Netherland’s Scandal-Ridden Prime Minister Mark Rutte Embodies Hypocrisy of Global Ruling Elite
Sonja Van den Ende | “King of Frugality” Promotes Fiscal Conservatism for Everybody Except Ukrainians | Mark Rutte’s center-right government stands out among its European counterparts for its staunch anti-Russian policies and fealty to the corrupt government of Ukraine. ● Back in the era of the Napoleonic wars, Russian Czar Alexander played a central role in the restoration of the Netherlands as a sovereign nation by helping to drive out the French. ● But today, the Dutch government, led by Prime Minister Rutte of the center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD Party), is heavily backing Ukraine in its war against Russia and denouncing the Russians at all turns. Even more so than many of his European counterparts. ● Rutte’s hard-line anti-Russian posturing is not benefiting the Dutch people as the war in Ukraine is contributing to rising energy prices and inflation. How much longer the Dutch people will tolerate this situation remains in question.