Mark Rutte Professions : Prime Minister of the Netherlands Born : February 14, 1967 Browse All Authors Top 39 quotes by Mark Rutte We are extremely vulnerable because we take too much time to implement the necessary measures. This is a painful process. When you go through a painful process - make it as short as possible Mark Rutte vulnerable too-much painful This goes back to the main challenge we are facing, because Europe at the moment is not competitive. We have many imbalances and my big worry is that we will slow down in Europe in terms of fiscal consolidations and reforms, whilst we have to step up. Mark Rutte challenges worry europe The annual cost of cybercrime to the global economy is more than $4 billion Mark Rutte billions economy cost The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved. Mark Rutte imf involved good-things No-one likes this, but theres really something bigger at stake. We have to stop the Netherlands from coming to a halt and jobs being lost unnecessarily. Mark Rutte world (China's) Premier Li Keqiang and I with our delegation discussed ... climate mitigation and adaptation ... at length. It will also create a lot of new jobs in the new economy. Mark Rutte environment For now, we are overcome by a sense of horror and disbelief at the terrible events of today. Mark Rutte world This tax needs to be reasonable, it needs to deliver significant CO2 reductions, without chasing companies away. Mark Rutte environment The thing now tonight is we have to seek clarifications, particularly on the backstop, there is this whole thinking in the UK that this backstop is inevitable, that it will be triggered. I can assure you one thing, there is nobody in their right mind in European Union who wants to trigger the backstop because this is bad news not only for the UK but also for European Union. Mark Rutte world This depends on Turkey, we didn’t seek this fight. Mark Rutte world We want to help to relieve the problems in the region by making the existing facilities more manageable, it will take energy and money and manpower, but we can work toward a situation where there is more security in the region and we can avoid people boarding boats to Europe. Mark Rutte most-read-articles We are talking about the group that can go back, whose governments would take them back, but they don't want to go back. Mark Rutte top-news It's good that so many of the Dutch want this government to continue ... and that's what we will do. Mark Rutte world I estimate the chance that we will go back up on July 1 very small, but we need to research the consequences of less gas extraction. Mark Rutte company-news This is what the European Union is all about. A strong market with a strong currency. Mark Rutte about european-union currency strong As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected. Mark Rutte down big go know England has collapsed politically, monetarily, constitutionally, and economically. It is not reasonable to demand from them to trigger Article 50. Mark Rutte trigger reasonable demand england 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. Mark Rutte suit follow us reality The U.K. is outward-looking, trade-oriented, growth-oriented, and we do not have enough of that storyline, that tradition, that culture within the European Union. Mark Rutte within tradition enough culture I believe on the issue of immigration, you have to deal with it sensibly. Mark Rutte you i-believe immigration believe
