Mark Rutte Quotes

Germany, Politician
February 14, 1967

Mark Rutte (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrk ˈrʏtə] (About this sound listen); born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician serving as the 50th and current Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010 and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie – VVD) since 2006. Rutte was previously appointed as State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment from 22 July 2002 to 17 June 2004 and as State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science from 17 June 2004 until 27 June 2006, when he was elected to succeed Jozias van Aartsen as the new VVD Leader.

England has collapsed politically, monetarily, constitutionally, and economically. It is not reasonable to demand from them to trigger Article 50.

Mark Rutte
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.

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- Growth

Leadership does matter.

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- Leadership
We need Britain not only to stay in the E.U. but to be very active in it.

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I believe on the issue of immigration, you have to deal with it sensibly.

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- Believe
- Immigration
The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.

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- Good
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.

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- Reality
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.

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- Work

This is what the European Union is all about. A strong market with a strong currency.

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- Strong