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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Countries themselves need to do everything possible to remain in the euro zone. Mark Rutte Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Free trade creates jobs and prosperity in the Netherlands at the port of Rotterdam or the airport at Schiphol. Mark Rutte Read Quote
