Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-13-Speech-2-446-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discriminatory Internet sites and government reactions (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120313.20.2-446-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-13-Speech-2-447-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marije Cornelissen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; GroenLinks (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2012-02-01--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2011-03-23--2013-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, a Polish MEP recently said that more Dutch people should see the film ‘The Lives of Others’, because then they would understand how immensely hurtful it is for people who have lived behind the Iron Curtain to learn that a complaints website exists calling on people to snitch on their fellow citizens. This website stigmatises and stereotypes workers from Central and Eastern Europe and panders to discrimination against them. The outcry there has been over this website has not been without reason. The Dutch Government’s policy choices have been gradually filling a chalice with bad blood: the exclusion of Romanian and Bulgarian workers, the blocking of Schengen, the restriction of the social rights of EU citizens. And this website is the last drop that has made the chalice run over. This debate is not about the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), nor is it about Geert Wilders, though he would very much like that to be the case. His despicable initiative is an attempt to provoke and nothing more than that. This debate is about the position of Prime Minister Rutte, a prime minister who is neglecting his responsibilities. It is his responsibility to condemn this website in the strongest terms, because it is stigmatising EU citizens, and he is neglecting to do that. It is Mr Rutte’s responsibility to protect the citizens of his country from discrimination and to address the causes thereof and he is neglecting that responsibility. It is Mr Rutte’s responsibility to accord paramount importance to the fundamental European right of free movement and he is neglecting to do that. Prime Minister Rutte has forced himself into a corner by repeatedly stating that he has no intention of condemning the website. And he seems to think that it would be a defeat to retrace his steps while he still has time. On Thursday, we will be adopting a resolution here, by an overwhelming majority, in which we make it clear that Prime Minister Rutte’s failure to condemn the website will be an even greater defeat, for him, for the Netherlands’ reputation and, actually, for all Europeans. If Mr Rutte wants to be a prime minister who does business with the big boys and big girls of Europe, then he needs to be seen to address the consequences of this website and his government’s policies, like a real man. If he fails to do so, then his name will look totally in place on that illustrious list that is in the making: Berlusconi, Orbán, Rutte."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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