At the outset I will point out that I am an agnostic.
Until mankind discovers a giant brain hovering in space and silently communicating its thoughts to sentient beings here on Earth it's the only way I believe I can go.
If I have to have a prophet his name is Carl Sagan.
I have always preferred unvarnished facts. The following information is sourced and was published in the morning paper. The red colour was used in the paper. And so I've kept it.
Recently the European Agency for Fundamental Rights surveyed 16,000 Jewish people living in 12 European countries.
One of the questions they asked:
Is anti-semitism against Jews in your country of residence a very big problem.
Here is the result:
YES, IT'S A VERY BIG PROBLEM:
FRANCE 65%
GERMANY 43%
BELGIUM 43%
POLAND 39%
SWEDEN 35%
SPAIN 30%
GREAT BRITAIN 28%
HUNGARY 26%
AUSTRIA 24%
HOLLAND 24%
ITALY 21%
DENMARK 14%
Interesting to see that Jewish people feel less fearful in so-called populist Italy than in socialist Sweden was one of my first thoughts.
Yet, this should come as no surprise.
Not long ago I read an article in which it was mentioned that Italy's Mr Salvini was Europe's most popular politician.
On the other side of the coin with only 18% of the French public supporting him the ex-Rothschild investment banker (as described on ORF1 news by French reporter in Paris) Macron is well into the red at the political credibility bank.
It's a very big problem for France.
You may note that Merkel's Germany and Michel's Belgium (joint 2nd place) are following the French trend.
On a lighter note I enjoyed this cartoon in the morning paper. I actually heard myself laughing out loud having turned to it.
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| It's going to rain. I can feel it in your bones. |
I like the cartoon Gwil. My aches and pains always tell me its going to rain.
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DeleteThe reason you have aches and pains when it is going to rain is because of the drop in air pressure according to my Physio.
ReplyDeleteOur pressure is 745 this morning on a scale where normal is 760. It was the same yesterday and the day before. Snow flurries and westerly winds. Temperature is 3 C, maybe 4 or 5 in town. Tuesday is my day for the swimming pool. On Tuesdays they heat the water to a comfortable 28 or 29 C. Have to pay a couple of euros extra for this service. But in winter, especially the bitter cold days of February it's much appreciated.
DeleteFrance has many problems.
ReplyDeleteLast time I went to Paris - it must be more than 40 years ago - the Eiffel Tower was closed for security reasons. And there were groups of armed police standing on street corners and sitting in buses. It was to do with Iran. That time I was disappointed that I couldn't go up the tower. Now I have no desire to go up it. It has lost its appeal.
DeleteHistorically I think France has had divisive problems since WWll (compounded by its EU position as the junior member of what I'd call the Berlin-Paris axis).
Macron has thrown his EU budget out the window with his handouts according to the Telegraph headline: France joins Italy in Budget Disgrace.
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