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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** EU Parliament censures Hungary for breaching 'core EU values'
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán points to a document during Tuesday's speech to European Parliament (EPA)
In what some analysts are considering a historic action in the
development of the European Union, the European Parliament voted
overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pursue disciplinary action against
Hungary over alleged breaches of the EU's core values. The phrase
"core values" refers to values on which the EU was founded.
More than two-thirds of MEPs voted for the censure motion, the first
in EU's history. A similar motion to censure Poland has not yet
reached the European Parliament.
There were numerous charges leveled against Hungary's president Viktor
Orbán, including the following:
However, the most divisive charge was Orbán's extremely hardline
attitude toward migrants. Germany MEP Manfred Weber, who has
announced his bid to become the next president of the European
Commission, accused Orbán of running a hate campaign against Muslim
migrants:
<QUOTE>"One thing must be clear - if we say generally that
you have to be afraid about Muslims, and attack a religion, then
we do the job of jihadis, who want to create a clash in our
societies. We have invented human rights and not Christian rights
on this continent."<END QUOTE>
On Tuesday, Orbán spoke to the Parliament, and condemned the expected
vote:
<QUOTE>"I know that you have already made up your minds. I
know that a majority will approve the report and I know that my
speech here today will not manage to change your opinion.
But still I have come here today because you are not going to
condemn a government but a country as well as a nation. You are
going to denounce Hungary that has been a member of the family of
Christian nations for a thousand years."<END QUOTE>
After the vote, Hungary's foreign minister called the vote fraudulent
and vowed to challenge it.
As I've been writing for over ten years, almost every nation in the
world is becoming increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic as the
world goes deeper into a generational Crisis era. This is happening
because the survivors of the horrors of World War II vowed never to
allow anything so horrible to happen again, and they've spent their
lives doing everything they could to prevent it. But those survivors
continue to disappear, and people in younger generations, with no
personal knowledge of the horrors of World War II, adopt increasingly
xenophobic and nationalistic behaviors that will lead to a new world
war.
Orbán's remark saying that Hungary "has been a member of the family of
Christian nations for a thousand years" is interesting. Xenophobia,
which is derived from a Greek word meaning "fear of strangers," really
has nothing to do with religion, although for Orbán the issue is
Christians versus Muslims.
But a big part of Britain's campaign has been xenophobia directed at
Christians from countries like Poland and Hungary in Eastern Europe,
and xenophobia in America has been directed at Christians from Mexico.
The xenophobic "fear of strangers" can apply anyone, such as the
mutual xenophobia between China and each of Japan, the Philippines and
Vietnam.
From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, the way the world
works is that population grows exponentially, growing faster than the
resources such as food and water, resulting in mass migrations. Today
we're seeing huge human migrations around the world, in the Mideast,
Africa, South America, and Asia. These huge human migrants cause
problems that can be resolved in only one way -- a new world war. A
new world war will reduce the population 30%, 40%, 50% -- through
nuclear war, ground war, starvation and disease. That will reduce the
need for mass migrations, will solve the problem of insufficient food
for everyone, and will even reduce the amount of "human activity,"
making climate change activists happy. European Commission and EU Observer and BBC and EU Observer and Daily Mail (London)
Related Articles:
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**** EU proposes a new free trade agreement with Africa
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Jean-Claude Jüncker, the outgoing president of the European
Commission, announced in his State of the Union speech on Wednesday a
proposal for a new "Africa – Europe Alliance for Sustainable
Investment and Jobs."
The intent is to create "a comprehensive continent-to-continent free
trade agreement between the EU and Africa." During the period
2021-27, overall funding will increase by €123 billion, creating
10 million new jobs in Africa.
The major motivation for this proposal is to try to slow the flow of
migrants from Africa to Europe, by providing jobs in Africa that will
reduce the motivation to migrate. According to press release:
<QUOTE>"The joint efforts on jobs and growth under the
Alliance, by African and European partners, will also contribute
to address challenges and opportunities linked to mobility and
migration. The efforts will address the root causes of irregular
migration and forced displacement, building resilience, providing
jobs and enabling the integration and reintegration of some of the
most vulnerable parts of the population. The proposal therefore
supports and contributes to the implementation of the EU Agenda
for Migration."<END QUOTE>
This proposal appears to be highly delusional. EU member states would
object to the proposal, particularly in the area of opening
agricultural markets, where Africa would have a price advantage.
Furthermore, Africa does not appear ready to negotiate as a 54 member
bloc. There are existing negotiations for an African Continental Free
Trade Area (CFTA) where the countries are unable to agree on ending
tariffs among African nations. Reuters and European Commission and RFI
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Hungary, European Union,
European Parliament, Viktor Orbán, Manfred Weber,
Jean-Claude Jüncker, European Commission, Africa,
African Continental Free Trade Area, CFTA
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- EU Parliament censures Hungary for breaching 'core EU values'
- EU proposes a new free trade agreement with Africa
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**** EU Parliament censures Hungary for breaching 'core EU values'
****
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán points to a document during Tuesday's speech to European Parliament (EPA)
In what some analysts are considering a historic action in the
development of the European Union, the European Parliament voted
overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pursue disciplinary action against
Hungary over alleged breaches of the EU's core values. The phrase
"core values" refers to values on which the EU was founded.
More than two-thirds of MEPs voted for the censure motion, the first
in EU's history. A similar motion to censure Poland has not yet
reached the European Parliament.
There were numerous charges leveled against Hungary's president Viktor
Orbán, including the following:
- modifying the constitution multiple times to remove checks and
balances
- corruption in elections, including intimidating and xenophobic
rhetoric, media bias and opaque campaign financing
- presidential control of the courts
- court procedures violated rights to a fair trial
- firing of judges for political reasons
- no prohibitions for conflicts of interest in Hungary's
parliament
- restrictions on international monitoring of elections
- insufficient legal guarantees against unlawful secret surveillance
for national security purpose
- changes to the definition of "illegal media content" that restrict
freedom of the press, as well as freedome of opinion and
expression
- restrictions on academic freedom
- harsh restrictions on freedom of religion, reducing the number of
legally recognised churches in Hungary to 14, requiring deregistration
process of hundreds of previously lawfully recognized churched
- questioning the legitimacy of NGO work related to the exercise of
fundamental freedoms, such as the rights to freedoms of opinion and
expression, and of peaceful assembly and of association
- adoption of a legislative package consisting of three draft laws,
also known as the "Stop-Soros Package" targeting NGOs that work with
migrants, alluding to the "survival of the nation" and linking the
work of NGOs to an alleged international conspiracy.
- patriarchal stereotyped attitudes still prevail in Hungary with
respect to the position of women in society
However, the most divisive charge was Orbán's extremely hardline
attitude toward migrants. Germany MEP Manfred Weber, who has
announced his bid to become the next president of the European
Commission, accused Orbán of running a hate campaign against Muslim
migrants:
<QUOTE>"One thing must be clear - if we say generally that
you have to be afraid about Muslims, and attack a religion, then
we do the job of jihadis, who want to create a clash in our
societies. We have invented human rights and not Christian rights
on this continent."<END QUOTE>
On Tuesday, Orbán spoke to the Parliament, and condemned the expected
vote:
<QUOTE>"I know that you have already made up your minds. I
know that a majority will approve the report and I know that my
speech here today will not manage to change your opinion.
But still I have come here today because you are not going to
condemn a government but a country as well as a nation. You are
going to denounce Hungary that has been a member of the family of
Christian nations for a thousand years."<END QUOTE>
After the vote, Hungary's foreign minister called the vote fraudulent
and vowed to challenge it.
As I've been writing for over ten years, almost every nation in the
world is becoming increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic as the
world goes deeper into a generational Crisis era. This is happening
because the survivors of the horrors of World War II vowed never to
allow anything so horrible to happen again, and they've spent their
lives doing everything they could to prevent it. But those survivors
continue to disappear, and people in younger generations, with no
personal knowledge of the horrors of World War II, adopt increasingly
xenophobic and nationalistic behaviors that will lead to a new world
war.
Orbán's remark saying that Hungary "has been a member of the family of
Christian nations for a thousand years" is interesting. Xenophobia,
which is derived from a Greek word meaning "fear of strangers," really
has nothing to do with religion, although for Orbán the issue is
Christians versus Muslims.
But a big part of Britain's campaign has been xenophobia directed at
Christians from countries like Poland and Hungary in Eastern Europe,
and xenophobia in America has been directed at Christians from Mexico.
The xenophobic "fear of strangers" can apply anyone, such as the
mutual xenophobia between China and each of Japan, the Philippines and
Vietnam.
From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, the way the world
works is that population grows exponentially, growing faster than the
resources such as food and water, resulting in mass migrations. Today
we're seeing huge human migrations around the world, in the Mideast,
Africa, South America, and Asia. These huge human migrants cause
problems that can be resolved in only one way -- a new world war. A
new world war will reduce the population 30%, 40%, 50% -- through
nuclear war, ground war, starvation and disease. That will reduce the
need for mass migrations, will solve the problem of insufficient food
for everyone, and will even reduce the amount of "human activity,"
making climate change activists happy. European Commission and EU Observer and BBC and EU Observer and Daily Mail (London)
Related Articles:
- Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party victory in Hungary signals strong European move to the right (10-Apr-2018)
- Migrants trapped in Serbia march toward border with Hungary (25-Jul-2016)
- Turkey and Hungary play hardball at EU-Turkey refugee summit (08-Mar-2016)
****
**** EU proposes a new free trade agreement with Africa
****
Jean-Claude Jüncker, the outgoing president of the European
Commission, announced in his State of the Union speech on Wednesday a
proposal for a new "Africa – Europe Alliance for Sustainable
Investment and Jobs."
The intent is to create "a comprehensive continent-to-continent free
trade agreement between the EU and Africa." During the period
2021-27, overall funding will increase by €123 billion, creating
10 million new jobs in Africa.
The major motivation for this proposal is to try to slow the flow of
migrants from Africa to Europe, by providing jobs in Africa that will
reduce the motivation to migrate. According to press release:
<QUOTE>"The joint efforts on jobs and growth under the
Alliance, by African and European partners, will also contribute
to address challenges and opportunities linked to mobility and
migration. The efforts will address the root causes of irregular
migration and forced displacement, building resilience, providing
jobs and enabling the integration and reintegration of some of the
most vulnerable parts of the population. The proposal therefore
supports and contributes to the implementation of the EU Agenda
for Migration."<END QUOTE>
This proposal appears to be highly delusional. EU member states would
object to the proposal, particularly in the area of opening
agricultural markets, where Africa would have a price advantage.
Furthermore, Africa does not appear ready to negotiate as a 54 member
bloc. There are existing negotiations for an African Continental Free
Trade Area (CFTA) where the countries are unable to agree on ending
tariffs among African nations. Reuters and European Commission and RFI
Related Articles:
- EU faces new crisis as Italy demands that Malta accept African migrants (11-Jun-2018)
- European-African summit calls for end to slavery auctions in Libya (01-Dec-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Hungary, European Union,
European Parliament, Viktor Orbán, Manfred Weber,
Jean-Claude Jüncker, European Commission, Africa,
African Continental Free Trade Area, CFTA
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
