Timmermans says he is surprised by the request.

蒂默曼说，他对这样的要求感到吃惊。

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Mr Timmermans says that it was “the worst referendum campaign ever”.

Timmermans认为这是有史以来最差劲的一次公投活动。

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But to many citizens, says Mr Timmermans, "Europe seems to be an agent of insecurity."

但是蒂莫斯曼说，对许多荷兰公民，“欧洲似乎成了不安的媒介。”

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Mr Timmermans, the risk chief at ING, points to the problem of getting out of positions at the right time.

ECONOMIST: The revolution within

Frans Timmermans, the Europe minister, says that the Netherlands was always pro-European, but not always in favour of European institutions.

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Indeed, Mr Timmermans suggests that the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the Dutch were among the keenest Europeans, were exceptional.

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