Presentation about the Netherlands

1. The Netherlands

2. Contents
• The Kingdom of Netherlands, the Netherlands
& Holland
• Facts & Figures
• Politics & Economics
• Amsterdam
• Culture
• Conflicts & Recent Developments
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3. THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,
THE NETHERLANDS & HOLLAND
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4. The Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Sint
Maarten
Carribean
Netherlands
Aruba
Curaçao
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5. The Netherlands
• Capital: Amsterdam
• Language: Dutch, Frisian
(only spoken in Friesland)
• Inhabitants 16.5 Mio.
• Surface area: 41,528 km²
• 26 % Land under sea level
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6. Holland
North South
Capital Haarlem The Hauge
Inhabitants 2.6 Mio 3.5 Mio
• 2 Provinces of the
Netherlands (total 12)
• Most populated and richest
provinces
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7. FACTS AND FIGURES
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8. Ethnic Groups
2% 2% 2% 1%
2% 5%
5% Dutch
EU
Indonesian
Turkish
Surinamese
81% Moroccan
Carribean
others
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9. Religion
30%
42%
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Muslim
20% others
6% none
2%
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10. POLITICS AND ECONOMY
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11. Politics and Economy
• Constitutional monarchy
with a parliamentary system
• Member of:
EU, UN, NATO, OPCW, OECD
& WTO
• 10th most democratic
country in the world
• 16th largest economy in the
world
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12. AMSTERDAM
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13. Amsterdam
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14. Other cities in the Netherlands
The Hague
Rotterdam
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15. CULTURE
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16. Traditional Holland
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17. Culture
Vincent van Gogh Rembrandt van Rijn
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18. Erasmus von Rotterdam
• Desiderius Erasmus
Roterodamus
• October 28, 1466? – July
12, 1536
• known as Erasmus of
Rotterdam
• Dutch Renaissance
humanist, Catholic
priest, social critic, teacher and
theologian
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19. CONFLICTS AND RECENT
DEVELOPMENT
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20. Conflicts and Recent Development
• Movement of populists of the right wing
• Debate about Integration
• Immigration policy
• Minority government
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21. Background Information
• 2002 murderer of Pim Fortuyn
• 2004 murderer of Theo van Gogh
• Influence on the general elections in 2010
• Minority government:
conservative-liberal VVD
party and the Christian
Democrats (CDA)
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22. European Culture & Civilization

23. General Role in the EU
• Net Contributer
• 2nd strongest exporting EU-County
• Democracy and liberty in the EU
• Open for new member states
• Great commitment (military, foreign aid)
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24. Current Development within the EU
• Skeptical opinion against the EU
• Critical look at East enlargement
• Against membership of Turkey
• Enlarge Durch influence in the EU
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25. THE NETHERLANDS - SUMMARY
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26. The Netherlands
• The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
and Holland
• One of the smallest and richest countries in Europe
• Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary
system
• Very open-minded people (social, liberal &
democratic)
• Rich cultural spectrum
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27. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
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28. Sources:
- http://www.holland.com/uk/tourism/Activities/Traditional.htm
- http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/The-Netherlands.html
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nl.html
- http://travel.viamichelin.com/web/Destination/Netherlands
- http://travel.viamichelin.com/web/Culture/Netherlands/The_country_today-Government_and_Administration
- http://focus-migration.hwwi.de/index.php?id=2644&L=0
- http://www.holland.com/uk/tourism/Holland-information/About-Holland/Did-you-know.htm
- http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/niederlande-probleme-fuer-den-wahlsieger-1.874667
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
- http://www.amsterdam.info/netherlands/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands
- http://www.holland.com/uk/Tourism.htm
- http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/
- http://www.economist.com/topics/dutch-politics
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- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
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