In the major four cities of The Netherlands which are all demographically close to 50 percent non-white population the established political parties are all trying to field strong non-white candidates. Also a host of new small ethnic and multicultural parties have sprung up. The try to become a force in local politics following the lead of the Fortuynist path perhaps.
Yesterday city hall The Hague had a conference where the candidates and the new parties presented themselves. The ethnic candidates tried to sell themselves to their public. However the event was solely attended by those professionally interested in politics. The ethnics were all ..... shopping in the main shopping areas.
A thought: perhaps this illustrates the motivation of the immigrants to come here. In order to improve themselves materially. Not in order to contribute to society. Or perhaps the political ideology and system do not agree with them?
2 comments:
we are seeing this in the UK as well, for some time now, various
groups such as Islamic communities have been supporting thier own candidates and have managed to take control in some local council elections, the major parties are courting the "ethnic" vote especially in the larger cities
where marginal seats exist.
What is happening is that immigrants are coming to the UK, some come to integrate and contribute and be involved with the country-thus become politically motivated.
Others come to replicate where they have come from and political motivation stems from that, they want thier culture here and do not support our culture
Gandalf:
"Others come to replicate where they have come from and political motivation stems from that, they want thier culture here and do not support our culture"
Snouck:
These people come here only to make a buck and you can not blame them for it. However, the population (Dutch, English etc.) does not get a say in whether they should be admitted to the territory or receive citizenship. While the political implications of their admittance are huge the inflow is managed by a mechanical procedure handled by faceless bureaucrats.
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