As "every 1 percent of international trade growth stands for about 0.3 percent of GDP growth," the Netherlands' economy much depends on international trade, according to Johan Verbruggen, head of economic climate issues for the CPB. However, external issues have hardly been mentioned in the political campaign. "International trade is not really discussed in the campaign, because people believe that is something out of their control. They tend to focus on domestic financial issues," Verbruggen said. Even the Dutch alone have reserved 30 billion euros to pay for guarantees and emergency loans to Greece to overcome the credit crisis; Europe itself is not a key word at all in this election. Currently, the VVD does not want to bail out any possibilities. "We do not want to say no to anyone," D.N.E.A Gilissen from the VVD told the Global Times Tuesday, hinting that it was still too early to talk about how to form a coalition government. |
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