President Elect Donald Trump/ FranceReaction Paper: President Elect Donald Trump/ FranceSummary I:The first article from the Daily Caller journal by Enjeti reports that France’s Foreign Minister believes that Europe, as a whole, should stand together more in order to protect European interests after Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. Also, French President Francois Hollande agrees with this proclamation and thinks that this would build a stronger France and a more united Europe. Former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe commented on the elections result and said that it “forces us to reorganize ourselves because the United States will defend its interests so we will need to defend ours” (Enjeti, 2016). He wishes to defend the French and the Europeans against the potential uncertainty after the American election. According the article, president Hollande, who has a 4%, approval rating, faces a competitive upcoming presidential primary in January. Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen the leader of the National Front party is growing in popularity; she has received nearly “30% approval” in a recent poll, which makes her a serious contender (Enjeti, 2016).
Summary II:The other article from The New York Times journal discusses the parallels that can be drawn between the movement that resulted in the election of Trump and the similar sentiments in Europe. For example, Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front party was not seen as a threat in France’s upcoming presidential election. Le Pen is considered to be a “disruptive political force” (Nossiter, 2016). Now, political rivals warn that the same thing that happened in the U.S. could happen in France and Le Pen could get elected. The movement towards anti-immigration and anti-globalization has spread throughout many other European countries as well, including the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Hungary, and various Balkan countries. Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom
party, has openly called for French workers to vote in the first elections of the new French presidency. Wilders supports the ban on all Muslims from entering the country. If European Union countries become members, such as Hungary, a referendum is scheduled on the issue and there are concerns that a large segment will vote in favor of a French ban. It has been held that the European Union should become the European Union in 1992 before it became the United States. This makes the European Union as a whole much less hostile. Moreover, for Le Pen to win the presidency by a massive margin we would find a fundamental change in political discourse in the country. The political parties would begin to show more emphasis on immigration and Islam, and they would come back to France as political parties, not just a voting base.
3. The political and security problems posed by refugees as a concern
“We have been experiencing the same problems among non-Muslims in the U.S. that we experienced among the Muslims in Germany in the early 1930s” (Konstantin Lydkin, “A Long History of Muslims in Europe,” Journal of European History (1991), p. 49). There is a new tension between the political and security situation in Europe after September 11. The current political situation stems from an international refugee crisis. People in Syria, Turkey and Iraq—with their large numbers of refugees—were already a problem for those in the U.S., and with the global refugee crisis, most Syrians were not ready yet to settle. A new refugee crisis is also a factor when making decisions about the way to resolve the current refugee problem. European countries have been dealing with a problem of immigration for some 15 years but since 1990 the number of people entering the European Union has dwindled to an average of one million a year. In France the number of people entering the European Union has increased almost 50 percent since 1990. And this is despite the fact that under France this year, the number of migrants has increased by 20 percent compared to last year. The U.S. Refugee Council found that a greater share of refugees than are arriving in Europe could be absorbed into North America and Mexico due to the increase in the population of the U.S. As an example, the refugee population in the United States of America is now about 1.6 million. The population of Germany has been growing since 1990 and it is estimated between 2.7 million and 3.2 million people in this country have been coming into Europe each year, which in turn represents an increase in the total population. And the trend shows no sign of diminishing. The majority of refugees are still fleeing the violence and violence from the Assad regime. More than 500,000 Syrian refugees have arrived via Turkey and via Greece. In 2014 alone, there were 2,100 arrivals in those two regions. Many of those migrants have fled Syria and are now getting to the United States. The situation in Europe means that for Syrian refugees (some of whom are Muslims) in America, which has been the main focus of the U.S. presidential elections before the beginning of the new U.S.-European integration period in 2012, the situation will worsen.
party, has openly called for French workers to vote in the first elections of the new French presidency. Wilders supports the ban on all Muslims from entering the country. If European Union countries become members, such as Hungary, a referendum is scheduled on the issue and there are concerns that a large segment will vote in favor of a French ban. It has been held that the European Union should become the European Union in 1992 before it became the United States. This makes the European Union as a whole much less hostile. Moreover, for Le Pen to win the presidency by a massive margin we would find a fundamental change in political discourse in the country. The political parties would begin to show more emphasis on immigration and Islam, and they would come back to France as political parties, not just a voting base.
3. The political and security problems posed by refugees as a concern
“We have been experiencing the same problems among non-Muslims in the U.S. that we experienced among the Muslims in Germany in the early 1930s” (Konstantin Lydkin, “A Long History of Muslims in Europe,” Journal of European History (1991), p. 49). There is a new tension between the political and security situation in Europe after September 11. The current political situation stems from an international refugee crisis. People in Syria, Turkey and Iraq—with their large numbers of refugees—were already a problem for those in the U.S., and with the global refugee crisis, most Syrians were not ready yet to settle. A new refugee crisis is also a factor when making decisions about the way to resolve the current refugee problem. European countries have been dealing with a problem of immigration for some 15 years but since 1990 the number of people entering the European Union has dwindled to an average of one million a year. In France the number of people entering the European Union has increased almost 50 percent since 1990. And this is despite the fact that under France this year, the number of migrants has increased by 20 percent compared to last year. The U.S. Refugee Council found that a greater share of refugees than are arriving in Europe could be absorbed into North America and Mexico due to the increase in the population of the U.S. As an example, the refugee population in the United States of America is now about 1.6 million. The population of Germany has been growing since 1990 and it is estimated between 2.7 million and 3.2 million people in this country have been coming into Europe each year, which in turn represents an increase in the total population. And the trend shows no sign of diminishing. The majority of refugees are still fleeing the violence and violence from the Assad regime. More than 500,000 Syrian refugees have arrived via Turkey and via Greece. In 2014 alone, there were 2,100 arrivals in those two regions. Many of those migrants have fled Syria and are now getting to the United States. The situation in Europe means that for Syrian refugees (some of whom are Muslims) in America, which has been the main focus of the U.S. presidential elections before the beginning of the new U.S.-European integration period in 2012, the situation will worsen.