Is European Multi-Culturalism Done For?

Muslims must embrace our British values David Cameron says

Before that, there was Angela Merkel:

"What I mean to say is that for years, for decades, the approach was that integration was not something that needed to be addressed, that people would live side-by-side and that it would sort itself out by itself," Merkel said.

"This turned out to be false. What in fact is needed is a political effort and an effort by society as a whole to make integration happen ... Diversity in society is something that has always made our country stronger."

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"Speaking after hosting a one-day "integration summit", Merkel said that immigrants and their descendants had to speak German in order to play a role in society and live up to German "values."

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"This followed weeks of anguished debate sparked by the huge popularity of a book by a central banker saying that immigrants, in particular Muslims, were making Germany "more stupid."

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"Merkel said before the gathering that Germany had much work to do, with children from immigrant families twice as likely to not complete their schooling than other children.

Her main focus is on improving German language skills, something she sees as key to improving immigrants' prospects in the labour market."

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"The government says it will spend around 400 million euros (560 million dollars) by 2014 on improving the German language skills of young children of immigrants so that they can perform better once they go to school.

It is also seeking to help immigrants get their foreign qualifications recognised in Germany, and to boost the number of immigrants and their descendants working for the civil service and in law enforcement.

Merkel's cabinet last week agreed new draft laws against forced marriages and tough measures against immigrants who fail to integrate into society, for example penalties for failing to attend "integration courses."

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all around the world are well integrated here. Today's integration summit should give immigrants the courage to follow suit," Merkel told the Passauer Neue Presse local daily."

And now, it's Sarkozy!!

""If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community, and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome in France," the right-wing president said.

"The French national community cannot accept a change in its lifestyle, equality between men and women... freedom for little girls to go to school," he said.

"We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him," Sarkozy said in the TFI channel show.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australia's ex-prime minister John Howard and Spanish ex-premier Jose Maria Aznar have also recently said multicultural policies have not successfully integrated immigrants."

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"Sarkozy said in his television interview Thursday that "our Muslim compatriots must be able to practise their religion, as any citizen can," but he noted "we in France do not want people to pray in an ostentatious way in the street."

Stick your asses in the air somewhere else, folks. The Parisian shopping district is a poor choice, and don't tell me you didn't know that:

Now, how long will we have to wait for Canada to review its policy. I'd like to see the initiative come from the authors of said policy themselves, though - the Liberal Party of Canada. But - cold day - hell -- and all that. And no, dear leftards. That's not raaaaaaacism. Racism refers to skin colour, not to values.