Dutch finance minister: Failed to show compassion in Europe remarks

📆 31/03/2020 22:45:00
📰 Reuters

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The Netherlands' Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra on Tuesday backtracked from recent remarks made about Dutch readiness to participate in European programmes to help countries stricken by coronavirus, saying they apparently showed 'too little compassion.'

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra attends a joint news conference with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

In an interview with broadcaster RTL, Hoekstra said he acknowledged that remarks he and Prime Minister Mark Rutte made in video conferences last week were poorly received.

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