In the Netherlands, prices soared after the euro was introduced, something that Mr Zalm, the Finance Minister and a member of Mr Maaten’s party, has denied for years, going on to tell the Dutch parliament a bare-faced lie about the guilder’s undervaluation, and so the Dutch people’s displeasure with the euro should come as no surprise to Mr Maaten.
In Nederland volgden na de invoering van de euro grote prijsstijgingen, een feit dat door de heer Maaten’s partijgenoot minister van Financiën Zalm jarenlang is ontkend.
