Monthly Archives: December 2015
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Danish MEP quits party over asylum policies
A European lawmaker for Denmark’s ruling right-wing party said Saturday he was leaving the party over its controversial asylum policies, which include plans for police to search asylum seekers’ luggage for valuables.
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Danish MEP quits ruling party over plan to seize refugees’ valuables
Jens Rohde says centre-right Liberals are pandering to anti-immigrant Danish People’s party, on whose support it depends in parliament
An MEP from Denmark’s centre-right ruling party has defected in protest at government plans to seize valuables from refugees to help fund their stay in the country.
Denmark has mainly been a transit country for refugees, and the minority Liberal government hopes to deter more from seeking asylum by taking valuables or cash worth more than 3,000 Danish crowns (£290) during border searches.
Corbyn says polling party members to shape policy is here to stay
Labour leader vows to continue consulting membership and warns that politics should get used to the practice
The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said polling the party’s members to help shape policy is here to stay as he marked his first 100 days in office.
Corbyn said consulting members would continue after he used the method to show support for his stance on Syria, adding: “Politics better get used to the idea”.
Demographic change a threat to Hindus: Giriraj Singh – Times of India {Religious Racism despite his protest that it is not}
“The geography and history of vast Aryavart are still there but many parts of this Aryavart have no Sanatan dharma followers,” he added. He also advocated a wide discussion on the definition of minority.Citing examples, he said that population of Hindus had declined in 60 districts of UP and 26 districts of Bihar, while they have turned into minority in five districts of Kerala.On the issue of intolerance, the minister said that tolerance was in the blood of India, which firmly believes in the philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’ and ‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhina’. “It is the country’s tolerance that the court sat at night for a terrorist Yakub Memon and thousands of people took part in his funeral,” he said, adding that some people were questioning the country’s tolerance by raising the issue of increasing intolerance but the world accepts India’s tolerance.
Source: Demographic change a threat to Hindus: Giriraj Singh – Times of India
Spain is set to change but exactly how?
Socialists could team up with Podemos and Ciudadanos in a three-way “coalition of losers” similar to an outcome that happened in Portugal last month. Also possible for the Socialists is an alliance with Podemos plus smaller regional parties that won just a few seats – not requiring the support of Ciudadanos.”It looks like a Socialist government,” said Federico Santi, a London-based analyst with the Eurasia Group political risk consultancy.”Reaching a deal between the Socialists, Ciudadanos and Podemos is not going to be straightforward. … But if the alternative is leaving the country without a government, the pressure will be on the parties.”Podemos and Ciudadanos both gained strength by portraying the Popular Party and the Socialists as out-of-touch behemoths run by politicians who care more about maintaining their own power than citizens’ needs.
Source: News from The Associated Press
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