Dutch State taken to court tomorrow on EU vote

''Just days after new polls indicated voters in the Netherlands are increasingly opposed to the EU Constitution, a committee of 'no' voters has lodged legal action against the Dutch State.''

Pay up and shut up: but the word TAXES
is not to be found in the EU explanations

by Henk Ruyssenaars

FPF - May 23d 2005 - Today - eight days before the EU vote - 84 (eighty-four) % of the people in an NCRV radio poll* said that a dutch 'NO' to the EU would NOT be a drama. Contrary to the government's exaggerated claims that the Holocaust, Srebrenica massacres, Global terror and Hitler will return if one doesn't vote YES. A stupid and sickening series of threats, which of course had adverse effects.

Eighty-six % (86) of the dutch people voted last week concerning the introduction of the Euro, saying they had been badly fooled. This is still reflected in the views on the EU plans and the present dutch right wing government: the Dutch do not want to be fooled again with the European Union's so-called 'constitution' which is looked upon as a 'blank check' for figures which have shown that they can not be trusted. On the contrary.

In a series of panic-stricken and panic-printed explanations - 3 to every household in the 16 million inhabitants country - the dutch neocons totally avoid the word TAXES, while the taxpayers have to pay for all the secret agreements they're not even allowed to see. There's nobody on dutch gov't level who dares to explain why the dutch taxpayers for years have been paying four times more in taxes to the EU than comparable Denmark does.

Thanks to the same incompetent and malicious politicians, the journalists and their managers. Even paying twice what Germans do? What for? The Dutch already pay the second highest taxes in the world - Sweden is # 1 - because the 'managing multinationals' of the Netherlands operate nearly always tax-free.

The in Amsterdam published web site for ''expats'' Expatica, asked today 'whether the Mother of all Treaties is going to end up in tatters', and had the following caption on a story from the multinational's information service ANP: Legal bid to rein in State's EU Constitution campaign: ''Just days after new polls indicated voters in the Netherlands are increasingly opposed to the EU Constitution, a committee of 'no' voters has lodged legal action against the Dutch State.''

The No Constitution Committee will argue in a court in The Hague on Tuesday the government's allocation of EUR 3.5 million to the 'yes' campaign for the 1 June referendum is unlawful.

The committee claims Dutch referendum legislation states that only EUR 1 million may be allocated to government campaigns and that the independent referendum commission must divide the funding between the pro and anti-campaigns.

It also claims the funding breaches preconditions the government laid down on possible campaign funding boosts.

The committee will request the court ban the State from using the extra funding, prevent the distribution of a new information brochure and order the removal of pro-constitution television, radio and press commercials.

If the court rules that the committee should be granted equal means to conduct a 'no campaign', it will not demand the aforementioned bans.

The legal action comes after a poll by Maurice de Hond of 2,500 people indicated on Saturday 60 percent of people will vote no and 40 percent will vote yes to the EU constitution. Voter turnout is polled to reach 43 percent.

[It will be much lower in reality]

The higher number of no voters is due the yes campaign: 59 percent of voters said the government's actions in the campaign have had a negative impact.

But recent controversy over the under valuation of the Dutch guilder when it was traded for the Euro has also played a role.

De Hond said there is only a small chance that a turnaround in the electorate will occur to give a majority to the yes campaign at the 1 June advisory plebiscite.

The pollster also said recent events are contributing to a no vote, such as the Eurovision Song Contest.

The poll found 70 percent of people believe the overwhelming number of Eastern European nations in the final is an example of how power has shifted within
the EU.

Another poll by the NSS-Interview institute released late on Friday found 63 percent were against the constitution, while 37 percent were in the 'yes' camp.

"The government is very motivated, we are in the final phase and we will do what we can to get the 'yes'," Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said.

However, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he is "extremely concerned" about the latest polls both in the Netherlands and France, where 52 percent of voters are set to vote against the constitution on 29 May.

[end item - Expatica Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7s9bh]

Dutch skeptical over EU treaty

NSS-poll: 63 per cent of respondents were opposed to the treaty, with 37 per cent in favor

And more can be read here: "A new poll published in Holland on Saturday found the "no" campaign leading the race on whether the Dutch should embrace the European Union constitution in a referendum.

Holland holds a "consultative" referendum on June 1st; the result is not binding.

The Maurice de Hond institute poll found 60 per cent planned to vote against the draft EU treaty, with the remainder to vote in favor. The institute asked 2,500 people.

The results are consistent with a poll by the NSS-Interview institute on Friday that found 63 per cent of respondents were opposed to the treaty, with 37 per cent in favor.

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The end result in the Netherlands will be as usual what the government and it's management want.

LIKE IN SO MANY OTHER ALSO SO CALLED 'DEMOCRACIES' IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO VOTES,
OR WHAT THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR IN THE NETHERLANDS;

THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING IS WHO COUNTS THE VOTES!

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