What is this European monoculture which all the different European countries have in common?
Europe is diverse, but the common aspect, recognised worldwide, is the western European Judaeo Christian heritage. This has both a racial connotation related to being white; and a civilisational claim, Judaeo Christian in character. Step outside that framework, and diversity is no longer permissible. The mechanisms of socio economic exclusion are deployed to push towards homogeneity along those traditional lines. So exclusion is an instrument for applying pressure: ‘if you don’t assimilate, I exclude you. You want a job? Housing? You wish to be recognised politically? Then assimilate and we will accept you. If you don’t, you have only yourself to blame, because you are simply not integrated.’ That is the logic. Q: Do you understand the position of the people who bombed the train in Madrid? A: Do I understand the motivation of Arabs and Muslims who want to strike against Spain? I understand it completely. Had it been Eta, it would have been a different matter. That I would have regarded
