
KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS [5]
Aruba
Sin Maarten
Curaçao
Netherlands
Caribbean Netherlands
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Sin Maarten
Philipsburg
Curaçao
Willemstad
Aruba
Oranjestad
Kingdom of the Netherlands [5]
Bonaire
Kralendijk
Saba
The BoFom
Saint EustaKus
Oranjestad
Carib
ean NL Special MunicipaliEes • Speak Dutch • AdministraEon mainly local • Not part of the EU • Vote for Dutch and EU parliament
Equal partners in the Kingdom • Independent countries • Speak Dutch (Papiamento, English) • Not part of the EU • Former Netherlands AnElles
THE STEREOTYPES Typical Dutch
THE NETHERLANDS: FACTS & FIGURES
NETHERLANDS & THE EUROPEAN UNION
PopulaKon [6] 16.6 mio. 501 mio.
GDP per capita [7] 131% 100%
Growth rate [8] 2.4% 2.1%
InflaKon [9] 2.0% 3.1% (2.7%)
Unemployment [10] 4.2% 9.9%
ETHNIC GROUPS [11]
Dutch background
79%
Non-‐western background
11%
Western background (excluding Dutch) 9% Others
1%
RELIGION [12]
None, 42%
Catholic, 30%
Protestant, 11%
Calvinist, 6%
Muslim, 6% Others, 5%
ECONOMY [13]
• TransportaEon services • Ships & PrinEng
• Flowers, Vegetables & Fishing
• Natural Gas • Tourism
2% 24%
74%
GDP (2007)
Agruculture
Industry
Services
HISTORY Important milestones since the 2nd world war
AFTER THE 2ND WORLD WAR 1953 Dutch Flood disaster 1960 Benelux treaty 1983 The Polder model (Consents-‐orientaEon) 2005 Failed EU Referendum Oct 2010 DissoluEon of the Netherlands AnElles
CULTURE [1][3][14] Painters, Architects, ScienEsts and Philosophers
REMBRANDT The Storm on the Sea of Galilee Night Watch
VAN GOGH Starry night Self-‐Portrait with a straw hat
JOHANNES VERMEER Girl with a Pearl Earring The Milkmaid
ARHITECTURE Rietveld Schröder House Kreizergracht in Amsterdam
CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS • Astronomer, MathemaEcian & Physicist (17th century)
• Telescopic development • Discovery of the rings of Saturn
• Centrifugal force • Infinitesimal calculus
ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM • Humanist and Philosopher (15th & 16th century)
• 150 books & 2000 legters • Engraved the LaEn language in Europe
• ERASMUS program • Erasmus University in Rogerdam
CULTURE
• PHILIPS invented first CD • Microscope invented in NL • Architecture, music, literature • EducaEon is the biggest expenditure of the domesEc budget [15]
• 1000 museums (highest density)
POLITICS [16] NaEonal, InternaEonal and their role in the European Union
INTERNATIONAL
• Member of: EU, UN, NATO, OPCW, OECD & WTO • The Hague as “The world’s legal Capital” [17]
• Four commitments: Ø TransatlanTc relaTons Ø European integraTon Ø InternaTonal development Ø InternaTonal Law
NATIONAL
• Parliamentary monarchy (ConsociaEonalism) • Elected Parliament since 1848 • 10th most democraEc country [18]
• Very liberal policies
Prime Minister Mark Ruge
Queen Beatrix Armgard
Prince Wilhelm-‐Alexander
Armgard
NATIONAL -‐ ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT
• Movement of populists of the right wing • 2002 murderer of Pim Fortuyn (poliEcian) • 2004 murderer of Theo van Gogh (film maker) • Debate about integraEon • Stricter regulaEons for drug use • Since June 2010 VVD* strongest party
* People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
GENERAL ROLE IN THE EU
„ The European Union is the most important cornerstone of the Dutch foreign policy. “ [19]
• Net Contributor • 2nd strongest exporEng EU-‐Country • Rogerdam, Europe’s “gate to the world” • Democracy and liberty in the EU • Open for new member states • Great commitment (military, foreign aid)
EU -‐ ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT
• CriEc against East enlargement • Enlarge Dutch influence in the EU • Focus on domesEcally topics (murderer of Pim Fortuyn in 2002)
• “NO” to the consEtuEonal contract in 2005 • SkepEcal opinion against the EU • Against membership of Turkey
SUMMARY What did we learn?
THE NETHERLANDS
• One of the smallest & richest countries in the EU • Long history • Rich cultural spectrum • Very open-‐minded people (social, liberal & democraEc)
• Queen + parliament • Strong believe in the EU
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