Dutch general election - September 2012

[Colbert]

some little informations :

zeeland (isles of south-west vote for christian-protestant party)

limburg (south-est) votes for geerd wilders

frise (north) is a strong place of labour

holland (north-west) is a strong place of liberal party

east and south-east is a strong place of CDA, most catholic-wing than protestant-wing party


of course, that are generalities, but historically, those facts are still alive

[Colbert]

In addition to the televised debates, it is suggested that the calculations made by the Centraal Planbureau(CPB) has hurt SP severely. The CPB is the Dutch Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, and it analyzed the impact on the economy that each party's programme would have. The analysis suggests that the SP plan will mean 250.000 jobs less in 2040; mainly due to the worsening of the business climate as I understand it. CPB is a part of the ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, but is fully independent as far as the contents of its work are concerned according to their website.

The biggest Dutch newspaper de Telegraaf had this "loss of 250.000 job" story at their front page that critized the SP quite a lot.

independant....