From the Everett Herald: [Ed.: Check out 10 Myths of Europe - busted on WaPoWa to learn more.] Can you imagine a world in which you receive health care when you need it, and don’t have to worry about losing your coverage when you change jobs? How about when you have a child, being able [...]
Myth 10: Europe is turning into ‘Eurabia’ while its own population is dying out.
March 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
FACT: Muslim immigration in Europe currently represents a mere 3% of Europe’s total population of more than 500 million. More immigrants have arrived from non-Muslim countries than from Muslim; in France the largest immigrant group for the last two decades is from Portugal, not North Africa. The percentage of Muslims immigrants is far smaller than [...]
Myth 9: Europe is weak on the global stage, lacking international power.
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FACT: Europe has achieved some impressive foreign policy accomplishments that force us to reevaluate of how we define “power” in the 21st century. America’s aggressive brand of unilateralism and military “hard power” has suffered unexpected setbacks in recent years. But Europe’s “smart power,” which is based on multilateral diplomacy and regional networks of investment, trade, [...]
Myth 8: Europe is not as innovative or as technologically advanced as it needs to be.
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FACT: While Europe’s technological prowess has been compared unfavorably with the U.S., more than anywhere else, Europe is the place of high speed trains, vast solar arrays, high tech windmills, hydrogen and electric cars and power from the sea. Europe is populated by high tech companies and projects such as Airbus, BMW, Mercedes, Nokia, Siemens, [...]
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