Germany's Cabinet agreed Dec. 6 to send troops and Patriot missile batteries to Turkey to defend against possible Syrian missile attacks, an unnamed Cabinet source said, Reuters reported.

The Netherlands' Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, reached a deal Oct. 29 to form a governing coalition with the Labor Party, Reuters reported.

Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager told the European parliament that he will use the Netherlands' veto to block any EU budget proposals for 2013 that increase the budget higher than levels necessary to compensate for inflation, DutchNews.nl reported Oct. 23.

Athens may get more time to meet its bailout commitments if Greece's recession turns out worse than expected, but eurozone partners will not provide more money, Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager said Sept. 14, AP reported.

The Schiphol airport in Amsterdam reopened Aug. 29 after having closed its runways and terminals Aug. 28 because of the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb and a possible hijacking, Reuters reported. Reports of the hijacking were unfounded, and the unexploded German bomb buried underground near Schiphol's Terminal C was removed so it can be safely disarmed.