EUROPE TURNING RIGHT?
After the September 11th 2001 attacks, Europe was awakened to a problem: the presence of radical Islamists in Europe. Since that date, right-wing anti-immigrant parties have gained popularity in Europe.
-In many western European nations, right-wing parties have been gaining in popularity. Some to the extent that they help to form coalition governments. Here is why:
1)The Muslim extremists are so loud that they draw a lot of media attention
2)In areas where there are immigrant neighbourhoods, there is a lot more crime
3)The fertility rate of the ethnic European population has dropped below the replacement level, while the fertility rate of the Muslims is higher
4)Countries such as Germany (especially the eastern part), France and Italy have high unemployment rates
5)While a few British Mulims were preaching murder on the street, the police did not arrest any of these people. However, a white British man was sentenced to prison time after telling Muslim immigrants to go home
6)The murder of Dutch filmaker Theo van Gough
7)The riots in Paris
8)The Madrid and London transit bombings
Anti-immigrant parties take these and then use them to promote their cause: "The current political party will not take care of crime, so if you elect us, we will." "Vote for us and you will not be treated as second class citizens in your own country." These are just a few of their promises (which are simple solutions to complex problems). When people from Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East were broght in for labour in the 60's and 70's, these problems were not foreseen. When problems started to arise, the social-democrat goverments did not take any action. Now that the problem has become known, people turn to these anti-immigrant groups to do something because tradtional parties will not.
Already some countries have decided to limit entry into their country by foreign nationals. This includes the tolerant Dutch. More and more people are being turned away from entering the Netherlands as immigrants or as refugees. These parties use the fear tactic quite effectively and it is getting some of their members elected into office.
posted by Steve Finlay @ 10:12 AM
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