Restricted access for Bulgarians and Romanians?

The Dutch ruling CDA party has put forward a 15-point plan aimed above all at limiting Eastern European migrants' access to social benefits. The conservative news magazine Elsevier writes that the plan does not go far enough: "A nice plan. But too little and too late. For example, [CDA politician and author of the plan] Eddy van Hijum is against (partially) cancelling contracts, meaning it will be impossible to treat migrants differently than Dutch people. As a result his plan will have minimum impact. The CDA should have figured out that Eastern Europeans are also scheming cosmopolitans who given the choice will always prefer to live from social benefits in the Netherlands if not working here earns them more than a job at home. If van Hijum really wanted to achieve something he would put his foot down and stop [CDA Minister of Social Affairs and Employment] Piet Hein Donner from allowing Bulgarians and Romanians unrestriced access to the Netherlands."

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