Minister of Housing, Communities, and Integration Eberhard Van der laan of Netherlands
Dutch Housing Minister Eberhard van der Laan has made it clear that the government currently has no plans to adopt any measures to boost the sluggish housing market, Dutch paper NRC Handelsblad reported Thursday.
Van der Laan said in Thursday's letter that the government would neither cut the property transfer tax nor raise the national mortgage guarantee ceiling from 265,000 to 350,000 euros (334,000 to 441,000 US.
But van der Laan said the government would consider stimulus measures "if the situation in the housing market deteriorates in the coming months more severely than a normal economic downturn.
Amsterdam lawyer Eberhard van der Laan has been named as the new Dutch minister for housing, communities and integration after Ella Vogelaar submitted a surprise resignation Thursday night.
after Ella Vogelaar submitted a surprise resignation Thursday night.
in civil and criminal liability, real property and freedom of speech.
from 265,000 to 350,000 euros (334,000 to 441,000 US.
severely than a normal economic downturn.
Amsterdam lawyer Eberhard van der Laan is to succeed Ella Vogelaar as minister for housing and integration.
According to the law firm's website, Van der Laan has 'particular expertise in civil and criminal liability, real property and freedom of speech.
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Council for the Labour Party (PvdA.
Housing, Communities and Integration in the Fourth Balkenende Government.
appointment of Frits van der Woude.
On Friday 14 November 2008 Eberhard van der Laan has succeeded Ella Vogelaar as Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration.
THE HAGUE, 06/12/08 - Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan has made it clear in a Lower House debate that he intends to pursue a different course from his ousted predecessor Ella Vogelaar.
Van der Laan was referring to texts such as "May Allah reward these heroes with paradise.
Van der Laan said most CDA proposals "appeal" to him but he did not yet go into them in detail.
THE HAGUE, 15/11/08 - Eberhard van der Laan was sworn in Friday by Queen Beatrix as Housing and Integration Minister.
Alongside his work as a lawyer, Van der Laan was until Friday a member of the supervisory board of PO, the public broadcasters' umbrella organisation.
Mariette Hamer, the leader of the PvdA MPs, said Friday "there will not be a tougher line", saying Van der Laan was "a bridge builder, not a hardliner.
In 1997, Van der Laan said in De Groene Amsterdammer: "I try to be a modern social democrat, in the sense that the government does not have the outdated pretension: we will simply arrange it.
Eberhard Edzard van der Laan was born in Leiden on 28 June 1955.
From 1990 to 1992, Mr Van der Laan was a member of Amsterdam Municipal Council for the Labour Party (PvdA.
Mr Van der Laan has served as chair of the board of the Dutch Resistance Museum, and was a member of the boards of the magazine De Groene Amsterdammer and De Appel art institute.
On 14 November 2008, Eberhard van der Laan was appointed Minister of Housing, Communities and Integration in the Fourth Balkenende Government.