Quote:Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen,
There are some rules which have some relevance here in Hungary; when the Prime Minister is here in Hungary, he must use his own native language. So, if you will allow me, I shall continue by speaking in Hungarian this afternoon.
Your Eminences, Honourable Ministers, Dear Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Before I share with you the thoughts which I have gathered together for today, allow me to make a comment regarding the phrase displayed behind me. This is in particular for our foreign guests, because Hungarians know only too well that the term “family-friendly country” denotes a goal. We would like Hungary to claim to be a family-friendly country, but this is not yet the case. This is the goal we have set for ourselves; we still have much to do, however, before people who decide to have children and who envisage their lives within a family can feel that not only are they doing everything they can for their country, but that for its part their country is also doing everything it can for them. So, with due humility, accepting the message of this phrase, we should see it as a goal rather than a result which has been achieved.
Allow me to welcome all the attendees of the Budapest Demographic Forum.
Before continuing, I would like to clarify why I think it is important that we have succeeded in holding this conference. I feel that we have to seize every opportunity to finally talk about demographics openly, free from political taboos, and, if possible, among the widest possible circles.
Dear Guests,
The situation is that in Europe today it is not PC to talk about demographic issues. I am personally faced almost daily with the fact that there are certain topics which nowadays are not considered suitable subjects for discussion in the European public sphere. There are words which simply cannot be uttered – not for aesthetic reasons, but for political reasons. We have here before us a recent example: the leader of one of Europe’s most successful countries since World War Two, the leader of a democratic country, made a statement to the effect that his country is not building a fence, but a gate with very long fixed side sections. At first sight, this might appear to be some sort of witticism, but I am asking you to see the pathetic side of the situation. What have we come to? The Europe of which we were once proud – because this was the world of freedom of thought, freedom of speech and freedom of opinion – is today in such an intellectual state, has manoeuvred itself into such a spiritual state, that certain words, questions and political concepts cannot even be uttered. The word “fence” is not a swear word. Obviously, the person who avoided using it thought that saying this word in Europe today might have such serious implications, such serious political consequences, that he simply could not afford to do it. Vladimir Bukovsky – who is highly respected here, in Hungary, as a former Soviet dissident – once said that “The rules of the game which the defenders of political correctness introduced have in fact deprived them of dialogue”.
Dear Guests,
I sometimes feel as if the same thing has happened to demographics and family policy. Neither the topic, nor the use of the words is PC, and in order to prevent potential attacks a truly European politician would weed them out of their message, making sure that they are not even uttered, as it could be embarrassing, would call for explanation, and would result in negative media reports the next day. However, Europe’s demographic situation could be a serious topic. You are no doubt aware that I belong to the sphere of people’s parties: the community of parties with Christian democratic inclinations which are located on the centre-right of the political map. When we create and adopt documents relating to the future, we continually fail to agree that the term “family” should even feature in those documents. When we suggest incorporation of the word, there are some who oppose it, saying that even if we use the word, we can only use it in the plural, leaving open what the concept of family actually means, and what a European family comprises. This is where we stand today, Ladies and Gentlemen.
The figures show that Europe is ageing. The figures show that Europe’s population will decline. In 2013 the number of deaths exceeded the number of births in one half of the 28 Member States of the European Union, and in some European countries a depressingly high percentage of young people cannot even find jobs. In addition, Europe’s demographic weight in the world will continue to decrease. In 1960 Europe’s population accounted for 13.4 per cent of the world’s population; in 2013 that figure is only 7.1 per cent, if we look at the 28 Member States of the European Union. This means that Europe is the continent and civilisation which is struggling with the gravest demographic problem and is the most rapidly ageing continent. But if the situation is this serious, why is this topic so under-represented in politics and in European discourse in general? Who will live here in Europe? This is the key question here. We should talk about this seriously, and yet much more time, attention, energy and money are being devoted to other things and to debates which have much less to do with reality: gender debates, same-sex marriage, and we could certainly mention quite a few others. These are all important things which may be dear to our hearts, but they are nonetheless only secondary. They will not shift Europe out of the economic and social quagmire which it is stuck in. It seems that today there is antipathy towards those who are willing to point out that the emperor has no clothes, those who warn, based on factual evidence, that there will be big problems if politics abandons the basic unit of European culture: the family.
Meanwhile let me extend a warm welcome to young demographers. Four years ago I had the opportunity to tell an informal meeting of ministers responsible for demography and family policy that there is a political accusation being levelled ever more frequently in Europe. Effectively this accusation is that if a government supports families, it sends the message that it sees other ways of life as inferior, and it is thus not inclusive. This is obviously silly, but even so it is difficult to defend ourselves against accusations of this type. Therefore, the current Hungarian government – as you may have seen – is directing a great deal of energy towards making it clear that supporting families and recognising freedom are not mutually exclusive. Setting one against the other is just a devious trick, which must be exposed so that we can stand up for the family and for our own values sincerely and with a clear conscience
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Luckily, in this respect Hungary is not in a poor state, and never has been. In Hungary the majority believe that in the modern age a child is both a blessing and a reward in the life of a family and in the life of society alike. Everyone in Hungary – all right, maybe not everyone, but most people – are capable of doing more for their children than for themselves. We Hungarians believe that children magnify the strength of their parents, they magnify the strength of the family, and a generation of children magnify the strength of a nation, of a whole country, and finally our entire civilisation. Children magnify our capacity, and enable us to achieve more; this is the view we take. So children are a motivating force: a positive motivating force in the life of society, like no other we know of. After all, when we are old, they will look after us, they will attend to our needs, they will be the guarantee for renewal of our communities, and they will take forward the heritage which is everything which has made our lives meaningful. Without children, there is no continuation, and there is no security for the elderly.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Eminences,
It is not the topic of this meeting in the strictest sense, but we all know that if there are insufficient numbers of children, the issue of immigration will emerge – at least until mass cloning becomes widespread in European civilisation, which is something that we hope the Almighty will spare us from. In terms of the peaceful functioning of societies, it is important that our communities should be capable of regeneration. It is important that communities should remain viable, and should be able to sustain themselves without resorting to external resources. I am convinced that Europe cannot build its future on immigration, rather than families. I would like to warn you, however, that there are already European documents in existence which seek the solution in that area.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Those who expect help from elsewhere will sooner or later have to pay the price for it. This is an iron law, there is no alternative to it – even though there are some in Brussels who think that the immigrants flooding into Europe should be seen as a blessing, because with them we shall be able to resolve our economic and demographic problems overnight. Many of us – perhaps all of us – know that this is not true at all. And we also know that this way of thinking is extremely dangerous. It is dangerous because it upsets the balance of the continent. It implants among us a culture and an outlook on life with a mentality and customs which are completely different from ours. This culture has a different approach to work, has different ideas about human relations and, last but not least, holds different views on the foundations of our social system: the family.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I sincerely hope that we who have gathered here today want a Europe which is based on families rather than on immigration. We want the European Union to abandon the mentality which keeps our hands tied, and to return to the values and the politics which once made it so spectacularly successful. We want families to take centre stage in European politics once again.
Dear Guests,
There are times when demographers must have their voices heard. We are now living in such times. The survival of our civilisation and culture is at stake. In the history of the world, not a single culture which was unable to populate the land in which it lived was able to survive; writers from antiquity extensively documented this phenomenon. I wish you success in your efforts to prove to everyone that the family and children are indeed a blessing – not only for the family itself, but for the nation and the entire European civilisation.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I sincerely hope that, with your dedication and support, more and more European leaders will have the courage to endorse the need for family-friendly European policy. Thank you for your attention. I wish you all a successful conference.
(11-11-2015 01:13 AM)N°6 Wrote: Just found this on Red Ice. Surely not!
Quote:Swedes could become a minority among 16 year-old boys as early as 2016
Doing some simple maths shows us that if nothing is done, Swedes will be a minority among the 16 year-old boys demographic in 2016.
Currently, 30% of this group are non-Swedish.
There is a daily intake of 309 “unaccompanied children” and 91% are boys. 32% (or 90) of those 281 boys a-day are 16 years old.
If it continues for a year, that’s 33,000 16 year-old illegal immigrants – 38% of this group, currently.
38% + 30% = 68%. So that’s 3 out of 5 16-year-old boys who could be non-Swedish by the end of 2016.
http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=34705
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(11-10-2015 10:24 PM)dreambig Wrote: Could Americans on this thread kindly refrain from bringing your gun agenda into every argument? It's not very relevant and it's getting old. If the time comes, Europeans will find a way to defend ourselves. We are still a long way from that.This.
What's more, the British army will not betray its own natives. If you had ever met British servicemen then you would know this. You severely underestimate us if you think we are going to let some 3rd world savages defeat us in warfare. If push comes to shove, the Muslims will be wiped out in a matter of months.
Samseau, you are completely out of touch with the reality on the ground in Europe.
(11-11-2015 12:46 AM)fareast Wrote:(11-10-2015 11:24 PM)Going strong Wrote: I do not believe official statistics, I believe my eyes. I went to London, full of "ethnic" policemen and policewomen...
If you're not willing to believe the statistics, why should anyone take your opinion seriously? You're like a conspiracy theorist that shoots down any evidence that conflicts with your view, all without presenting any real evidence of your own.
Surely, UK is just as much diversified, if not more, by all accounts...
(11-11-2015 12:01 AM)TonySandos Wrote: I usually find your posts incredibly informative, but this is undoubtedly off and I have first hand knowledge to prove it.
Bottom line;
The conspiracy theorists are right about foreign armies guided by the UN being the real threat on American soil.
Guns are as relevant as ever.
Quote:Germany sends Syrians back to EU borders
Quote:Germany is once again sending Syrian refugees back to the EU country where they first arrived, in line with the so-called Dublin regulations, the government confirmed on Tuesday.
Quote:In August it emerged that for Syrian refugees, Germany had stopped following the Dublin rules, which stipulate that refugees must apply for asylum in the EU state where they first enter the 28-member union.
The move was in part to alleviate the burden on countries like Italy and Greece where hundreds of thousands of migrants have been arriving by boat.
But a spokesman for the Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that Germany is now applying the Dublin procedure for all countries of origin and all member states at which migrants arrive - except Greece. This has been the case "for Syrian nationals, since October 21st", he confirmed.

Quote:At the beginning of October, Chancellor Angela Merkel called the Dublin rules "obsolete" as they put the burden on EU states where migrants first arrive to process claims for refugee status.
Still, of the refugees currently arriving in the country, few have actually been registered in another EU country before arriving in Germany.
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) reported that in October 1,777 people were sent back to other EU countries due to the Dublin rules - 5.6 percent of all decisions on refugee status made that month.
Out of all asylum decisions made so far this year, just 8.5 percent - 17,410 - have been to send people back under the Dublin rules.
In October, 181,166 refugees arrived in Germany, of which 88,640 were Syrian.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière and his office have been pushing for tighter controls on refugees recently, causing serious fractures within Germany's coalition government.
De Maizière unexpectedly announced on Saturday that Syrians would no longer be awarded three years' residency in Germany and that they could no longer bring their families with them at a later point.
But it quickly became clear that his comments did not have the backing of more senior figures in the government, who said the asylum process for Syrian refugees would not be changed.
However the interior minister received backing from powerful figures in the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), putting pressure on Merkel to revise her policy towards Syrian refugees.
(11-11-2015 12:11 PM)memcpy Wrote: This is a recent article on the possible future of gaming in Europe...
Nightclub in Germany is banning refugee's for harassing women (calling 'whores', following them to the toilet, and offering money for sex).
Club under flak because racist to point out the obvious:
http://www.thelocal.de/20151111/club-ban...from-women
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(11-11-2015 07:56 AM)RaccoonFace Wrote:(11-10-2015 10:24 PM)dreambig Wrote: Could Americans on this thread kindly refrain from bringing your gun agenda into every argument? It's not very relevant and it's getting old. If the time comes, Europeans will find a way to defend ourselves. We are still a long way from that.This.
What's more, the British army will not betray its own natives. If you had ever met British servicemen then you would know this. You severely underestimate us if you think we are going to let some 3rd world savages defeat us in warfare. If push comes to shove, the Muslims will be wiped out in a matter of months.
Samseau, you are completely out of touch with the reality on the ground in Europe.
(11-11-2015 10:55 AM)Going strong Wrote: French government closing a military airbase, in order to house 200 "Sudanese refugees" in it, in the middle of provincial France:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/...allier.php
Local French people say: "those refugees are only men, we don't see women or children among them.... the French State gives them more money than to our old French, retired people..."
So symbolic: our military bases turned into centers for African invaders!
And by the way, MSM painted the refugees as "Syrian families with small children"... but in all the "refugees centers" urgently opened across France, we see only men, and only Black men... where are the Syrian families?
(11-11-2015 12:14 PM)Foolsgo1d Wrote: Germany reckons it can send back the hundreds of thousands ot its poor neighbours after saying all of them could come? I cannot wait until said countries stop that in its tracks and then Germany threatens economic penalties.
The pro-gun argument is rearing its stupid head in a thread which it has no right to be. We have just as many guns in Europe as the USA, they're just not in our hands, yet.
Quote:Germany shouldn’t send back refugees to the their first point-of-entry in the European Union based on the bloc’s Dublin accord, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said, according to an interview with MTI news service.
“The Dublin system is dead since apart from a few exceptions, countries aren’t abiding by its terms,” Szijjarto said on Wednesday, according to MTI. “Not a single Syrian” should be returned from western Europe to Hungary, he said.
Hungary has built a razor-wire fence along its southern border to keep refugees out and has been the staunchest critic of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy to welcome an estimated million migrants this year, mostly refugees from Syria.
Quote:Luxembourg’s foreign minister has warned that the migration crisis and introduction of border controls between countries could lead to the collapse of the EU.
“The European Union can break apart. This can go incredibly fast, when isolation instead of solidarity becomes the rule internally and externally … We may have only a couple of months,” Jean Asselborn told the DPA news agency. Luxembourg holds the rotating presidency of the European Council.
He said the Schengen area of passport-free travel was under threat from the rise of national “solutions” to the migration crisis, and slammed far-right politicians who seek to make gains out of the crisis. “This false nationalism can lead to a real war,” Asselborn said.
EU officials have spent the past several weeks putting pressure on member countries to deliver on promises made to address the migration crisis, but “the risk [of Schengen coming to an end] is clearly there,” said Asselborn.
“If we do not find a European solution for the migration crisis, if more and more countries believe that they can approach the issue only nationally, then Schengen’s dead.”
Asselborn said that if Schengen falls, the “greatest achievement of the European Union also falls.” The introduction of border controls would affect “everything: workers, the economy, tourism.”
Quote:Its purpose will be "to direct refugees toward the crossing points."
Cerar said on Tuesday the Slovenian government will in the coming days "introduce technical measures of protection" of the Schengen border, i.e., the border with Croatia.
According to him, the border between the two countries will not be closed.
The Slovenian government justified the decision by announcing that increased numbers of refugees and migrants are expected on the so-called Balkan route moving via Greece, along with the possibility that Germany and Austria "may reduce their intake."
According a statement, with this and the coming winter and Slovenia's limited capacities to provide adequate shelter in mind, the government prepared "additional urgent measures to control migration influx."
Quote:She [Serbian National Assembly President Maja Gojkovic] reiterated that Serbia "will not raise (border) walls."
"It is out of the question for Serbia to be raising walls and wire, as this would not lead to a solution," Gojkovic said during at a joint press conference with Slovenian counterpart Milan Brglez.
Her comments came a day after Slovenia announced it was building a fence along its border with Croatia.
According to Gojkovic, 370,000 migrant have passed through Serbia so far, and "an even bigger wave is expected." It is understandable, she continued, that every country faced with the migrant problem is looking for ways to protect its interests - but she "expects from the EU that we together find a common solution."
"Separate solutions will not solve the causes of this crisis," said Gojkovic.
She added that Serbia pays "all the costs, 90 percent" related to the migrant crisis from its state budget.
Asked whether the country would opt to build border walls, Gojkovic said that would "not solve anything, because people from the Middle East would certainly be looking for a way to reach Western Europe."
"For now is not a problem for us to, as a transit country, provide for these people," said the Serbian parliament speaker.
Turning to the issue of EU integrations, Gojkovic said that Serbia was "extremely satisfied" with the EC progress report, which was published yesterday.
She "stressed that Europe is whole only if includes all countries on the continent" - as that is "the only way it will be able to provide the right answers to the challenges it faces."
Quote:Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Warsaw's streets on Wednesday for a demonstration organised by the far right, marching under the slogan "Poland for the Polish" and burning an EU flag.
Police said 25,000 people joined the march, which marked the anniversary of Poland's return to independence after the Second World War, while organisers put the numbers at 50,000.
"God, honour, homeland," chanted the protesters as they marched under a sea of red-and-white Polish flags.
Demonstrators trampled and burned a European Union flag at one point, while a banner added to the anti-EU theme with the slogan "EU macht frei" ("Work makes you free" in German), a reference to the slogan over the gates at Auschwitz.
"Yesterday it was Moscow, today it's Brussels which takes away our freedom," chanted one group of protesters.
Other banners read "Great Catholic Poland" and "Stop Islamisation".
Several thousand riot police officers were deployed for the protest, which was punctuated by numerous firecrackers and smoke bombs but otherwise went off peacefully.
"I came here because I love Poland and want to show it," said 27-year-old Piotr, who came with his fiancee. He added: "I came here for my grandfather, who fought in the Warsaw Uprising (against the Nazi occupation of the Polish capital), and for his father, who fought for independence".
Poland is returning to conservative rule after eight years of centrist government, following the Law and Justice (PiS) party's landslide election victory last month on a platform playing strongly on fears over the European migrant crisis.
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(11-11-2015 02:48 PM)quino_16 Wrote: Good news from Poland:I sincerely don't know what would happen if I turned up at one of these rallies with a Spanish flag. Would I be greeted as a fellow European nationalist? Or, would some guy beat me up not realising I'm on his side?
EU flag burned as tens of thousands join Warsaw nationalist demo

(11-11-2015 02:29 PM)Requiem Wrote: I hate it when Europeans complain about American gun laws or Americans mentioning the importance of their gun laws. This topic belongs very much in this thread.
(11-11-2015 12:18 PM)philosophical_recovery Wrote:(11-11-2015 12:11 PM)memcpy Wrote: This is a recent article on the possible future of gaming in Europe...
Nightclub in Germany is banning refugee's for harassing women (calling 'whores', following them to the toilet, and offering money for sex).
Club under flak because racist to point out the obvious:
http://www.thelocal.de/20151111/club-ban...from-women
Waiting for feminists to comment on this rape culture.
Quote:Leonhardi on Amortplatz: The doorman refused a group of four, five asylum seekers into the inlet "Brucklyn". Two German regulars get with this, stand up for the refugees. The debate is so heated that turns on the operator. "Nazi pigs" insulted a German guest the Brucklyn staff. The situation can only be solved by the input is opened, the bouncer is withdrawn.