Dutch commissioner Neelie Kroes has clashed with her country's prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende after she blamed the Dutch government for not contributing to the debate on EU institutional reform.
The Dutch commissioner on Monday (9 October) held a speech in The Hague in which she strongly criticised the government for being silent on the future of Europe, after Dutch voters last year overwhelmingly rejected the EU constitution.
Ms Kroes said that EU institutional reform has ...
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