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French president challenges 'inward-looking nationalist selfishness' in Europe:
Emmanuel Macron has outlined his vision for the future of the European Union in Strasbourg. The 40-year-old, who secured the French Presidency in May on a pro-EU platform amid a populist surge in the bloc, delivered his highly anticipated speech to over 700 MEPs in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Macron challenged "inward-looking nationalist selfishness" amid populist sentiment in the bloc and pushed for a more united and reinvigorated Europe. "Nationalism will lead Europe into the abyss. We see authoritarianism rising all around us," he said. "The response should not be authoritarian democracy but the authority of democracy."
Macron also sought to tackle the "poisoned debate" on migration, proposing the creation of a European programme that could subsidise local authorities which host and integrate refugees.
In a speech which touched on a range of issues, Macron recommended that copyright law be tightened to protect artists' "genius" and reiterated his support for tougher environmental legislation.
Meanwhile, Macron wants to "reform" Islam:
Speaking alongside the flag-draped coffin of a police officer killed in a terrorist attack in southern France, President Emmanuel Macron last month lay blame on "underground Islamism" and those who "indoctrinate on our soil and corrupt daily." The attack added further urgency to a project already in the works: Macron has embarked on a controversial quest to change Islam in France — with the goal of integration but also preventing radicalization.
He has said that in the coming months he will announce "a blueprint for the whole organization" of Islam. And those trying to anticipate what that will look like are turning their attention to Hakim El Karoui, a leading voice on how Islamic traditions fit within French culture.
It's hard to miss that the man who appears to have Macron's ear on this most sensitive of subjects cuts a similar figure. Like the president, El Karoui is an ex-Rothschild investment banker with an elite social pedigree who favors well-tailored suits, crisp white shirts and the lofty province of big ideas. The latest of those ideas is this: that the best way to integrate Islam within French society is to promote a version of the religion "practiced in peace by believers who will not have the need to loudly proclaim their faith."
Also at BBC.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @12:46PM (1 child)
It is obvious to me that there is another war coming. Not a little skirmish like what we currently call a war, but something on the scale of WW2. It is going to be Muslim vs Non-Muslim and it will start in Europe.
The muslims see this coming, they think that they are young, strong, vigorous and rightous and they think that they will win. After this war they will establish the caliphate and rule forever.
They have no idea.
As Mr Niven said, the reason we gave up war is because we are so fucking good at it. The only reason the Germans lost WW2 is because they were fighting twisty English brains and American resources and they wasted a huge amount in Russia. How well do you think the muslims will do when German efficiency, English ingenuity and American resources are allied against them? They are provoking something on the same level as Germany's reaction to the Jews, and the result is going to be worse. At the end of it there are going to be a lot of dead on both sides, but I would not be surprised at the extermination of Islam, and the glass-carparking of any site they consider significant.
You can go blah-blah-bullshit now, but it is coming. The election of Trump and the Brexit vote are minor signs that people are getting pissed off. It will only take a few with the charisma and ethics of Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill and McArthur and we are talking war of extermination time.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @09:28AM
And it is obvious to me that you are very deeply stupid. Did you read Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations"? Oh, you poor wannabe intellectual. Yeah, of course, it will be a massive conflict between the colonies who have oil and their masters who have their oil. Are you really this naive and stupid? Do you know nothing of recent history since the fall of the Ottomans? Who is the head of the Church of England, you moron? No, it ain't God. So I want you to do something for me. Go read up on the Branch Davidian. Today (probably yesterday for you, since you are retarded) is something of an anniversary. Then explain to me how there is going to be a wholly war to cleanse the world and make it safe for pedophiles. Go on, you have homework.