Cempaka Belanda: Dutch government on brink of collapse

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Dutch government on brink of collapse

RNW, by John Tyler, 21 April 2012

(Photo: ANP)

Geert Wilders has withdrawn his party’s support for the Dutch coalition government and has called for new elections. Prime Minister Mark Rutte says new elections are now very likely.

The break occurred suddenly on Saturday afternoon when Mr Wilders left the negotiations at the prime minister’s official residence, the Catshuis. The three parties involved in this coalition have been negotiating drastic new austerity measures since 5 March.

Minority coalition

The current government owes its existence

to an unusual construction. The two coaliton

parties, VVD and CDA, control a minority of

seats in parliament. They therefore signed

an agreement with Geert Wilders' Freedom

Party, which pledged its support in
parliament  in return for government backing
for some of its  core policies, particularly on
the issue of immigration. As a result,
although the Freedom  Party is not in
government, the coalition depends on it to
stay in power.

Geert Wilders withdrawing his support does
not  necessarily signal the immediate
collapse of the government: it could in
theory continue by calling  on support from
other parties. That is not likely to  happen.
Mr Wilders says he wants elections, and
Mr Rutte says elections are the most
obvious solution.

Mr Rutte and Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen reacted bitterly to Mr Wilders’ move. The prime minister says the parties had agreed to a package of new austerity measures on Friday evening. Today’s negotiating session should have been a formality.

Mr Verhagen says Mr Wilders is "turning his back on the 16 million residents of the Netherlands and has driven any hope for a strong country into the ground."

Mr Wilders argues that the total package on the table at the Catshuis would have caused his supporters too much pain, particularly those living on retirement benefits. "We don’t want our pensioners to bleed just to meet the dictates coming from Brussels. Today, I can look my electorate directly in the eye and say we didn’t cave in to the bureaucrats in Brussels."

Need for more cuts

The latest crisis began in February when new figures showed the Dutch economy would continue to perform poorly in 2013 and 2014, and the Netherlands' annual budget would therefore exceed the European deficit limit of 3% of GDP. Unless cuts were made, the deficit for 2013 would be around 4.5 percent.

The coalition parties felt obliged to come up with around 14 billion euros of new spending cuts, in order to bring the balance in order. This followed an earlier round of cuts totalling 18 billion euros. The three party leaders, along with one assistant each, started a difficult and sensitive negotiating process at the Catshuis. They agreed on a complete media blackout and included neither parliament nor cabinet ministers in their negotiations.

7 weeks of silence

For seven weeks, the country has waited patiently while the negotiations continued. There were two tense moments – firstly, on 20 March when MP Hero Brinkman left the Freedom Party but kept his seat in parliament. That damaged Geert Wilders and took away the one-seat majority that the coalition-plus-Wilders construction had in parliament.

A few days later, the negotiators admitted they had entered a ‘difficult phase’. Geert Wilders threatened to walk out but, after a night to consider things, he returned to the table.

Of the three parties involved, it was Mr Wilders who found coming up with new austerity measures the most difficult. His populist Freedom Party wants to keep the social safety net in place, while the pro-market VVD and the Christian Democrats aim to cut social programmes further.

In the end, proposed cuts in healthcare and pensions were too much for Mr Wilders. He said he could not in good faith sign off on those cuts.

Brussels looming

A 30 April deadline from Brussels, when the Netherlands has to submit its austerity plan, is coming up fast. Mr Rutte’s government has been an outspoken proponent of drastic cuts by countries in the south of Europe and is now facing a credibility crisis as it struggles to practice what it preaches. The Hague will not find much sympathy in the rest of Europe for its current position.

In addition, the credit ratings agencies are beginning to reconsider whether the Netherlands still deserves is AAA status. If the Netherlands gets marked down, it will make it even harder to balance the books.

Next step

Mr Rutte says the cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss the situation. It is likely he will go to see Queen Beatrix and ask her to call for new elections, which could be held in September at the earliest.

In the meantime, he will attempt to find rolling majorities for his proposals in parliament in an attempt to bring the government finances in order in 2013. As he has said many times, a country going through an economic and financial crisis cannot afford to stand still while waiting for elections.