I'm from Belgium, and there was indeed a big fuss about Dutch coffee-shops moving closer to the border (I think it's a great idea, but hey). Lately the dutch political attitude towards the coffeeshops has tightened a lot, and all the neighboring countries have also shown they want nothing to do with it. I think it's a shame, since coffeeshops helps keep chill smokers off the streets and it has proven to lower overall criminality. They just don't want to know..