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"This site, which is targeted against Central and East Europeans, oversteps the boundaries of free speech, violates civil rights and creates a xenophobic atmosphere. I cannot agree that this is an internal matter concerning one party.
Encouraging complaints to be made against workers from other countries puts them on an unequal footing and leads us to refer, as many colleagues have said, to Article 18 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which prohibits any kind of discrimination based on citizenship.
I hope that the Dutch Government will take measures enabling them to defend the name of its country which is one of the founding members of the EU and which was renowned, until recently, for its people’s liberal attitudes and tolerance. These are values which should not be sacrificed, whether because of economic problems, because of the rise in unemployment or of Euroscepticism, and in no way because of one party’s aspiration to gain popularity. Otherwise, a serious question mark will remain over the Dutch Government’s ability to adopt an impartial stance, both with regard to the anti-Bulgarian website and on Bulgaria’s and Romania’s membership of Schengen."@en1
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