Men regeringerne bærer deres del af skylden, for i stedet for det oprindelige europæiske projekt om fri bevægelighed og konkurrence mellem sammenlignelige lande med hensyn til levestandard og social beskyttelse har man fået den utydelige åbning for kapital og varer, der er produceret andre steder end i Europa under forhold, som er tæt på slaveri.
We are quick to condemn companies who make staff redundant while they themselves are making a profit, but governments must also bear their share of the responsibility, because the original European plan for free circulation and competition between countries with comparable living standards and social protection schemes has been replaced by the indiscriminate opening up of the market to capital and to products manufactured outside Europe in conditions approaching slavery.