Merkel`s good speech in Harvard

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Harvard graduates Thursday to "tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness".
In her commencement address at the university, Merkel warned against the perils of isolationism and nationalism, pushed for action on climate change and said to never "describe lies as truth and truth as lies."

"Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is."

"We can halt global warming. We can eradicate starvation. We can eliminate diseases. We can give people, especially girls, access to education. We can fight the causes of displacement and forced migration. We can do all of that!"

 

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[Sausy]

And this is a European conservative talking... a far cry from what conservatism means in the United States, which is far right and not conservative at all in the classic sense.

 

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[rareboy]

It was an excellent speech and hopefully the Harvard grads listened.

 

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What West-Europe thinks about Trump

 

[Sausy]

Europe has a growing far right, populist, nationalist, anti-immigrant movement that made significant gains(though less than feared) that are strongly backed and encouraged by Stephen Bannon and other alt right wingers here in the States... it's not so cut and dried. The right and left wing, as well, are making strides while traditional center-left and center-right parties are losing power and influence. Trump may be very unpopular in Europe(especially in the UK) but the ideas around his base of support are powerful and very dangerous for Europe's future... particularly Central and Eastern Europe.