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  • No region of the world can receive millions of people without disruptions. Some thousands and you have a housing crisis already, shitty apartments in Lisbon are more expensive than good ones in Brussels. And the total of the population barely changed…

    Also, migration without controls is a neoliberal agenda, not a left one. Controlled economy doesn’t work with uncontrolled migration. It’s weird to me that it’s always the left carrying the defense of migration when it’s something of a free market ideology. Socialist countries are always extremely controlling of their borders.



  • The problem of the debate on migration is that it’s always black and white, it’s difficult to have nuance, and this is a complex topic where nuance is essential to achieve a reasonable policy, one that allows needed workers from outside Europe to work in Europe, but one that also addresses the safety and demographic concerns of Europeans. The debate is clearly being won by the far-right, although they easily reverse their own policies when they see a negative impact on their businesses.

    But the left won’t win this if their position is always and only of defense of current policies against far-right attacks. Europe needs migration, but Europeans also need assurances that that migration doesn’t put in question their social contract and their way of life. And these are indeed being put to test in several places around Europe. Easy cheap labour makes everyone’s jobs more precarious, especially among the less qualified ones. Muslim migration is indeed changing the way of life in many neighborhoods and cities around Europe, in a way that doesn’t please the locals. There are real issues with real consequences in the real world, lefty university professors praising diversity while living in gentrified areas and having the most secure jobs in the country won’t be the ones winning the debate.



















  • Canada joining the EU would create a strong identity crisis on our fragile and ever evolving European identity. Although I do like the idea of Canada having stronger relations with the EU (could go all the way up to joining Erasmus and customs union), I don’t think full EU membership would be desirable for both parties.

    I know there are some precedents, like French Guiana or those tiny islands off the coast of… Canada… but those are territories belonging to a EU member and that’s the reason for. The head of state of Canada is no longer in a EU state.