Olaf Tempelman
Dutch journalist Olaf Tempelman was formerly De Volkskrant's Eastern Europe correspondent. Today, he works in the Amsterdam daily's editorial section.
Updated: 18 January 2017
By Olaf Tempelman
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History: Yugoslavia syndrome threatens EU
De Volkskrant (Amsterdam)
The north earns the money, while the south spends it – while this phrase is currently being bandied about in the eurozone, it was also widely heard a quarter of a century ago in the former Yugoslavia. European politicians would do well to remember, a Dutch journalist contends.