Yesterday the inferior chamber in the Dutch Parliament ratified the Treaty of Accession with Romania and Bulgaria, due majority of almost two thirds, says Rompres. The Netherlands has become the twelfth state to ratify the document. As previously announced, the Christian-Democrat Alliance led by PM Jan Peter Balkenendem and the Socialist Party voted against it. There were also two independent Mps who did the same. The other seven parties in the Parliament voted for ratification. (...) (D.E.)