Highlights.

The article provides an overview of the economic and political structure of the Netherlands for 2010 to 2011. It states the strong budget deficit in the country in 2009-2011 due to the economic slowdown which reduces revenue and increases spending. It infers the 0.9% drop of inflation and weak price pressures in 2009 and 0.2% in 2010. It mentions the move of the government to increase the retirement age from 65 to 67 in stages from 2020.