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The clash over immigration has existed within the European Union for sometime, most notably over how to contend with the Union’s eastern frontier. But it has grown more intense in recent weeks because of the collapse of regimes across North Africa and has been exacerbated by the NATO intervention in Libya, which was championed by France and Britain, while Germany demurred and Italy reluctanly joined. Extrait de Immigration is rattling European cohesion par Rachel Donadio pour le journal International Herald Tribune

 

Le conflit à propos de l'immigration   existe au sein de l'Union européenne depuis un certain temps, notamment sur la façon de composer avec la frontière orientale de l'Union. Mais il est devenu plus intense ces dernières semaines en raison de l'effondrement des régimes en Afrique du Nord et a été exacerbé par l'intervention de l'OTAN en Libye, qui a été défendue par la France et la Grande-Bretagne, tandis que l'Allemagne s’y refusa et que l'Italie s'y joignit à contrecœur. (ma traduction)

 

 

 

 

 

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  International Herald Tribune. Extrait de l'article "Immigration is rattling European cohesion"

"With the European Union rejecting Italy’s latest idea for coping with the arrival of tens of thousands of North Africans on its shores since tumult first engulfed Tunisia in January, the specter of tightened intra-European border controls has arisen for the first time since visa-free travel was introduced in the 1990s. The Italian proposal drew implacable resistance Monday from France, Germany and other gouvernments.

That result suggests that so far, the collateral damage from NATO’s intervention in Libya may well be European cohesion.

Fed by a volatile mix of unrest in North Africa and the rise of right-wing parties and voter discontent about immigration across the continent, the immigration debate has deepened already profound divisions within Europe. Experts say it is proving at least as problematic — and potentially destabilizing — as Europe’s divergent budgetary policies.

Last weekend, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threw down the gauntlet. Visiting the Italian island of Lampedusa, the first point of entry for thousands of North African migrants to Europe, he said : «　 Either Europe is something that’s real and concrete or it isn’t. And in that case it’s better to go back to each going our own way and letting everyone follow his own policies and egotism.　»

Mr. Berlusconi’s statement, echoed by other members of his government and criticized by his European counterparts, highlighted the growing Showdown. "

By Rachel Donadio