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BRUSSELS — Belgium’s prime minister, under pressure from the right and left, submitted his resignation Tuesday in the face of a populist revolt over his migration policy, which opponents say threatens Belgian sovereignty.
Prime Minister Charles Michel’s problems echo those of other European leaders, including President Emmanuel Macron of France, who are trying to maintain centrist governments in the face of opposition from both flanks.
originally posted by: CJCrawley
a reply to: toysforadults
'over his migration policy'
What policy is that "Let them all in and, after that, let even more in"? lol
Right-wing allies of Mr. Michel’s center-right government abandoned him earlier this month, angry over his migration policy which had Belgium join a United Nations accord that agrees to share the burdens of immigration. Left-wing opponents, meanwhile, demanded more ambitious environmental policies, lower taxes and more affordable prescription drugs.
The United Nations pact that created such angst was ratified this month, and will be signed in New York on Wednesday. It calls for providing migrants with basic services, improving legal paths to migration and using detention as a last resort.
“The fruit of your government with the N-VA (read right wing) is fear among the population, the fear of people to lose what they have, the fear of migrants,” she said. “The N-VA seeks only one thing: to sabotage Belgium.”
originally posted by: and14263
It’s a really interesting thread but I must say... ‘Europeans’ is a sweeping generalisation.
The Belgians are different from the Spanish. The Portuguese are different from the Poles. The Bulgarians are different from the Scottish. The Greeks are different from the Welsh. Etc etc
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: and14263
sometimes it's ok to generalize, no need to be an sjw about it and pick it apart
originally posted by: and14263
Sorry. I wouldn’t normally pull someone up like this but it needs to be understood by people that the 28 countries that make up Europe are completely different in culture, behaviour and beliefs.
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: toysforadults
Not really in this case as that’s the problem with EU parliament and why many want out. We aren’t one nation and never will be.
The migration policy is ridiculous too not in any country’s interests.
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: and14263
who has time for that nonsense
originally posted by: toysforadults
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: toysforadults
Not really in this case as that’s the problem with EU parliament and why many want out. We aren’t one nation and never will be.
The migration policy is ridiculous too not in any country’s interests.
yeah well I mean, Northern Europe and Southern Europe are massively different. This is the argument that was made in the Federalist vs Anti Federalist during the creation of the US.
The sentence where you state Europeans ‘actually do something about it’... that only applies to France, not the whole of Europe.