I didn't see many things wrong in this speech, apart from the obvious dramatizing and the personal attack of a colleague, the latter being rude. Nor did I detect flagrant racism against the Turks.
The man speaks from the heart (or he is just capitalizing on the sentiments, which any good politician would do), but he is right for the most part. He is not targeting the Turkish state on racial grounds, but on the hypocrisy and double talk of the Turkish leaders.
On one hand Erdogan has been saying that Turkish immigrants should not integrate into European societies, on the other hand a Turkish ambassador is telling that Austria is at fault for not integrating Turkish immigrants into its society.
When I came living here in Holland from Germany a few years ago, I could write and speak Dutch fluently within six months. .
I look around and see many Turkish and other immigrants who have been living here for 10 to 40 years, but they can't even formulate one good Dutch sentence after residing for so long here. How are Europeans here at fault, when some immigrants don't even bother to learn the language of their new adopted country?
A few weeks ago I watched a documentary on immigrants. One Turkish guy was saying: every time I come to the centre of the city, I'm surprised, I see Dutch people. I mean lol. You live in Holland and you're surprised to see Dutch folks.
This remark, aside from being hilarious and disheartening at the same, exemplifies the crux of the problem in Europe, a matter which the Austrian politician is relating to.
The real issue here is the disinterest and disregard of some/many immigrants for their host countries and their unwillingness to fit in society. Europe has done more than enough to accommodate them. If Europe wants to avoid in becoming one big ghetto, just as some parts of Europe's big cities have become, people should tell the ground realities and speak their minds freely.
