Some weeks ago I wrote about the Future and the Disenchantment of Europe, now, after yesterday's European elections, I think we should better talk about agony.
The victory of the far-right FN in France has made the headlines in most European newspapers. Of course, this is a tragic outcome very hard to digest. But for me, it's above all hard to understand. I said it in yesterday's post, Toulouse is one of the most cosmopolitan places I can think of, where people of very different ascent and "skin tones" seem to share their lives in quite good harmony. I think most of the French people of "non European ascent" that I see daily in the streets are pretty well integrated in France. These last months I've felt delighted when finding out that many of the names in the lists of the Left-Wing parties (Front de Gauche, Verts...) were of North African origin (coming from the Maghreb and ending up in the lists of a Left-Wing European party is one of the best examples of integration and contribution that I could ever imagine. So, really, how can the FN get a 14% of the votes here (yes, it's quite less than the national 25%, but anyway it's horrible, disgusting and disturbing)? Today, while walking along the streets I could not help but looking with suspicion to other passers by, wondering "will that be a FN voter?"
It's really hard to grasp. Those in that 25% percent of the voters, do not have north African friends? They do not find Arab, black or "mixed-blood" women attractive? do not buy sweets in "La rose de Tuniz"? they don't eat hummus, couscous, moussaka, Indian food...? yes, of course I'm trivializing the whole "Far-right ideology", but honestly, I prefer thinking of those people as ignorant beasts rather than considering that they have got to their political stance after some thorough thought process, cause those cases would be even harder to accept. What led me almost to a shock was reading in the news paper that they had got basically the same percentage of vote in Overseas France. I don't know how the voting there works, but I assume any inhabitant of the Overseas territories is a French citizen and as such is entitled to vote... well, I'm not much sure of the ethnic make-up of these territories, but I would bet most of the population are "aboriginal", so, are the black people in Guiana, Reunion... voting for the FN... have we all gone crazy or what?
Anyway, there's an even much worse result coming from these elections, and the media are not paying it much attention (well, Amanpour in CNN closed her program today alerting about it), the NPD in Germany has obtained 1% of the vote and 1 seat in the European Parliament. With the NPD there's no middle ground. With other far-right parties you can question how far-right they really are, you can say that they have moderated their message, that they focus on the real problem that Europe faces regarding radical Islam... but none of those excuses applies to the NPD. The NPD are the direct heirs of the Nazi Party of the 30's. They don't hide their "National Socialist" views, they do not hide their contempt and hate for "the others". They are scum, shit, poison... that can rot our whole society. Each of its members should be xxxxxx (of course I'm not inciting to hate and violence here...) and their belongings sold and donated for international cooperation or for funding programs for aiding in the integration of new immigrants... OK, I feel a bit better now... I feel even better listening to this very appropriate track by a pretty good "Rap Militante" local band, La Vermine.
A sad day for Europe...
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