About the good Dutch
The nationalist Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) launched a website on which they collect complaints about the bad Poles disturbing the peace and prosperity of the Dutch. The idea is stupid because on the Internet you can anonymously enter any nonsense and the legal party’s seal will accredit it. I do not think the idea is worthy of the highest Polish authorities’ fury because its risk is small. The Dutch are a very peaceful nation and deserve a different reaction.
Here is my suggestion – “Good Dutchman”. I encourage the Poles, Bulgarians, Romanians and others who have visited this country and know its people, to write in comments under this entry 2-3 sentences about their experiences. I believe that the vast majority of them is positive. Let’s put together those who think positively about each other against those who want to glorify the stench.
Here is my first comment:
I came to the Netherlands in 1975. I was hitchhiking, and in places where I couldn’t do it – I was cycling. At the entrance to highway cars were not allowed to stop. So I got caught by the police, fined (5 guilders) and taken together with the bike in a place where it was possible to thumb a ride.
Marek Siwiec, Polish Member of the European Parliament, writes about European Neighbourhood Policy, defence policy, Polish Presidency of the EU Council, Polish politics and other topics related to European and international affairs.