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"Mr President, this week, Romania invited the Netherlands to come and see how it monitors its borders. Romania wants to demonstrate that it is complying with all the standards. That is a nice gesture, but it is not going to help. The Dutch Government is deliberately trying to move the goalposts while the match is still being played.
The Dutch Government is on a collision course. For them, this is not about external borders, but about domestic politics. Workers from Eastern Europe are being blamed for contributing to unemployment amongst the Dutch. The government wants to show the Dutch public that it can be tough, but free movement of workers is being confused here with freedom of movement. We are robbing our own pockets. Dutch trade with both countries will be damaged. We are showing ourselves to be not just a bad neighbour, but a bad merchant as well. In the Netherlands that
know, that is usually seen as extremely detrimental.
I therefore call on my counterparts in the Netherlands to stop having national debates on the backs of Romanians and Bulgarians who want to travel freely, just as we do."@en1
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