
France Still Plunged in Chaos
The unhealthy political, social, and economic climate in France is now of international concern. The Council of Europe has sounded the alarm against excessive use of violence against the demonstrators.
The unhealthy political, social, and economic climate in France is now of international concern. The Council of Europe has sounded the alarm against excessive use of violence against the demonstrators.
The Israeli leader was left with little choice, as he tried to maintain the coherence of his rightist coalition government as well as the social fabric of his country.
After two nights of riots and mass demonstrations from enraged pro-EU demonstrators, the withdrawal comes as a big win for the opposition in a deeper struggle over their nation’s future.
He urged lawmakers to seriously consider why New Year’s Eve ‘celebrations’ have become increasingly violent over the years, in the same places with the same participants.
One year ago, the perpetrator attacked asylum seekers with a saber, for which he was being detained while awaiting trial. Earlier this month, he was freed—a decision which now has come under heavy criticism.
Amidst talk of a victory for Muslims in general, vulgar ethnic resentment against Europeans on the part of rioters can pretend to stem from a principled opposition to secular, liberal postmodernity.
Ruud Koopmans, a Dutch sociologist, professor at Humboldt University in Berlin, and researcher on migration, social integration, and transnationalization said many of the rioters “grew up in a culture of hatred of the West.”
Moroccan migrants took to the streets in Belgium and Holland following the victory of Morocco against Belgium during the World Cup. The rioters, who left a trail of destruction in their wake, were contained by riot police with tear gas and water cannons.
The reverberations of Paludan’s distasteful, but legal, Koran burnings have many Swedes wondering whether freedom of expression and multiculturalism can truly exist alongside one another in a single society.
The prime minister’s long-overdue admission came on Thursday when she conceded that the unprecedented migration over the past two decades—paired with the state’s inability to integrate newcomers—had resulted in dangerous parallel societies and rising gang violence.