Rediscovering Europe in the Netherlands - St Antony's College ...
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notes<br />
notes<br />
1 For an analysis of <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>volvement of decentralised government agencies <strong>in</strong><br />
eu policy <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands, see Arts 2007.<br />
2 The ‘Letter to Parliament concern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> eu Treaty amendments’ (‘Kamerbrief<br />
<strong>in</strong>zake de eu-verdragswijzig<strong>in</strong>gen’) of 19 March 2007 observes that<br />
‘… a change <strong>in</strong> attitudes is beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g to take place <strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>. For example,<br />
subsidiarity is no longer a dirty word.’ (M<strong>in</strong>isterie van Buitenlandse Zaken,<br />
[M<strong>in</strong>istry of Foreign Affairs] 2007).<br />
3 The latter approach was evident <strong>in</strong> Socialist Party campaign posters that<br />
portrayed <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands as hav<strong>in</strong>g literally fall off <strong>the</strong> map of <strong>Europe</strong>.<br />
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