Posted on 11/01/2018 11:26:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The French President has warned Europe of a return to the 1930s because of the spread of a nationalist “leprosy” across the continent, in an interview published Thursday.
He also warned that Europe risked losing its sovereignty if it is “pushed around by foreign powers.”
“I am struck by similarities between the times we live in and those of between the two world wars,” he told the newspaper Ouest-France, urging people to be aware of the threats.
“In a Europe divided by fears, the return of nationalism, the consequences of economic crisis, one sees almost systematically everything that marked Europe between the end of World War I and the 1929 [economic] crisis,” the paper quoted him as saying. “You must bear that in mind, be clear-headed and know how to fight back,” he added. […]
He has notably singled out Hungary and Poland whose nationalist governments have clashed with Brussels, as well as Italy which has a populist government including the far-right League party figures. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
Europe was enamored with the middle east back then, too.
“Europe of a return to the 1930s”
Yup, the Germans are again very demanding.
“pushed around by foreign powers”
Fine a US corporation five billion Euros and there will be consequences.
Tell US Internet companies how to run their businesses and you’ll be told to knock it off.
Threaten to choke the UK economy and you’ll be told no UK pounds or Euros in the future for you.
“Charles Martel saved and delivered the Christian nations of the West from the deadly grasp of all-destroying Islam”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours
“The main Ottoman army finally laid siege to Vienna on 14 July, 1683. On the same day, Kara Mustafa sent the traditional demand for surrender to the city.[20] Ernst Rüdiger Graf von Starhemberg, leader of the remaining 15,000 troops and 8,700 volunteers with 370 cannon, refused to capitulate. Only days before, he had received news of the mass slaughter at Perchtoldsdorf,[21] a town south of Vienna, where the citizens had handed over the keys of the city after having been given a similar choice.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_War
Eastern Europeans have a more recent knowledge of militant Islam.
Pass the fromage s’il vous plait.
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Avez vous form d’ambert ou bleu d’Auvergne? :>)
Yeah, all those muslims would like to return the west to 630 not 1930.
You are welcome France and don’t call us. We’ll call you.
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