"Prevent" is a strong word. I would say that the best thing EU can do is facilitate conditions that would encourage ASML to stay home. Something obviously isn't going well if ASML can't expand within NL/EU and putting any further restrictions would scare businesses off.
I dont understand right-wing politicians sometimes.
Something like this has happened in sweden and now employers there are starving for talent.
basically there is a salary limit that changes often and a person who has already met the requirements for a work permit all of a sudden needs to have their salary increased same month the limit changes or face renewal-extension of work permit and immediate deportation.
We are not talking here about low-wage workers either (can you imagine the level of knowledge and skills required to work for ASML), why attack that group of people specifically?
Where would they go? Germany? They don't give any tax breaks for migrant workers there. Actually nobody else in the EU does, it's only a Netherlands feature. Switzerland? It's even more difficult to get work visas there. US? Same and you need to pay even higher wages. Belgium? UK? Luxemburg?
Canada, our government's happy to have companies bring in underpaid foreign labour instead of hiring locals. Sad that hasn't really gotten is anywhere in terms of attracting business investment.
I think maybe we should see through the corporate nonsense and stop pandering to these companies and their demands. There's more to being investment friendly than just offering low taxes and a surplus of cheap foreign labour.
> A significant portion of ASML's workforce, about 40%, consists of labor migrants. The company has expressed concerns about the potential tightening of labor migration rules by a new right-wing cabinet, which could hinder its ability to hire new personnel and grow
Not informed about NL politics, but would any government be hindering high skilled legal immigration? In my experience this type of migration is highly encouraged, regardless of the left/right leanings of a government.
Definitely some are. In Finland the situation is basically such that if you cross the border from Russia illegally, you can just claim asylum and stay here for a long time, especially if your home country refuses to take you back against your will (which requires a police escort and lots of bureaucracy anyway). Meanwhile legal migrant workers, including skilled labor, are now subjected to tightened employment restrictions. If you lose your job and don't start in a new one within six months (original plan was three), you'll have to leave. This may make sense for low-skilled labour (of which there is no real shortage anyway), but IMO not for highly trained specialists that are in demand.
Many EU countries are only good at attracting exactly the kind of migration that isn't beneficial to economy.
I love it when right wing political muppets are being shut down by innovative companies.
What a lot of xenofobic pundits from wealthy counties who vote right wing don't understand, is that a lot of their economic growth they saw in the last decade or two came BECAUSE of migration.
Would be curious if they're ready to put their money where their mouth is, as in, accept economic contraction for the sake of "getting rid of foreigners".
Why is migration considered a good thing? Migrants are taking away jobs from locals. Moving places is hard, you leave family and friends behind. It’s better when everybody finds jobs locally where they live.
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Last I check the Dutch have good protection for human rights.
Some more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39615693
So they have nothing to worry about on the climate change front
We are not talking here about low-wage workers either (can you imagine the level of knowledge and skills required to work for ASML), why attack that group of people specifically?
I think maybe we should see through the corporate nonsense and stop pandering to these companies and their demands. There's more to being investment friendly than just offering low taxes and a surplus of cheap foreign labour.
Many EU countries are only good at attracting exactly the kind of migration that isn't beneficial to economy.
https://twitter.com/JamesCleverly/status/1759597950353752091...
Less migrants, or at least looking like you're trying to have less, tries to get the populist vote.
Tax breaks for well-paid foreigners are difficult to justify in this political climate, and have been reduced substantially in recent years.
What a lot of xenofobic pundits from wealthy counties who vote right wing don't understand, is that a lot of their economic growth they saw in the last decade or two came BECAUSE of migration.
Would be curious if they're ready to put their money where their mouth is, as in, accept economic contraction for the sake of "getting rid of foreigners".