MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 29, 2016) Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64). Carney provided food and water to the migrants aboard the vessel before coordinating with a nearby merchant vessel to take them to safety. Carney is forward deployed to Rota, Spain, and is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. navy photo by Chief Information Systems Technician Wesley R. Dickey/Released)
At LewRockwell.com, Eric S. Margolis explains what caused Europe’s recent political earthquake. He writes:
European voters revolted against their political leaders in last week’s continent-wide parliamentary votes. The result was a bombshell: right-wing parties made huge gains, shaking the existing order to its foundations and sending warning signals to voters in the US, Britain, and Canada.
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, called a surprise election in the hope of undoing the lurch to the right. Right-wing parties in Austria, Belgium, Holland, and Germany scored smashing victories over conventional middle-of-the-road parties or the left. Italy has moved firmly to the right under its attractive moderate prime minister Giorgia Meloni, whose political roots lead back to Mussolini and Italian fascism. Poland and Eastern Europe remain a question mark. Switzerland is moving right as its voters consider a ban on new immigrants. Hungary has become a bastion of what it calls ‘white Europe.’
What caused this political earthquake?
The answer is simple: immigration.
Much of the world wants to move to prosperous, easy-going Europe. The EU has become a world leader in human and animal rights and stands out for its honest legal system and general decency. The raw corruption and criminality so common in the US are not so often seen in Northern Europe. Besides, Western Europe is the paradise next door for many third worlders.
Many Europeans are outraged by the growing numbers of Africans and Asians crossing their porous borders. I’ve been watching this immigration tsunami for decades. Germany, still guilt-stricken over its wartime crimes and short on population, has opened its gates to mass immigration. But how can decent human beings slam the door in the face of suffering millions?
Anyone who has been to Paris lately has seen the ethnic composition of the city change from European to African and Mideastern. Immigration has brought waves of crime and street violence. Criminals – pickpockets, purse snatchers, burglars, beggars – infest all of southern Europe. The Riviera has become crime ridden. Gypsies (also known as Roma) are high on the criminality list. Many Roma hail from Romania. Police can’t do much about their thievery because of lingering wartime guilt and because many criminals are under 16.
The recent parliamentary elections in Europe – that brought over 300 million to the polls – cannot be ignored. They are a salvo of protest from voters who want immigration halted. They don’t want to see Europe go multicultural, multi-ethnic, lesbian, gay and third world. They want the traditional Europe of high culture, white society, and fiscal caution.
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