PARIS—The French parliament on Tuesday approved an immigration bill that boosts authorities’ power to deport foreigners and limits access to welfare and citizenship, cementing the rightward tilt of President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
If you know anything about Ireland you’ll know it has changed from a deeply religious, conservative country who didn’t even legalise divorce till the 80’s, to the liberal society we enjoy today.
Citizens voted by referendum to allow divorce, same sex marriage, abortion and EU entry among other issues.
This cultural shift was at the will of the people and occurred before any immigration.
I don’t see the correlation between the two although they may have some impact on the culture hopefully a positive one, we voted on all the changes ourselves and had nothing to do with immigrants.
The financial problems we face have nothing to do with immigrants and endured recessions in the 80’s and again in 2008.
The whole “ooh immigrants are the cause of all our problems” annoys me because it is a convenient excuse for our government doing a bad job.
immigrants are certainly not the cause of all your problems. but turning your country into a lefty free-for-all is. All leftist policies lead to ruin. the left wont stop at same sex marriage and abortion. trust me
visiting Ireland and drinking with the locals in a pub is on my bucket list. i better prioritize to the top of the list
Oh thanks for saying that I’m always amazed that people want to visit a tiny inconsequential island off the Atlantic!
But I’d love us to welcome you with the friendliness we’re known for and not a country full of angry citizens.
It was quite a miserable time in the 80’s and prior, when the church ruled and the government and our laws were very restrictive.
We had civil war, widespread church abuse and 3 recessions by 2008.
We wanted social change and voted for it.
Well, I mean backatcha. I can empathise a lot with the republicans pov on this forum because that was my upbringing and probably even more conservative considering divorce was illegal until the 80’s and was rare.
Europe is portrayed as all out liberal but most countries have a large religious conservative population.
Getting back to Evs most of us are skeptical too.
Heck the EU may not be around by then.
That’s the motherland, it’s on my bucket list as well. Not the cities so much; I just want to see that lush green countryside and some small town pubs.
As for my dad’s ancestry… I’d have to pick a random west African country. I hear Sierra Leone isn’t too bad these days. And it’s a good assumption. Based on a studies are large percentage of black Americans are descended from people who were in Sierra Leone.
Most nations have experienced poverty or recessions has nothing to do with immigrants.
Immigrants have come to the US and become very rich and successful.
If they work and pay taxes how is that importing poverty.
And immigration is fine…if you determine how many your country and economy can handle and vet these immigrants to determine if they are likely not only,to benefit themselves but your country.
That is not what is happening. That is not what people are complaining about.