17 Jul 2017

Public debate on monetary reform is on in the Netherlands. Increasingly, the focus is on the virtual euro. Last month Dutch NGO for monetary reform, Ons Geld, held a conference in Amsterdam. Over 600 attendees, among which Dutch and European politicians, probed the status of the reform movement. In 2015 Ons Geld got support of over 100.000 citizens, demanding ‘debt free’ sov...

15 Apr 2016

On March 16th, the Dutch Parliament’s plenary assembly discussed the possibility of transitioning towards a sovereign monetary system and adopted two motions committing the government to carry out further research. This article was originally published on Positive Money's blog. About one year ago, more than 100,000 Dutch people signed a citizens’ initiative to make state issued dig...

22 Oct 2015

The Dutch parliament hosted a hearing with the instigators of a successful citizens' initiative on monetary reform. A preliminary step before a debate in plenary chamber. This article was originally published on Positive Money's blog. Thanks to Sylvie Jacobs for her contribution to this report. On January 2015, our Dutch member Ons Geld (Our Money) launched an initiative on the cre...