England has collapsed politically, monetarily, constitutionally, and economically. It is not reasonable to demand from them to trigger Article 50.
- Mark Rutte
England, Them, Collapsed, Trigger
We have pension funds with 1.5 trillion euros investments, and they want to find business opportunities in India.
- Mark Rutte
Business, Want, Find, Investments
Our national prosperity is built on our open borders. However, the reality is that if a points system is introduced in the UK it would be unavoidable for us in the Netherlands to implement similar proposals - and inevitable that many other EU countries would follow suit.
- Mark Rutte
Other, Borders, However, EU
The Netherlands and the UK are both seafaring nations and so our ability to create jobs and to generate future growth is built on the free market.
- Mark Rutte
Netherlands, Jobs, Built, Generate
As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected.
- Mark Rutte
Big, Roman Empire, Borders, Empire
It shouldn't be the asylum seekers wondering which country they want go to. It should be Europe telling them where to be, be it Lithuania, Sweden, or wherever.
- Mark Rutte
Country, Telling, Which, Asylum
The U.K. is outward-looking, trade-oriented, growth-oriented, and we do not have enough of that storyline, that tradition, that culture within the European Union.
- Mark Rutte
Culture, Within, Storyline
I am absolutely convinced that the E.U. will still be around. I am convinced the U.K. will be sitting at that table and not negotiating an exit, but being there to stay.
- Mark Rutte
Will, Still, Being, Negotiating
We are a trading nation, and we are trading with Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.
- Mark Rutte
Nation, Spain, Trading, Greece
Our ability to create jobs, our future growth, is built on the free market. It's built on open borders.
- Mark Rutte
Borders, Jobs, Built, Open
The Netherlands has been severely hit by the debt crisis, and the solution is to lower taxes, get government finances in order, and make room for investment.
- Mark Rutte
Crisis, Been, Lower, Lower Taxes
I believe on the issue of immigration, you have to deal with it sensibly.
- Mark Rutte
Immigration, Deal, Issue, Sensibly
I was very much surprised by the Johnson/Gove proposals to make it harder for Europeans to work in the U.K. if Britain were to vote to leave the E.U.
- Mark Rutte
Work, Very, Britain, Vote
It's not only the British voters who have doubts about European cooperation. There is skepticism in many other E.U. countries.
- Mark Rutte
Other, Doubts, Voters, Skepticism
Free trade creates jobs and prosperity in the Netherlands at the port of Rotterdam or the airport at Schiphol.
- Mark Rutte
Trade, Port, Jobs, Free Trade
This is what the European Union is all about. A strong market with a strong currency.
- Mark Rutte
Strong, Market, European, Currency
The U.K. outside of the European Union will end up being a mid-sized economy, somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in neither America nor Europe.
- Mark Rutte
Will, Middle, European, European Union
We need not to just kill the boat-smuggling business model: we also need to get rid of this asylum-shopping in the European Union.
- Mark Rutte
Business, Need, European, European Union
Radical changes will come to the Netherlands. We stand for fundamental choices, and we need to make the right ones.
- Mark Rutte
Will, Need, Radical, Netherlands
In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014.
- Mark Rutte
Year, Difficult, Prospects, Netherlands
I am from the Netherlands, so that means we like to stick to the rules, and we like to stick to the deal, and we like countries to do what they have promised.
- Mark Rutte
Deal, Like, Means, Netherlands
David Cameron has a lot of credibility and influence.
- Mark Rutte
Lot, David Cameron, Cameron, David
The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.
- Mark Rutte
Politics, IMF, Involved, Good Thing
I believe the United Kingdom will be worse off outside the E.U. It will not have the influence it has in the world today.
- Mark Rutte
Will, United, I Believe The, Kingdom
Monti is a person who is an expert on both the political and professional level.
- Mark Rutte
Expert, Person, Level, Professional
I used to walk in the Bowery in the early 1980s, and it was not safe. It went from this to Disneyland under Giuliani and Bloomberg. This is now one of the best-run big cities in the world.
- Mark Rutte
Big, Used, Cities, Safe
Before we kill Schengen, we have to make Dublin work.
- Mark Rutte
Work, Before, Make, Dublin
We need Britain not only to stay in the E.U. but to be very active in it.
- Mark Rutte
Need, Very, Britain, Active
Countries themselves need to do everything possible to remain in the euro zone.
- Mark Rutte
Need, Zone, Remain, Euro
Never waste a crisis.
- Mark Rutte
Never, Waste, Crisis
No one wants to kill Schengen, but if it is only a fairweather system, then it cannot survive.
- Mark Rutte
System, Only, Wants, Survive
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