A Spanish rescue ship tows a migrant boat on October 21 on the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands). STRINGER / AFP
DECRYPTION – The challenges posed by the migratory wave are at the top of political agendas on the continent, while parties on the right and left are being shaken up by populist groups.
For many years, immigration was not a contentious subject in Europe. But today it is destabilizing democracies, bringing down governments and lastingly weakening parties. main stream, the old traditional political movements, whether social democratic or conservative. As if by a domino effect, they give in one after the other to the irresistible force of the migratory whirlwind.
In Western European countries, the issue has long been the subject of denial. In France, the left has dismissed the subject by reducing insecurity to a “ feeling “, by advocating multicultural society and closing a debate deemed ” toxic ” Or ” far right “. In Germany, Angela Merkel opened the doors of her country wide to more than 1 million Syrian refugees, ignoring the reservations and fears expressed by part of the population.
As for Sweden, it has developed one of the most generous reception policies…
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