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Multiculturalism has failed, says French president

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Multiculturalism has failed, says French president AFP/POOL – France's President Nicolas Sarkozy takes questions from some of nine ordinary people on jobs, security

– Thu Feb 10, 6:10 pm ET

PARIS (AFP) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Thursday that multiculturalism had failed, joining a growing number of world leaders or ex-leaders who have condemned it.

"My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure," he said in a television interview when asked about the policy which advocates that host societies welcome and foster distinct cultural and religious immigrant groups.

"Of course we must all respect differences, but we do not want... a society where communities coexist side by side.

"If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community, and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome in France," the right-wing president said.

"The French national community cannot accept a change in its lifestyle, equality between men and women... freedom for little girls to go to school," he said.

"We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him," Sarkozy said in the TFI channel show.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australia's ex-prime minister John Howard and Spanish ex-premier Jose Maria Aznar have also recently said multicultural policies have not successfully integrated immigrants.

Merkel in October said efforts towards multiculturalism in Germany had "failed, totally."

The comment followed weeks of anguished debate sparked by the huge popularity of a book by a central banker saying that immigrants, in particular Muslims, were making Germany "more stupid."

Britain's Cameron last week pronounced his country's long-standing policy of multiculturalism a failure, calling for better integration of young Muslims to combat home-grown extremism.

He urged a "more active, muscular liberalism" where equal rights, the rule of law, freedom of speech and democracy are actively promoted to create a stronger national identity.

The prime minister, who took power in May 2010, argued that "under the doctrine of state multiculturalism, we have encouraged different cultures to live separate lives, apart from each other and the mainstream".

He said this had resulted in a lack of national identity in Britain which had made some young Muslims turn to extremist ideology.

Sarkozy said in his television interview Thursday that "our Muslim compatriots must be able to practise their religion, as any citizen can," but he noted "we in France do not want people to pray in an ostentatious way in the street."

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen late last year came under fire for comparing Muslims praying in the streets outside overcrowded mosques in France to the Nazi occupation.

Marine Le Pen said there were "ten to fifteen" places in France where Muslims worshipped in the streets outside mosques when these were full.

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"If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community, and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome in France," the right-wing president said.

Notice how they had to refer to him as a "right-wing president," as if expecting assimilation for those who were allowed to immigrate to France (and treated to abundance of welfare money) is an extremist position. That’s the inference they are trying to make here I believe.

My goodness, I wish this guy was our president. I never thought I'd live to see the day that I would be envious of anything that comes from France.

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"We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him," Sarkozy said

Good comment.

England, France and Germany’s leaders have finally begun to speak out about and against it. It may be too late.

America refuses to even acknowledge it

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Please forward to anyone working for the US government!

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Nicolas Sarkozy joins David Cameron and Angela Merkel view that multiculturalism has failed

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:07 PM on 11th February 2011
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Failed: Nicolas Sarkozy singled out Muslims when he said that multiculturalism in France had not worked

French president Nicolas Sarkozy has joined David Cameron in condemning multiculturalism as a failure.

Cameron launched a scathing attack earlier this months on 30 years of multiculturalism in Britain warning that it fostered extremism.

His damning verdict came just months after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that multiculturalism in Germany had failed.

Now Sarkozy has joined the growing number of European leaders who have adopted identical views on multiculturalism.

He told the French people: 'We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him.'

The president made the declaration in a TV debate last night after being asked if the policy of encouraging the religious and cultural differences of immigrants was not working.

He told viewers: 'My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure.

'Of course we must all respect differences, but we do not want a society where communities coexist side by side.

'Our Muslim compatriots must be able to practise their religion, as any citizen can, but we in France do not want people to pray in an ostentatious way in the street.

'If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community, and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome in France.


Shared policies: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister David Cameron have both criticised multiculturalism in recent months

'The French national community cannot accept a change in its lifestyle, equality between men and women and freedom for little girls to go to school.'

Sarkozy's statement comes after Prime Minister Mr Cameron said last week that public money should not be handed to ethnic groups who did not share British values.

He called for an end to the 'passive tolerance' of divided communities and said members of all faiths must integrate into wider society and accept core values.

His remarks were praised by the leader of the French National Front Marine Le Pen, who said Mr Cameron's views proved that he supported her far right-wing party's ideals.

She said: 'I sense an evolution at European level, even in classic governments. I can only congratulate him.'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australia's former prime minister John Howard and former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar have also said in recent months that multicultural policies had not successfully integrated immigrants.

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You hit the nail right on the head AirborneSapper7: And it is happening here, too. And if we continue to hide our heads in the sand, I fear we, too, are lost.....Let's hope it's not too late! We need to stop pandering and take a stand.

Those coming to America need to become Americans! Those coming to America need to respect our Constitution and live like Americans!