Mainstream baffled as French turn to far right

http://www.france24.com/en/20131014-...turn-far-right



I don't really know why people are "baffled". Intelligence analysts such as those who wrote the report The Age of Consequences saw this coming:

While most African and South Asian migration will be internal or regional, the expected decline in food production and fresh drinking water, combined with the increased conflict sparked by resource scarcity, will force more Africans and South Asians to migrate further abroad.[194] This will likely result in a surge in the number of Muslim immigrants to the European Union (EU), which could exacerbate existing tensions and increase the likelihood of radicalization among members of Europe’s growing (and often poorly assimilated) Islamic communities.



Already, the majority of immigrants to most Western European countries are Muslim. Muslims constitute approximately 5 percent of the European population, with the largest communities located in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark.[195] Europe’s Muslim population is expected to double by 2025, and it will be much larger if, as we expect, the effects of climate change spur additional migration from Africa and South Asia.[196]



The degree of instability this generates will depend on how successfully these immigrant populations are integrated into European society. This process has not always gone well (as exemplified in 2005 by the riots in the poor and predominantly immigrant suburbs of Paris), and the suspicion with which Europe’s Muslim and immigrant communities are viewed by many would be greatly intensified by an attack from a “homegrown terrorist.” Given that a nationalist, anti-immigrant backlash could result from even a small or unsuccessful attack, the risk that such a backlash will occur is high.



If the backlash is sufficiently severe, the EU’s cohesion will be tested. At present, the ease with which people can move between EU countries makes it extremely difficult to track or regulate immigrants (both legal and illegal). In 2005, for instance, Spain granted amnesty to some 600,000 undocumented immigrants, and yet could provide few assurances that they would remain within Spain’s borders.[197] The number of Africans who attempt to reach the Spanish Canary Islands — the southernmost European Union territory — has more than doubled since then. In 2006, at least 20,000 Africans attempted the perilous, often fatal, journey.[198] Thus far, the EU has responded to this challenge with ad hoc measures, such as creating rapid reaction border guard teams.[199] While the influx of immigrants from Africa — Muslim and otherwise — will continue to be viewed by some as a potential catalyst for economic growth at a time when the EU has a very low fertility rate, the viability of the EU’s loose border controls will be called into question, and the lack of a common immigration policy will invariably lead to internal political tension. If a common immigration policy is not implemented, there is the possibility that significant border restrictions will reemerge and, in so doing, slow the European Union’s drive toward increased social, political, and economic integration.

In fact, the integration might not just "slow"; it may head towards dissolution altogether.



The recent success of the French far right is multi-causal but, seen through the crystal ball of Earth's deteriorating biophysical situation that others choose not to look into, it is not surprising at all.

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