Recession takes toll on the Netherlands

Eurozone nation struggles with unemployment and stagnation that some fear is becoming entrenched.

Europe’s finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss ways of trying to revive the economy in the eurozone.

One of the zone’s largest economies has suffered because of the downturn. The Netherlands is still in recession and unemployment lingers around eight per cent.

Al Jazeera’s Emma Hayward reports from The Hague.

Source: Al Jazeera

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