Angela Merkel: Trump Has Almost Destroyed The New World Order

Baxter Dmitry, News Punch

German chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted that the New World Order is ‘under threat’ due to the rise of President Trump and his patriotic message of “polarization”, “protectionism” and “populism.” 

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Merkel slammed Trump’s rejection of open borders and globalism, and poured scorn on the popular patriotic movement currently sweeping across Europe, the U.S., Brazil, Australia and other parts of the world.

“Frankly speaking, the country I have the honor to represent and where I am chancellor has difficulties. And polarization is something that we see in our country as well, which we haven’t had for decades,” Merkel said at Davos.

Merkel attributed increasing populism and nationalism to both the euro zone crisis and migration crisis seen in Europe over the last few years following the record influx of refugees, but said Germany would not shrink from the world stage.

“Germany wishes to be a country that lends its contribution in the future to solve the problems of the world together, we think that shutting ourselves off and isolating ourselves will not lead us into a good future. Protectionism is not the proper answer,” she said.

And yet, open borders is the cause of the problem. You seem to admit that yourself. And it wouldn't be a problem if the influx of migrants were the least bit compatible with German society. But they are not! Muslims do not integrate any more than is necessary to survive. 

Islam makes up a huge part of the world and they are capable of accepting Muslim migrants far more easily than Europeans. Yet, very few Muslim countries allow refugees from Syria or Iraq or Afghanistan. There's a reason for that! You should try and figure that out. 

Islam, ultimately, will not be ruled by democracies - it will rule them or destroy them. Nationalists or populists can see that; the politically correct cannot.

Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany has embraced globalist ideology by opening the nations borders, accepting millions of migrants

Merkel was just the latest leader at Davos to criticize a protectionist and isolationist stance towards the world’s problems. Such comments appear to be directed towards President Donald Trump who has adopted an unapologetic “America First” stance in his foreign and economic policies.

Trump-supporting populist leaders have been elected in Australia, Brazil, Italy, Poland and many other countries in the past year, as nationalism proves popular with voting citizens frustrated with decades of neo-liberal polices implemented by governments determined to edge closer to an international alliance featuring open borders.

‘One world government’

In contrast, Merkel said the answer to the world’s problems was to find global solutions instead of a “unilateral, protectionist course” of action.

Immediately after slamming Donald Trump and his patriotic presidency, Merkel lavished praise on the United Nations, describing the international organization as a “multilateral and cooperative solution” to the problem of global leadership, and added that a “multilateral response” helped to resolve the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.

Politics is a Dirty Game in France Especially for Right-Wing Nationalists

The banks, the courts, parliament, the EU Parliament have for many years attempted to destroy Marine Le Pen. Is there some collusion? Is Deep State at work here? Whoever is behind the constant persecution does not have the best interests of France in mind.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Jonathon Gatehouse · CBC News 

Leader of France's far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment as it probes her posting of graphic images of Islamic State executions on social media. (Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images)

Le Pen probe

A French court has ordered far-right leader Marine Le Pen to undergo a psychiatric assessment as it probes her decision to publish graphic images of Islamic State executions on social media.

The 50-year-old head of the National Front — recently rebranded as the National Rally — posted three gruesome photos on Twitter in December 2015 after a journalist told a French television program that her party shared a "community of spirit" with the extremist group.

"ISIS is THIS," Le Pen wrote in an outraged response to the accusation, attaching pictures of a man being burned alive, another being run over by a tank, and the headless corpse of American journalist James Foley.

French law prohibits the dissemination of "violent messages that incite terrorism or … seriously harm human dignity."

Le Pen, a former member of the European Parliament, was only put under formal investigation in March after that body voted to strip her of immunity as part of an unrelated fraud investigation. If convicted, she faces up to three years in jail and a fine of €75,000.

Today, Le Pen reacted angrily to the court's assessment order, posting a photo of the legal papers on her Twitter account and calling the decision "crazy."

Later, speaking to reporters, she suggested that the evaluation is part of a wider attempt to silence her and the party, and said that she will skip the tests.

"I'd like to see how the judge would try and force me do it," Le Pen said.

Legal experts were quick to point out that such an assessment is in fact required under the law to establish whether she suffers from any mental illness that might have diminished her capacity to understand what she was doing when she posted the images. The psychiatrist will also determine whether she poses a risk to herself or the public.

It's pretty obvious she was angrily responding to an imbecilic media person and not trying to influence anyone to commit terrorism. A sane person would think just the opposite, that she is trying to reduce terrorism by revealing just how horrific it is. 

Nevertheless, I think she should take the psyche exam as long as it is not with a government or court-appointed psychiatrist, but one of impeccable character. I also think the interview should be recorded and reviewed by a panel of reputable psychiatrists, at Le Pen's discretion.

Other European populists were quick to leap to her defence.

"A court orders a psychiatric assessment for Marine Le Pen. Words fail me! Solidarity with her and with the French who love freedom!" said Matteo Salvini, Italy's interior minister and leader of the far-right League party, in a statement.

The National Front/Rally and its leader have suffered a number of setbacks since Emmanuel Macron resoundingly defeated Le Pen in the run-off election for France's presidency in 2017.

The campaign posters of French presidential election candidates Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron are seen in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, in April 2017. Macron resoundingly defeated Le Pen in the run-off election for France's presidency. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

French banks, which had denied her requests for campaign loans, closed her personal and party accounts last fall. Le Pen denounced the moves as political "persecution."

And she has been ordered to repay almost 300,000 euros ($455,000 Cdn) to the European Parliament after an internal investigation determined that she improperly used her office budget to pay aides to do non-parliamentary work for the National Front.

Le Pen, who maintains that she did nothing wrong, is appealing the findings and has refused to pay up. But the EU has been playing hardball, garnishing her salary and obtaining a temporary order from a French court to stop her party from receiving €2.35 million in state subsidies.

The EU parliament is far-left in ideology with many in the pocket of George Soros, and it will do all that it legally can (not morally can) to destroy Le Pen and her chances of becoming France's next President. Liberal loonies are also watching the EU lean more and more to the right and are desperate to stop the rush of sanity.

Liberals hate populism. They are quite sure that they know far better than ordinary people what those people want and need.

"The investigating judges are applying a death sentence by confiscating our public grant," she complained in July.

A final decision will handed down Sept. 26.

Le Pen has been busy trying to turn all those controversies to her advantage and whip up public sympathy.

"Our political adversaries want us to fail," she told a rally in the the northern town of Hénin-Beaumont earlier this month. "And when I hear the president of the Republic say that the National Rally is not a political opponent but an enemy, I can only conclude that he is doing everything within his power to break us down, to make us disappear from the country's political life."

And Le Pen is already campaigning for next spring's European elections, trying to form alliances with other far-right parties and tap into "The Movement," a new Steve Bannon-organized venture to raise funds and support for European populists.

Le Pen and former U.S. President Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon give a joint press conference during the National Rally's annual congress on March 10 in Lille, north of France. (Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)

The strategy may be working.

As Macron's popularity plummets amidst the scandal over his former bodyguard's physical assault of anti-government protesters, Le Pen's fortunes are rising.

A poll last month put the National Rally "coude à coude" with the president's En Marche party, both with 21 per cent support for the coming European vote.

Tony Blair Warns of Populist Uprisings & Collapse of EU if Muslim Immigration not Addressed

More countries could break away from the EU in a wave of populist revolts, says Tony Blair. The former UK PM has called on EU countries to “seize the moment” and to deal with underlying Muslim migration issues.

Blair told German newspaper Die Welt that the same migration concerns that sparked Brexit aren’t issues faced solely by the UK, and other EU countries could face backlashes down the line.

“Let’s be clear: the anxieties of the British people that led to Brexit are not confined to Britain,” he said.

“With strong leadership we would seize the moment of Brexit also to deal with those underlying issues which are not only the preoccupation of the British people but are the preoccupation right across Europe. Because otherwise, this populism will get fueled.”

Blair made a clear distinction between EU migration - a problem that he believes is only an issue in certain areas of the UK -  and non-EU migration. He said tensions occur from non-EU migration “when people aren’t sure the people coming are sharing our values” - particularly from majority-Muslim countries.

Blair believes this is already an issue in Holland, Denmark and Sweden.

At the end of December, Blair’s think tank, the Institute for Global Change, released a report warning of a populist uprising in Europe as voters become frustrated with European immigration issues.

Last January, the former Labour leader poured a whopping £10 million of his funds into the Tony Blair Institute, another step in forwarding his anti-populist crusade.

On Thursday, Blair took to his ‘Institute for Global Change’ website to hit out at serving UK Prime Minister Theresa May, calling her handling of Brexit negotiations “farcical” and accusing Labour of having a timid political approach to the issue.

Blair has also called for a second referendum, once the details of the Brexit agreement have been thrashed out, so the people of the United Kingdom can have a say on whether they still want to leave the EU or not.

“When we voted in 2016, we knew we were voting against our present membership of the European Union, but not what the future relationship with Europe would be,” he said.

“Once we know the alternative, we should be entitled to think again, either through Parliament or an election or through a fresh referendum, which will, of course, not be a rerun of the first because it will involve this time a choice based on knowledge of the alternative to existing EU membership.”

What Blair skirts around is the hypocrisy of his own nativism. He glosses over the fact that the war in Iraq sparked an influx of illegal immigrants and migrants in the UK – a war in which his facilitating the invasion of the Middle Eastern nation saw him accused of war crimes in the years to follow.

In 2007, as Blair prepared to depart from Downing Street, seasoned newspaper editor and accomplished historian Max Hastings rebuked the then-PM in a scathing opinion piece dripping with both contempt and sarcasm.

“Some might forgive Tony Blair for the catastrophe of Iraq, but will never forgive his abject failure to control immigration,” the former Daily Telegraph and Evening Standard editor wrote in the Daily Mail.

“According to official figures – and these, of course, ignore the countless numbers of illegal immigrants – the population of Britain grew by 185,000 in 2005 because of immigration, a trend which means well over a million a decade.

“Many of the new arrivals not only do not speak our language, but actively reject our values and way of life.”

Hastings blamed not only the Iraq war, but public services made too easily accessible.

“They want to come because Britain is famously the softest touch in the world for access, public money and housing,” Hastings added. “Nobody need agree to anything, least of all loyalty to Queen and country, before being waved through the door.”

Unfortunately, Canada's Justin Trudeau was not paying attention to this, and still isn't.

When Blair’s ten-year prime ministerial reign drew to a close in 2007, his reputation was left in tatters - an opinion poll at the time showed that a mere 11 percent of voters still liked him and 51 percent thought that “he manages to convince himself that whatever he has decided to do must be morally right.”

The latter opinion was supported by the Chilcot Enquiry into the war in Iraq, wherein Sir John Chilcot found that the invasion was unnecessary. The enquiry also found that Blair was not “straight with the nation,” and used bogus intelligence that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as his pretext to invade.

A 2009 academic study revealed that about half a million people died in Iraq of war-related causes between 2003 and mid-2011. According to the MIT Centre for International Studies, up to five million Iraqi people were displaced or became refugees.

Netherlands Chooses 4 more Years on the Road to Cultural Suicide

ANALYSIS - Europe's mainstream sighs in relief

over Dutch election

Famously laid-back citizens not yet so disenchanted with

politics that they would turn right

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, of the VVD Liberal party and Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV Party take part in a meeting at the Dutch Parliament Thursday after the general election. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

Margaret Evans
Europe correspondent, CBC

You could almost hear the mass exhaling across European capitals when the Dutch election exit polls were announced on Wednesday evening.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had managed to win more seats than the maverick politician Geert Wilders, who made his name by promising to ban Islam and march the Netherlands out of the European Union in a "Nexit."

Never mind that Rutte actually won fewer seats than his last win and that Wilders gained five, making his PVV the second-largest bloc in the Dutch Parliament. 

And never-mind that Rutte made a secret deal with Merkel and Turkey to accept hundreds of thousands of the least educated and least healthy Syrian refugees as chosen by Turkey.

This was an election that came to be about beating Wilders.

"It is an evening in which the Netherlands, after Brexit, after the American elections, said, 'Halt' against the wrong sort of populism," Rutte told his supporters at a victory party.

Populism is bad; Islam is good!??!

You could just picture mainstream politicians in Paris and Berlin uncurling their toes and unclenching hands that must have been covering their eyes for weeks as Wilders led the polls. Now it was safe to look. Their worst fears had not come to pass.

Demonstrators outside the Dutch House of Representatives celebrate the election results on Thursday. (Michael Kooren/Reuters)

They celebrate with good reason. Even though Wilders would likely not have been able to form a government given his lack of political allies, it would have been a huge blow for one of the EU's founding member states to have anointed an anti-EU party.

The 28-nation bloc is still reeling from Britain's decision to leave the EU and U.S. President Donald Trump's apparent intense dislike of Brussels and its Eurocrats.

Merkel faces her own challenge

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the first to call Rutte to congratulate him, faces her own challenge from the right in elections this spring.

Most of the white-collar workers and students I spoke to as they cycled or walked along Amsterdam canals the morning after the vote professed relief at the result, even though Rutte's Freedom and Democracy Party wasn't everyone's first choice.

"The most important thing is the PVV didn't get the most votes, so that's positive," said Joost Antonis.

"I'm glad that I live in a city that thinks that way."

It was a reaffirmation for many of Holland's famously laid-back citizens that their fellow citizens have not become so disenchanted with the political system that they would vote overwhelmingly for a man who has no problems calling Moroccans "scum" and equating the Koran with Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Members of the VVD party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte celebrate after the first exit poll results of the Dutch parliamentary elections were announced in The Hague on Wednesday. (Patrick Post/Associated Press)

But on some levels Rutte's win is a hollow victory, say analysts. Because his strategy for beating the right-wing populist in the last weeks of the campaign was to adopt some of Wilders' own aggressive language on immigration and outsiders.

"It helped him, clearly," says Floris Vermeulen, who chairs the department of political science at the University of Amsterdam. "Very important is the open letter [Rutte] published in newspapers before the elections," he said.

"It's the same message for everyone," said the full-page newspaper ad in January.  "If you don't like it here, leave the country. Go away."

Part of Wilders' appeal to some Dutch voters has been his insistence that immigrants threaten Dutch traditions such as gay rights, legalized prostitution and an emphasis on equality.

A smokescreen for racism?

His critics call it a smokescreen for racism.

"I think Islam and freedom are not compatible, but we are a free country," Wilders told reporters on election day. "You are free to go and leave whenever you want.  So that's my message to [Muslims]."

Wilders also said the "genie" of what he describes as patriotism was out of the bottle, whatever the results of the election would be.

Vermeulen says Wilders is likely bitterly disappointed.

"I mean, what does he need to really win? There was the refugee crisis, there was Trump in the United States, there was many signs that populism could indeed succeed in the Netherlands.  And he did very weird in the campaign.  Almost completely silent."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin on Wednesday. She too faces a challenge from the right in elections this spring. (Markus Schreiber/Associated Press)

Some Dutch voters have always relegated Wilders to the margins.

"I think Wilders has no importance because Wilders has no party, really," said Sander Brouwer, a retired teacher in his 70s.

"He is only himself. If he discriminated against Catholics the same way as Islam I should perhaps agree with him," he added with a glint in his eye.

Wilders has been a fixture on the political scene in the Netherlands for several years and there is no indication that he plans to withdraw.   

Vermeulen says the election result, when taken with one of the little-reported developments of the campaign, sets the stage for divisive times ahead.

A new immigrant party arises

 A new immigrant party called Denk ("Think" in Dutch) advocating tolerance and a register of hate speech, has entered the parliament for the first time, winning three seats.

"Traditional parties were unable to capture or represent those immigrant voters. And so they decided to do it for themselves. 

This should be of great concern to the Dutch. Immigrants rejecting all traditional parties in the Dutch parliament, which is a rejection of the Dutch way of life, start their own party which will grow in size and influence very rapidly over the next few parliaments and it will be they who influence the ruling parties rather than the Wilders. Their influence will look a lot like Sharia. But, if that's what the people want...

In the long run it shows that polarization has increased immensely in the Netherlands."

Many voters frustrated with larger mainstream parties turned to smaller new parties on the scene, a development that could make unity more difficult to achieve.

One thing the Dutch are not is disengaged.  Voter turnout was apparently 80 per cent.