Matteo
Salvini: Islam incompatible with European values
Cologne’s
mass sexual assaults a warning that went unheeded, leading to Berlin
attack, controversial politician says.
By ESTHER
KING 1/3/17, 9:50 AM CET Updated 1/3/17, 9:50 AM CET
Europe needs to
rethink its migration policies in the wake of December’s terror
attack at a Christmas market in Berlin, Italy’s Lega Nord leader
Matteo Salvini told German newspaper Die Welt in an interview
published Tuesday.
The mass sexual
assaults that took place in Cologne on New Year’s Eve 2015 were a
“warning” that went unheeded and led to the Berlin attack, in
which a 24-year-old Tunisian man drove a truck into a crowded
Christmas market, killing 12, Salvini said.
Salvini does not yet
know far-right Alternative for Germany leader Frauke Petry
personally, he said, but admires the party, calling it a “fresh and
unexpected phenomenon” at the center of Europe.
The Lega Nord
leader, a proud Trump supporter and advocate for tightened
immigration, spoke of a “culture war” in Europe. The problem, he
said, is not with individuals but with Islam itself, a religion he
claims is incompatible with European societies.
Europe, Salvini
said, has never been “softer,” and “the Continent is losing its
values, it is lacking in security, it is losing its identity and has
no pride any more.”
“We are under
attack and must decisively kick out those people who do not have a
legal claim to residence here,” Salvini said.
“If you want to
live in peace,” he said, “you have to prepare for war.”
Asked how he would
fix Europe’s migration crisis, Salvini suggested investing in
agreements with Mali, Nigeria, Gambia and Senegal to stem the flow of
economic migrants instead of “throwing money out the window” by
housing them in Italy.
Authors:
Esther King
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