Fuelled by the economic crisis and increasing unemployment, the Social Party (SP) and ultra-nationalists of the Partij voor de Vrijheid (Freedom Party, PVV) found each other on the topic of Eastern-European immigrant workers in the last debate before Dutch voters go to the polls on June 4.

"There was a time when you would hear them talk about international solidarity, now they want to close borders," Hans van Baalen of the liberal Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, VVD) said about the SP, as quoted by Dutch daily Trouw.

SP and PVV found each other agreeing that Eastern-European workers were to blame for the hardship native workers are experiencing in finding employment.

PVV MEP-candidate Barry Madlener said the VVD was the reason for the "numerous Romanians" in the country. According to Van Baalen, the free movement of workers contributed to Dutch welfare, saying "I prefer a position in The Netherlands to be filled by a Polish worker, rather than the position disappearing to Poland."

"If we follow the SP and the PVV, we will end up being a tiny nationalist country with only white people," Christian-Democrat Wim van de Camp said.

Madlener clashed with Judith Sargentini from the Greens (GrounLinks) on the topic of Turkey's accession to the EU. Madlener feared mass immigration once Turkey joined the bloc and said he was convinced the "Turks would, like the Poles, take our jobs." According to Sargentini, Turkey should join the bloc when it meets requirements, saying "there will be a lot to enjoy from the Turks."