Leadership does matter.
From Mark Rutte
As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected.
Never waste a crisis.
The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.
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.
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.
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.
We have pension funds with 1.5 trillion euros investments, and they want to find business opportunities in India.
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.
Free trade creates jobs and prosperity in the Netherlands at the port of Rotterdam or the airport at Schiphol.
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