荷蘭：傳統(tǒng)象征土氣嗎

　　AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Windmills, tulips and wooden shoes may be among the most beloved emblems of the Netherlands, but they are symbols the Dutch government is trying to avoid as it takes up the EU presidency, local media said on Tuesday.

　　The government decided such symbols were too "corny" and would detract from the image of the Netherlands that Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende wants to project.

　　A spokesman for Dutch European Affairs Minister Atzo Nicolai was quoted as saying that tulips and wooden shoes might be seen as "nice, but totally nutty". In place of those symbols, the Dutch emblem for the EU presidency will incorporate the letters "NL" and the national colors -- red, white, blue and orange -- in a design that spells out "EU".

　　Balkenende's government, however, has decided to embrace at least one traditional Dutch symbol. As thank-you gifts to journalists and others, it will hand out painted tins of stroopwafels, sweets made of waffles and caramel, and a Dutch favorite.




風(fēng)車、郁金香和木鞋：傳統(tǒng)是土氣嗎
　　阿姆斯特丹:風(fēng)車、郁金香和木鞋恐怕是荷蘭最可愛的象征,但荷蘭政府在擔(dān)任了歐盟輪值主席后卻不想提到它們,當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w于本周二這樣報道。

　　政府認(rèn)為這些象征太"老套土氣",會在7月1日荷蘭擔(dān)任25國機構(gòu)的輪值主席后減弱荷蘭總理楊·培特·巴爾肯恩德想樹立的荷蘭形象。

　　荷蘭歐洲事務(wù)部長的發(fā)言人阿挫·尼果萊的話被報紙所引用,他說郁金香和木鞋可能看上去"很美好,但卻很傻。"

　　荷蘭在歐盟任職期間用以替代傳統(tǒng)象征的新象征包括字母NL(荷蘭的英文縮寫)以及用代表荷蘭的紅白藍(lán)橙四種顏色拼出的EU(歐盟)。

　　但政府決定至少使用一種傳統(tǒng)象征。作為對記者和他人的小禮物,荷蘭將奉送彩色甜點盒———一種由蛋奶烘餅和焦糖制成的黏甜點,這是荷蘭人最喜歡吃的。

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