European Identity Under Threat

"The French language is no longer the exclusive property of the French nation (...) and should be renamed to reflect its 'Creole nature',” said Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of France's far-left party, La France Insoumise (LFI). However, in contrast to him, a rapidly growing number of people are fearing that European and national identities are in danger. Europe has committed itself to cultural relativism and no longer seems to be resisting mass migration, mainly from Islamic regions, emphasized German journalist Claudio Casula.

Muslims gather in the Grand Mosque of Paris (Photo: AFP)

Europe No Longer Protects Its Values

"Europe has committed itself to cultural relativism, no longer defends its values, and appears to no longer resist mass migration, mainly from Islamic regions. The face of our continent, at least in the West, is changing drastically. It is becoming increasingly obvious: free societies and open borders are incompatible," writes German journalist Claudio Casula in an opinion piece published on the German news portal Nius, pointing out that some studies show—and it is becoming increasingly obvious on the streets—that Muslim immigrants do not dream of Europe at all, but on the contrary: they despise the West and its culture.

On the streets and squares of our cities—and always in the cities, not in the countryside—radical Muslims demand the caliphate and do not hide their aversion, often hatred, toward the West and its way of life. The fact is: Europe, once characterized by a proud awareness of its cultural and historical uniqueness—the principle of ‘European exceptionalism’—now seems to have distanced itself from its roots. This self-confidence has been replaced by the cultural relativism propagated by the ‘progressives,’ which considers all ways of life as equal and has thereby paved the way for chaos,

he writes.

Cover photo: Muslims gather in the Grand Mosque of Paris (Photo: AFP)