Immigration: the circus that caught fire

We have recently witnessed, through the media, what Irineu Teixeira called, not third world, but “fourth” and “fifth world”. What happened in Paris after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League is a disgrace. In fact, it is absolutely condemnable. It is the total collapse of civil society and pure savagery. Parisians (and their yellow vests) are not exactly known for their temperance, but the total chaos that Paris has fallen into was not their doing.

This brings us to an important question, especially after the results of the recent legislative elections in Portugal. I am talking about the cultural pluralism and ethnic diversity that the Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) promote so much.

The multiculturalism of Paris and France makes us think. Practically all the people who appear in the images of the celebrations of PSG's victory are not of French origin. The vast majority are immigrants from North Africa or Muslims. The state in which they left Paris is deplorable. I recall that PSG won the European Championship title for the first time. In other words, what should have been a moment of healthy and controlled celebration turned into a real massacre. But for these people it doesn't matter whether they win or lose. Any opportunity to "break everything" serves to justify the unjustifiable. The images shown on the news show Man in his most barbaric and primitive state. All because of football! But is that really true? To me it seems to me that these people have a natural inclination to destroy everything that we seek to preserve as nation states. The values ​​and culture are clearly different, no matter how much we want to think they are the same. Their actions speak louder than any paragraph I could write here.

There have been numerous reported incidents, such as women being unable to leave their vehicles out of fear. Panic on the roads. Vandalism and massive destruction. There have even been confirmed deaths. This type of behavior is worrying and cannot go unpunished. These criminals must be held accountable for their actions.

That said, Europe must, with the utmost sense of responsibility and urgency, rethink its societies and borders, namely to whom it opens them and in what way. What we are experiencing is the total abandonment of European values. Now, if it is already difficult for the 50 European countries to maintain cohesion, peace and prosperity, the unlimited opening of borders, without clear rules, can — and probably will — lead to a situation of total disorder.

It is inevitable that, amidst this movement of people from countries that are culturally very different from ours, the sense of nation and love for the homeland will be lost. I would like to recall the motto that is the heritage of the Age of Enlightenment: “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” . For the French, this motto has a meaning. Its origin is the cradle of the French nation and every French person should proudly engrave it in their spirit. Because it is not just a motto. It is culture, an instinct for unity, it is the Bastille, it is coexistence. A nation is the fruit of centuries of blood and sacrifice, sharing and glory, of songs and chants, stories and legends. Our customs, our food, our way of thinking, of respecting and obeying rules. For those who do not understand or know the history of a given nation, a statue is just a block of stone. That is why they violated the statue of Saint Joan of Arc—a symbol of French unity. What is France to them?

And it seems impossible to me that any European citizen would identify with this type of behaviour. The values ​​we defend are different and the European institutions remind us of this every day. What’s more! I do not understand how ideological agendas can benefit from the dismantling of entire nations. Is this pure ignorance? This thirst for power cannot be worth everything. The discourse has to change and the priorities have to be different. Above all, there has to be political responsibility.

As a Portuguese citizen, I am even more concerned about what is happening inside our country. The results of the recent legislative elections reflect a Portugal that is fed up with all this. It no longer matters where voters are on the political spectrum. Everyone is fed up with the anarchy we have lived in for decades. But as time goes by, tiredness becomes worry. And rampant immigration is a hot topic! No one wants to state the obvious because it is politically incorrect and we are all very sensitive today. But the truth is that today's France is not French! Just as Portugal is no longer Portuguese! The French, in fact, do not identify with anything that happened in France. What we saw were bandits. They are real gangs of hooligans destroying everything and intimidating innocent people along the way. The flags that appear in the background of the videos we watched are mostly those of Palestine, Morocco and Egypt. There are no French flags to be seen. This is an invasion of Europe and the end of France as a nation. The European people are being replaced by anyone else and our politicians are just looking the other way.

In Portugal, although the situation is not yet as alarming, a scenario similar to that of Paris is beginning to take shape. This can be explained by going back to the Immigration Law that transformed Portugal into a factory for legalizing immigrants, with catastrophic consequences for the country—and which has nothing to do with globalization. It is legitimate to ask why António Costa and Constança Urbano de Sousa pressured the then Director of SEF to resign. The answer is simple: they wanted to force her to lie!

In 2017, a legislative amendment was approved, with broad political and media support, introducing the “expression of interest” mechanism into the immigrant regularization process. At the time, SEF director Luísa Maia Gonçalves warned of the risks of this measure, anticipating serious consequences. The figures that followed, from 2017 onwards, confirmed the predictions, with a significant increase in the number of cases, in contrast to the figures up to 2016.

I would like to point out that the then opposition leader, Pedro Passos Coelho, repeatedly warned of the potentially disastrous impact of the changes promoted by the Geringonça government in the nationality and immigration laws. Nobody cared! These warnings were ignored in order to remove Passos Coelho at any cost. Today, the effects of this recklessness have become evident. And although many try to shake the water off their coats, they cannot in good conscience say that they were not warned.

Our politicians should rethink their political strategies and consider that perhaps the votes cast by our emigrants in the legislative elections are not racist or xenophobic. They are not the votes of illiterate or ignorant people, as many have said. They are, for example, the votes of people who live in Paris and are fed up with this mess. If they ever return to Portugal, they will certainly not want to see the same festival happening here. This is a political analysis that I would like to see political analysts and journalists make, instead of continuing with the usual politics that only devalue democracy.

With uncontrolled immigration, there is no security, no peace, no freedom. What we saw happen in Paris is what will happen in Portugal if our politicians continue to ignore the elephant in the room. As Portuguese, we cannot let them. Long live Portugal!