Merkel says German multi-cultural society has failed

[Cleanelec]

The whole of Europe seems to be swinging hard right.


by Audrey Kauffmann – Sun Oct 17, 11:50 am ET

BERLIN (AFP) – Germany's attempt to create a multi-cultural society has failed completely, Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the weekend, calling on the country's immigrants to learn German and adopt Christian values.

Merkel weighed in for the first time in a blistering debate sparked by a central bank board member saying the country was being made "more stupid" by poorly educated and unproductive Muslim migrants.

"Multikulti", the concept that "we are now living side by side and are happy about it," does not work, Merkel told a meeting of younger members of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party at Potsdam near Berlin.

"This approach has failed, totally," she said, adding that immigrants should integrate and adopt Germany's culture and values.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101017/wl_afp/germanymuslimreligionimmigration

[WillParkinson]

1. Hm. Did the multi-culture fail...

Or did Ms. Merkel? "Learn German and adopt christian values"...yep, sounds like she tried really hard.

[kenny blankenship]

2. Well I guess they could always inject blue dye into the eyes of the Turks and Moroccan immigrants

and get them to peroxide their hair. I think they have done all the proof of concept work in this area previously, and the necessary expertise must be still laying around somewhere waiting to come out of retirement.

[dkf]

3. Beats me why they would go to Germany of all places.

[Hannah Bell]

4. i.e. Merkel ramps up the xenophobia & scapegoating.

[OHdem10]

5. It sounds as if she is arguing for integration not multculturism.

With all of our problems, our country has been more successful
because of integration.

[Kolesar]

7. Yes ... eom

[krispos42]

6. Integration happens eventually

However, if you continue to presecute the minority the minority is disinclined to integrate, isn't it?


However, learning the language of your host country is such a basic step that it takes distinct effort to NOT do it.

[GodlessBiker]

8. Adopt Christian values? And Jewish values, where do they fit in? Scary.

[applegrove]

9. European leaders asked our Prime Minister if Canada had trouble with immigrants

in the 1990s. His answer was "no". But the facts are that we did had a terrorist incident in the Air India bombing. And now we have a dozen people arrested for being islamic nutjob fundamentalist terrorists. So now, no, we have trouble. But unlike the USA or Germany we do not share borders with people who send over hoard of immigrants. So we should zip our mouths and support any laws that mean that immigrants can integrate. That means voting democrat.

[HopeHoops]

10. Well, I guess it is time for them to dust off the brown shirts and become teabaggers!

[howard112211]

11. I think Christian values have failed and we should adopt Satanist values.

God gave us rules. Lucifer gave us choices.