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"Mr President, I think we have had a very good discussion today. President Hollande, I certainly want to thank you for agreeing to have a debate with us. We are aware that it is something you did not have to do as a Head of State and certainly something which your predecessor never did, so thank you for that.
Let me say that if you want to push ahead with your socialist policies in France, then of course I wish you good luck. I don’t think that they will work, but good luck anyway. We will certainly not stand in your way. However, I would make one plea: that you do not allow socialism and militant trade unionism to interfere with the proper functioning of the single market. In particular, I want to raise with you the recent actions by French fishermen in Boulogne who have prevented Dutch and Belgian vessels from landing their catches there. French fishermen have even vandalised Dutch and Belgian ships. In my own country, the main Dover-Calais ferry route is regularly blocked by militant fishermen and farmers, with the knock-on effect of traffic jams around the south east of England.
So I would ask you to do two things: first of all, tackle these militant unions, restore order in your ports and protect those fishing and trading routes. Secondly, do not try to use the single market as a means of harmonising the rest of Europe down to your level. Because if you do, people will not just be removing their money from France they will be removing it from Europe as well."@en1
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