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"Mr President. Mr Farage, again you have spoken on behalf of a great many Europeans who do not like this Europe, for which I thank you.
This debate is a big sham. The new bogus President Herman Van Rompuy, who was appointed in back rooms, has congratulated President Barroso and the Commission on the financial rescue of Greece. Of course, this again boils down to Dutch taxpayers having to dig deeply into their pockets once again. Let us not forget that Greece has been deceiving the countries of Europe with falsified figures for many years. Mr Van Rompuy, you say that you have forced Greece to take tough measures. Tough measures: an increase in the retirement age from 61 to 63 years? Most working Europeans can only dream of such things; indeed, the Dutch Government is even looking to increase this age from 65 to 67 years. Greek workers are taking retirement at 63 and we have to foot the bill.
What has happened to all the tough language of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)? The Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), as represented by Mrs Wortmann-Kool: a couple of weeks ago, her party was still saying that not a cent of Dutch taxpayers’ money would go to Greece. Fine words also from Angela Merkel: not one cent towards Greek pensions. Yet what are we seeing now? They have changed their minds; they have buckled. Apparently their words were worth nothing. Now the Greeks, with their falsified figures, are already receiving financial support, and who is next? Portugal, Spain, Hungary, you name it. Even the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe of Mr Verhofstadt and, indeed, of Mr van Baalen from the Dutch People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is now promising soft loans to weak countries and a European Monetary Fund. Mr van Baalen, why are you not contradicting Mr Verhofstadt? This is voter deception, pure and simple: in the elections you promised less Europe but we are only getting more. It is your own group that is advocating this. Ladies and gentlemen, the European Union is not the solution to the problems but the cause."@en1
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