“Most of the regionalist parties in Europe, such as those in the Basque country, Scotland and elsewhere, are leftist. Except along the “spine of Europe.” These parties are the most successful of the parties of the European right. They have a localist quality, and yet they are fighting to protect the Christian, Western heritage of the continent as a whole. The SVP is currently campaigning for a referendum, on 1 June, to “stop mass naturalization” of immigrants. Italy’s new Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, comes from the Northern League and has announced “tough measures against clandestine immigration.”
The above quote an article from the Brussels Journal concerning regional squabbles over immigration. The conflict has a much longer history than defense against the European Union’s open borders policy. As with our Thirteen Colonies, these small states were once independent. There is a move in Europe to regain local control. As I have been harping for weeks, “we must return control of our govenment to the local level.”
It’s long and long on history, but I hope you will read the entire article– http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3216
