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EU moving towards more xenophobic view of ‘Europeanness’, report warns (www.theguardian.com)

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‘Whiteness’, low youth engagement and lukewarm pro-Europeanism in some states risks eroding bloc’s founding values, expert says

Voting patterns and polling data from the past year suggest the EU is moving towards a more ethnic, closed-minded and xenophobic understanding of “Europeanness” that could ultimately challenge the European project, according to a major report.

The report, by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), identifies three key “blind spots” across the bloc and argues their intersection risks eroding or radically altering EU sentiment.

The report, shared exclusively with the Guardian, argues that the obvious “whiteness” of the EU’s politics, low engagement by young people and limited pro-Europeanism in central and eastern Europe could mould a European sentiment at odds with the bloc’s original core values.

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[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

While skin hue may be a visual clue, I'm wondering if the underlying problem is global warming and global conflict driven by colonialism/capitalism.

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[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

There wouldn’t be any problems if the idiots in charge required some integration for civic purposes. Can’t speak French? Alas, you can’t be a French citizen. Duh. Religious zealotry? No thanks, we’ll pass. You don’t agree with democracy and free speech? Then go away.

[-] 01011@monero.town 1 points 2 weeks ago

More dishonesty. Plenty of racism is directed towards those with a better grasp of the native vernacular than the natives. It’s why those people are aware of the racism directed towards them in the first place.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

???? You’re so far off topic I don’t even know if you’re replying to the right comment.

[-] 01011@monero.town 1 points 2 weeks ago

And you do not appear to have a grasp of reality.

[-] BMTea@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

What do you do if - let's assume- integration is proven to require a generation? If you have large migrations, they will lead to ethnic enclaves, which means the strongest point of integration will be when the children of the migrants enter the education system.

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[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah it’s them immigrants causing problems with their “whiteness”!

Your solution to a lack of diversity and tolerance of other cultures is to further squash them?

France is already abhorrently racist as fuck, not being worse isn’t the cause here.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What does anti-democratic religious fundamentalism have to do with skin color? Have you met American Christians?

Also, the only diversity I care about is intellectual. Why would we base our immigration policy on “race” quotas, which is what you seem to be suggesting, instead of merit? Especially when the bar is so so low. Don’t be a religious shitbag. Easy.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 2 weeks ago

That’s great that you don’t care about diversity, the non-white Europeans who suffer the effects of your xenophobia certainly do as is evident by the report.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -5 points 3 weeks ago

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