As part of his campaign leading up to the EU Parliament elections June 7th the former vice prime minister and frontrunner for the conservatives Bendt Bendtsen (cons.) told media that he did not think that Turkey should ever achieve full membership of EU. Instead he would offer Turkey a privileged partnership. He is cited in…… Continue reading Turkey Has No Place in EU
Author: Jonas
Durban Review Conference still a sham
So Denmark participates in the Durban Review Conference set to last April 20-24th 2009. Yesterday the Foreign Ministry announced that Denmark would go along with the majority of nations in EU and apparently that means we are going. Not a very principled stance if you ask me. Whereas EU unity on any kind of foreign…… Continue reading Durban Review Conference still a sham
End the Obama Hysteria!
Ok, so there is a new American president and no one may be worse off for that. Hoorah, congratulations and so on. What I don’t understand, however, is the level of hysteria accompanying his candidacy and inauguration. Please stop it. A few examples: CNN reports: “My fervent prayer is that there will be peace on Earth…… Continue reading End the Obama Hysteria!
Hamas supporters envoke Hitler in fight against Israel
2009-01-10 ”Heil Hitler”, ”we want to kill all Jews”, ”give us some Jews”, ”down, down, Denmark”, “down, down, democracy” were among the slogans chanted at this Palestinian pro-Hamas, anti-Israel demonstration in central Copenhagen. Watch the footage below. Demonstration also attended by a handful of left-wingers. Imagine if a pro-Israeli demonstration had chanted “kill all Palestinians”……… Continue reading Hamas supporters envoke Hitler in fight against Israel
Saudi norms make way into Holland
Wall Street Journal op-ed (quoted in full): JANUARY 22, 2009 Silencing Islam’s Critics A Dutch court imports Saudi blasphemy norms to Europe. The latest twist in the clash between Western values and the Muslim world took place yesterday in the Netherlands, where a court ordered the prosecution of lawmaker and provocateur Geert Wilders for inciting…… Continue reading Saudi norms make way into Holland