The Netherlands Becomes First Eu Country To Demand It Can Opt-Out Of Migration Rules ...

[naomi24]

...to ensure it 'can provide housing, health care and education' to its citizens.  The request comes amid a deepening political crisis over the EU's common refugee system and the Schengen borderless travel zone.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13868253/Netherlands-EU-country-opt-migration-rules.html

 

Could we be forgiven for thinking that all is not rosy in Europe? 

[douglas9401]

Takes your mind off the troubles at home I suppose.

[david small]

Common sense rears it’s sleeping head?

[max137]

Exactly ref.david small

[fender62]

you would think politicians here and in europe would have seen this coming years ago, yet did nothing because we are strangled by our own laws and treaties, i think it's time to revisit these laws and treaties for amendments, i won't hold my breath.

[New Judge]

"Could we be forgiven for thinking that all is not rosy in Europe?"

All has not been rosy in Europe (i.e. in the EU) for many years.

As far as this particular issue goes, it is again the ridiculous  Schengen scheme which is at the heart of the problem. In reaction to the latest crisis Manuel Ostermann, deputy federal chairman of the German Federal Police Union, has launched a fierce condemnation of Schengen, the EU's hare-brained border-free scheme, in an interview with Focus magazine:

'The crisis in Germany's security is a direct consequence of Schengen's ineffective policies. Schengen's inability to manage migration effectively has put Germany's safety at stake.'

'Germany must realize the current failure of Schengen and either make a concerted effort to return to the current legal situation or terminate Schengen,'

Ample and adequate warnings were given against the folly of Schengen before it was implemented. Signatories were warned that - like the euro - it is a "fair weather" project. Very useful when all is going well; an absolute abomination when it is not.

They were warned that Schengen will not only provide those entitled to be in the zone with borderless travel, it will also provide those not entitled to be there with the same privileges. And so it proved. A scheme sold as the facility to enable the free movement of labour now enables the free movement of claimants, undesireables, fanatics and terrorists. 

There are now currently eight Schengen members who have seen fit to implement "temporary" border controls, contrary to the spirit of Schengen but actually allowed in its provisions. All have stated, in one way or another, that the reasons for this imposition include concerns over "irregular" entries, the risks of terrorism and other violent activities, and global instabiliy causing risks posed by mass migration with which they cannot cope. Some have issued consecutive border closures to circumvent the six month limit imposed by Schengen. So how long will these "temporary" suspensions of border controls last? What value does that now place on Schengen?

Now The Netherlands has applied to opt out of the EU's common asylum and migration controls saying it needs to be able to provide housing, health care and education to its own citizens.

The EU Commission's reaction to this perfectly reasonable request: 'you cannot evade EU legislation'. 

So there's the answer to those who do not accept that the EU's grab of sovereignty from its member nations is complete and that, contrary to their beliefs, it really does matter. 

[Khandro]

Viktor Orban has set the precedent a while back by refusing any immigration into Hungary. Despite all sorts of E.U. sanctions against him he remains unbowed. 

Now Poland, with the ex-darling of Brussels, Donald Tusk in the driving seat, is taking a similar stance.

Schengen is doomed, and was always a goofy piece of political ideology anyway.