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An Iron Curtain across Europe - between its rulers and the citizens

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I am going to cite Churchill a bit in this piece - with some insight from Leopold Amery, thank you.     For sure Sir Winston had defects. And yet he was a staunch defender of his people's freedom. He was intelligent and pragmatic. And when Europe faced its most dramatic moments, its darkest hours, his words were magnificent and inspirational. We need those qualities now. "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" Europe is facing difficult times. Its supposed political and economical core - the European Union - struggles in answering to multiple sides of the crisis of the West. For instance, the issues challenging Europe on economy and immigration politic show how divided the Union really is. [Soon minus the UK] Many States so different, so little economic flexibility. From https://worldview.stratfor.com     In economy, the Union was conceived with France and Germany as models 1 . In reality each State has - and has righ...

Looking deep into the immigration wave

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The West awakes and abruptly - and eventually - notices the ongoing immigration crisis at its gates. Media and politic are focusing their and our attention to the borders, be them between USA and Mexico or Europe and Northern Africa and Middle East.  However, long waves come from afar and this situation has been developing for years. We mostly ignored the causes of this immigration, leaving them unchecked. Blitzkrieg on the economic front Some immigration is due to political chaos and ongoing conflicts. In many other cases, the reasons are economic. Choosing not to regulate the numbers and means of immigration, and not addressing its causes, we allowed it to become the major social issue that is presently confronting us. The issue is also moral and yet it also is made into a business with many illegal shades: moving immigrants closer to borders; employing them underpaid or leaving them without honest jobs at all, ready to be exploited by criminal organizat...