Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-13-Speech-2-454-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-03-13"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120313.20.2-454-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-13-Speech-2-455-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Auke Zijlstra2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2012-07-16)3 unknown; Partij voor de Vrijheid (2011-09-13--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2011-09-21--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2011-09-13--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2011-09-26--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, eight years ago, no fewer than 12 countries joined the European Union. Everyone knew then only too well that those countries were not ready to join. The ambition was to create not a stable EU, but, first and foremost, a large EU. The accession requirements were simply relaxed. The consequence of that is that already, three hundred thousand people from Central and Eastern Europe have moved to the Netherlands. The reality is that the sheer numbers of these people are causing major problems in terms of housing, employment, education and social security. Unfortunately, this has also been accompanied by a large increase in crime and a massive burden on our society. Yes, Madam President, this is the reality, one we have found out about through the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV)’s website, which has already received more than a hundred thousand complaints. The Brussels elite is partly responsible for the relocation of crime to the Netherlands, and the overburdening of services that this entails, because of its open-borders policy. The free movement of persons, yes, but this has also been accompanied by the free movement of crime and the concomitant social burden. The Dutch are bothered by it and have had enough. And they are not alone. France is having the same problems and now even the French President, Sarkozy, is threatening to suspend French membership of the Schengen area. Meanwhile, Madam President, we are having a plenary debate here, but not about the problems, as our citizens would expect. No, we are having a debate about PVV’s website which is trying to map those problems. This is a world turned upside down. This Parliament is sweeping the problems under the carpet, this Parliament – including its President – does not want to know the facts. We are listening to our citizens. It is you, not we, who are walking away from the problems! The Brussels elite in the Commission and Parliament sees only the European dream, when, in reality, it appears to be turning into a nightmare, like a bubble bursting, but they do not actually want to know anything about this. They are like squabbling children who are throwing a tantrum now that there are no more presents to open. They can now shed their mask of moral superiority because our citizens have seen through it. Madam President, it is time that this Parliament was abolished."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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