Rutte: together with Macron climate action in Eastern Europe

brussels - France and the Netherlands should work together to involve East European countries more in the climate issue. 'We always end up in a fixed groove in debates about migration and climate,' said Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Brussels about the contradictions in the EU.

Paris and The Hague could, according to the prime minister, take the lead to get out of it and get 'in conversation' with Eastern European countries that struggle to make their economy more sustainable. Both Rutte and French President Macron wants to go beyond the agreements in the Paris climate agreement.

The leaders, who dined together in The Hague on Wednesday, see Rutte as the best to form a leading group with other countries. They could together take measures that are good for the climate and also create jobs. 'There lies a huge economic potential with which perhaps the east-west sensitivity can also be removed. '

Not only climate measures, but also labor migration and reception of asylum seekers, there are many differences of opinion between Western Europe and countries such as Poland and Hungary.