210. 20 years left to save Europe from disappearing 

Recently, three significant announcements were made, and I am combining them because all are related and address a serious issue. While it is central to Italy, many other European countries are also facing similar problems. 

The first announcement –

Two years ago, I read 'The World Upside Down,' by Roberto Vannacci, an ex-Italian general. The book stirred controversy with its critique of mass immigration and what it calls the normalization of gay individuals. It is a thoroughly researched book and raises many questions.

Vannacci has now announced that he is forming his own political party, with remigration as its central focus. He has also announced a second book, The World Upside Down II: Remigration. Vannacci could prove to be a serious challenger to Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy.

Interestingly, before she became prime minister in October 2022, Meloni warned of the ethnic substitution of Italians. Her party regarded temporary labor migration as a necessary evil to prevent Italy's ethnic and cultural dilution. Migrants were accepted only temporarily and were not granted equal rights that could be inherited by their children. 

Even now, despite the significant increase in Italian-born children with immigrant parents, Italy continues to deny them birthright citizenship.

However, during her tenure, she has employed more subtle language. 

Here's the second announcement—

Tommy Robinson is the UK's most well-known far-right activist. Recently, he met the French anti-immigration politician Éric Zemmour, which sparked widespread interest.

More because, after meeting, Zemmour summed up his mission: “Politics needs to defeat demographics.” Given the rising number of Muslims, he said, there was perhaps “10 to 20 years” left to save Europe from “disappearing.” 

Both men relied on a single policy to counter the invasion: remigration. 

Remigration involves employing large-scale deportations to reduce minority populations, particularly Muslims. 

In France’s 2022 presidential election, Zemmour proposed establishing a Ministry of Remigration to deport 1 million people, focusing on undocumented immigrants and dual nationals. 

In Germany, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) embraced the same policy before last year’s election and now leads national polls. 

Meanwhile, in Italy, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s League became the first EU governing party to adopt remigration policies.

The call for remigration has extended well beyond small extremist groups. 

The increasing discussion on remigration should be viewed in the context of the far right’s electoral gains across Europe. 

But once they hold power, parties like Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) become too lenient. 

Here's the third announcement—

In Milan, Italy, a Remigration Summit was held to prepare for a parliamentary debate on remigration. However, the event was eventually halted by left-wing MPs.

A petition with 114,000 signatures aims to initiate a referendum. However, Meloni’s party, which has historically warned about migrant invasions and ethnic substitution, probably won’t support the referendum, fearing that a small extra-parliamentary group might seize control of political initiatives. 

Let's focus on the key point – the most recent data we have is from 2020, estimating that 42.7 to 44 million Muslims live in Europe, making up about 6 per cent of the total population. This number is expected to grow due to higher fertility rates, with projections indicating an increase to 11.2 per cent by 2050 under medium migration. Muslim women in Europe have a total fertility rate of about 2.6 children per woman, compared to 1.6 for non-Muslims. Large Muslim populations are found in Russia, France, Germany, Sweden, and Italy.

The data indicate that Russia has 33 million Muslims, France has about 6.58 million, which is roughly 10 per cent of its population; Germany has 5.58 million; the United Kingdom has 5 million; and Italy has 3.9 million. Don’t forget the data is five years old.

Even if migration into Europe ceased immediately and permanently, creating a zero-migration scenario, the Muslim population in Europe would still be huge.

There is certainly no problem with people settling anywhere in the world, as long as they do not interfere with local religious practices, respect the culture, and try to integrate with locals. However, followers of Islam do not adhere to this, and that is where the problem starts.

I recently read an article published by the Washington-based Defense of Democracies titled “Europe is sleepwalking into the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game,” co-authored by Eran M. Teboul, CEO and cofounder of Hertz for Israel, and Edmund Fitton-Brown, a veteran British diplomat who served as the UK’s ambassador to Yemen and later coordinated UN expert panels on counterterrorism. 

Those interested in and concerned about the rapidly evolving, potentially dangerous situation worldwide should read it. 

Here I will extensively quote from the article. 

The authors note that in 2007, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood scholar, stated in Doha, Qatar, that “Islam will conquer Europe without using the sword or violence; instead, the victory will come through da’wah and ideology. True believers will have to spread Islam to the best of their ability, multiply their numbers”.

Mark the words – multiply their numbers. That means the Muslim Brotherhood’s long-term strategy exploits democracy itself, posing a threat.

Yusuf al-Qaradawi advocates Da’wah, which includes education, charity, and social aid to encourage others to embrace Islam; ideology, spread through religious and political institutions and reinforced through the media; and fertility, reflecting the declining birthrate among European Christians compared with larger Muslim families.

Qaradawi was banned from visiting Britain or France.

America is concerned. Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order titled “Designation of certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.”

A draft bill in Congress has also been introduced that advocates more sweeping action against the Brotherhood, and it is now under active legislative consideration.

But when political analysts warned the UK about the danger posed by the Brotherhood incubating in London and elsewhere, they were told there was no evidence to support their claim.

The Brotherhood is more entrenched in Europe, and Europe closely aligns with Qaradawi’s prophecy.

The authors say that “the basic freedoms and rights granted by European democracies enable Qaradawi’s conquest. Freedom of speech appears to allow endless, vexatious, and intimidating protests against Israel. Freedom of religion is exploited to permit hate preaching, which, even when it is highlighted, seems too hot a potato for the police and courts to handle. Freedom of the press allows the propagation of conducive messaging, made much more effective by Turkish influence, Qatari money, and Al Jazeera’s ubiquitous penetration of the Western media sector.”

“Freedom of association is exploited by charities and political action groups, while the right to privacy offers a firewall for activities hostile to the host nation. Then there is the freedom to vote, with more and more candidates and policymakers, either Islamists or reliant on Islamist endorsement to win elections,” the authors added.

I quote from the article – “Liberal principles for protecting minorities, celebrating multiculturalism, and rejecting racism have all contributed to creating conditions that some Islamists explicitly say can lead to the conquest of Europe. Or reconquest, as Islamists have never forgotten that the Caliphate once included large swathes of southern Europe.”

The Muslim Brotherhood is proscribed as a terrorist organization in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Jordan. Qaradawi was imprisoned four times before leaving Egypt. Its members were arrested or deported. 

So far, Austria remains the only European country to ban the Brotherhood. Recently, Britain outlawed Palestine Action, while Germany took action against Muslim Interaktiv. Germany has shown, through policies, that it will not tolerate radical Islamism. 

In contrast, Britain and France remain undecided and appear to be at a political crossroads. There is no denying that Muslims suffer most from Islamist bullying, which usurps their voices and stifles their freedoms.

The coauthors emphasize that all Western nations need to seriously confront this threat before it's too late.

Is Europe listening?