{"id":32340,"date":"2023-07-17T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/to-the-ambassador-of-the-eu-to-mauritius-ms-ilna-marjaana-sall"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:19:53","slug":"to-the-ambassador-of-the-eu-to-mauritius-ms-ilna-marjaana-sall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/to-the-ambassador-of-the-eu-to-mauritius-ms-ilna-marjaana-sall","title":{"rendered":"To the Ambassador of the EU to Mauritius, Ms Ilna Marjaana Sall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>I thought I\u2019d send you a confidential briefing document, confidential because that way it\u2019s sure to enjoy a wide readership. I\u2019m a daemon, accredited with disseminating thoughtfulness and the like, although today I\u2019m focusing on Lyssa, the personification of mad rage, currently finding expression in the Donald.<\/p>\n

Technically, she\u2019s my half-sister because she was born of my Mum, Nyx, and the blood of Ouranos. I know, we Greek gods had some strange pedigrees. Incidentally, she also represents rabies in animals.<\/p>\n

Compared with rabies-infested countries, problems in your current posting could be quickly resolved. It doesn\u2019t face an economic hard landing like China and Russia, the challenges confronting the EU or posed by jihadist terrorism \u2013 yet.<\/p>\n

A \u00a31 billion grant would do nicely. However, for the moment, eyes are focused elsewhere. As you can imagine, Mount Olympos\u2019 ruling triumvirate met in emergency session on Wednesday after our switchboard was inundated with calls for divine intervention \u2013 as if anything is ever our fault.<\/p>\n

But you\u2019ll want to know how to handle this trumped-up victory. All it needs is a little common sense. The other Donald, the European Council President, has already warned that utopian illusions are tearing Europe apart and that any attempt to force through more integration would be a grave mistake.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hope he\u2019s not two-faced. It\u2019s your boss, the President of the EU Commission, who encapsulates what\u2019s gone wrong in Europe: \u201cThere\u2019ll be no access to the internal market for those who don\u2019t accept the rules \u2013 without exception or nuance \u2013 that make up the very nature of the internal market system.<\/p>\n

\u201d He has a vision but his dogmatic ideas would be better filed in a pending tray, where the euro should have stayed until conditions were right.<\/p>\n

As Bismarck once remarked, Politics is the art of the possible. There are several other matters that have to be rather more adroitly addressed. Migration is the most urgent.<\/p>\n

Generosity of spirit is beautiful but there\u2019s no way Europe can successfully absorb millions of refugees or Britain hundreds of thousands of East Europeans without a severe \u2013 and logical \u2013 backlash.<\/p>\n

Social cohesion is a prerequisite for social stability. It\u2019s bad enough that London is already the sixth largest French city. Common sense needs to be attached to free movement within the EU even if it means border controls and limits on numbers.<\/p>\n

Anyway, with jihadists lurking in every corner, the argument is already over and the EU has to change track. The same is true for national decision-making.<\/p>\n

Few Europeans want more powers to be handed to the EU while a growing number wants powers repatriated. It has to be seriously considered \u2013 not dismissed with the wave of a Juncker hand \u2013 otherwise it becomes fodder for populist rantings.<\/p>\n

Even in a small place like Mauritius, the need to properly consult people locally is increasingly obvious, even if some bury their head in hotel sands. Just as complicated is the replacement of people by machines \u2013 and outsourcing.<\/p>\n

Is there serious-enough consideration given to the broader impact and the full financial implications on society? Without it, there\u2019ll be more politicians who suffer a less than hilarious fate.<\/p>\n

By the way, the mountain conclave ended on Thursday and a statement rapidly issued after a typical express leak: the unthinkable can happen. Brexit. Trump. There are never two without three or more. Marine Le Pen is waiting in the wings \u2013 and she\u2019s not the only one.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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