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"Mr President, there is no doubt that the Dutch Presidency will go down as a historic one, but for reasons for which you, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, cannot be blamed. Six months ago, the main challenge of this Presidency was the migration and refugee crisis and, while we cannot say that this crisis is over, we can say that it is more under control than in January, and this is due in no small part to the diligent work of your Presidency, thanks to the professionalism of your officials and the commitment of your ministers.
This Chamber has benefited from the good sense of Bert Koenders and the input of our former colleague Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and, as a result, under your watch we have found agreement on important legislation: the new Frontex European Border and Coast Guard, the Fourth Railway Package, passenger name records, data protection and other matters. You have achieved these agreements not by seeking to deliver an abstract vision but by delivering concrete and practical results that make the EU work better. The Dutch Presidency has set an example for other Presidencies to follow.
A few years ago, Mr Rutte, you called for a policy of ‘European where necessary, national where possible’. You admitted that, all too often, agreements regarding the budget or the democratic rule of law have not been respected. You warned that Europe is being associated more and more with an anonymous, formal and impersonal layer of government in which national sovereignty is being replaced by normative rules from Brussels. Those in this House – as well as Commissioners and national leaders – who are impatient for a European army, who are impatient for a European FBI, who are impatient for European government would be advised to heed your words, and also to bear in mind the old Dutch proverb that ‘a handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of praise’. An EU with or without the UK needs to listen to those wise words now more than ever."@en1
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