Fear of foreigners uniting Europeans
Over here there's rising concern about non white people. The Belgians who are fighting to divide their country into two, one Flemish speaking and the other French, have united around the fear of immigrants. This week they passed incredibly restrictive immigration laws.
Things dealing with the possible split of the country are too hilarious to even write about now. I am laughing too much to concentrate. One small tale was when the present Prime Minister, proud of being from Flemish speaking region, flummoxed completely the singing of the national anthem which is in French! He thinks the French speakers who don't speak Flemish are stupid! And vice versa?
In Switzerland there's an extreme right party, the Swiss People's Party, which has a majority in Parliament, that has a campaign poster showing three white sheep kicking out a black sheep. Check it out: http://www.svp.ch/
Things dealing with the possible split of the country are too hilarious to even write about now. I am laughing too much to concentrate. One small tale was when the present Prime Minister, proud of being from Flemish speaking region, flummoxed completely the singing of the national anthem which is in French! He thinks the French speakers who don't speak Flemish are stupid! And vice versa?
In Switzerland there's an extreme right party, the Swiss People's Party, which has a majority in Parliament, that has a campaign poster showing three white sheep kicking out a black sheep. Check it out: http://www.svp.ch/

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