One of the greatest public secrets of our time is that not all people and cultures are the same. We received a tangible example of this yesterday, when groups carrying Palestinian flags attacked Jewish supporters of the visiting team after a football match in the Netherlands, causing significant harm. Even non-Jewish tourists found themselves in difficult situations.
Naturally, Dutch police intervened and detained at least 60 rioters, and ultimately the Israeli government planned to send planes to bring Israeli football fans home from the Netherlands. The question, of course, is how such incidents are possible in a country that, just a few decades ago, was known for its exceptional freedom and liberal values.
I’m confident that my esteemed readers understand the answer to this question even without my explanation. However, I’m less certain whether this understanding extends to the decision-makers in politics. And whether they’ll reach the consensus that similar incidents will recur if immigration policies in the EU are not significantly altered.
So, we’ll see whether, in this case as well, the event will be lamented for a while, the attackers of Jewish people will receive minor punishments, but the real issue will be left unaddressed. Or will the Dutch government show the resolve that voters expected from it in the 2023 elections? And take actions that would halt the growth of problematic immigrant groups in the Netherlands, in the EU, and thus also in Finland.
That is at least what Geert Wilders demands, as he wrote on social media, "A pogrom in the streets of #Amsterdam. We have become the Gaza of Europe. Muslims with Palestinian flags hunting down Jews. I will NOT accept that. NEVER. The authorities will be held accountable for their failure to protect the Israeli citizens."
Never again.
There is also a financial aspect to this. Immigration is very expensive for the Dutch public economy, according to a study by the University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam School of Economics.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the study, the net cost of immigration was 400 billion euros for the Dutch public economy between 1995 and 2019.
The study predicts that in the period 2020–2040, the price tag of immigration for Dutch taxpayers will be 600 billion euros.
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See the stydy: https://demo-demo.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Borderless_Welfare_State-2.pdf
"Borderless Welfare State
The Consequences of Immigration for Public Finances"
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I wonder how the Dutch are going to cope with these expenses?
Thank you for this information.
DeleteI have not heard any comments from president Stubb or foreign minister Valtonen. Maybe they do not know what is happening in the Europe.?
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