The Dutch paradox

In this paper focusing on the Netherlands, Adriaan Schout and Jan Marinus Wiersma explain how an apparent shift from a traditional pro-European viewpoint to a more sceptical one can be explained by the fundamentally pragmatic outlook of the Dutch.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Euroscepticism finds fertile ground in the Dutch Parliament http://www.europeansources.info/record/euroscepticism-finds-fertile-ground-in-the-dutch-parliament/

ESO: Background information: Dutch general election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/dutch-general-election-2012/

ECFR: Programme: Reinventing Europe http://www.ecfr.eu/reinvention/home

Blog: ECFR, 17.10.13: The Dutch elections and the EU http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/the_dutch_elections_and_the_eu

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