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Jeroen Dijsselbloem (Photo: Rijksoverheid.nl) - Credit: Jeroen Dijsselbloem (Photo: Rijksoverheid.nl)
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Friday, 3 March 2017 - 08:10

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Labour candidate Dijsselbloem: Integration is not failing

"You can't say that integration failed", Jeroen Dijsselbloem, current Finance Minister and number three on the PvdA candidate list, said on radio program Dit is de Dag on Thursday.

According to Dijsselbloem, "a lot of things went well" when it comes to integration. "Go look in the lecture halls in big cities. They are now filled with children from an immigration background", he said.

He agrees that the naturalization process could go smoother. He thinks it should be more mandatory and that all the responsibility can not be left to the immigrants.

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