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Netherlands

If you are interested in representing the Generation Europe Community in the Netherlands, please send your CV and motivation letter to Arnaud at arnaud@generation-europe.eu

The Netherlands in brief:

Area 41,526 sq km
Capital Amsterdam
Language Dutch
Population 16,645,313 (July 2008 est.
Population growth rate 0.436% (2008 est.)
Net migration rate 2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Independence 23 Jan. 1579 (Union of Utrecht breaking with Spain); 26 July 1581 declare independence
GDP per capita – $38,500 (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate 3.2% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line 10.5% (2005)