Russian Democracy: But What About Lack of Democracy in the EU?

The enemies of democracy are not to be found in Russia, but rather closer to home in Western Europe, Andrew Brons MEP told the European Parliament this week.

Belgian police arrests Belgium’s Vlaams Belang’s President Frank Vanhecke during a demonstration organised by the “Stop the Islamisation of Europe” group in Brussels.

Speaking during a debate on the outcome of the Russian presidential election, Mr Brons pointed out that the very governments condemning Russia had a track record of the suppression of democracy in their own nations.

“So we are all supposed to get exercised about the state of democracy in Russia?” Mr Brons asked.

“In fact, the enemies of democracy are much closer to home. In 2004  Belgium  banned the Vlaams Blok, as though banning political parties were quite consistent with democracy.

“In Germany, in 2001, there were attempts to ban the NPD on the basis of  evidence that was found by the Constitutional Court to have been fabricated by state agents. Was this in Communist East Germany? No, it was in the Federal Republic,” he said, to the great discomfiture of German liberal delegates.

“In the U.K, the BBC is a law unto itself. If you are an Establishment stooge you have unlimited access. If you are a genuine opponent of the Establishment you are talked about but rarely given access on the same terms as others,” Mr Brons added.

“At least the internet is free or so we thought. However, yesterday in this chamber we saw Establishment politicians and an EU Commissar (Yes you did hear that correctly) drooling about the possibility of using EU and Dutch law to close down the website of the Dutch Freedom Party and prosecute and gaol its leader,” he said, in a reference to a move to criminally prosecute Gert Wilders over the alleged content of his party’s website.

In a separate debate, Mr Brons also pointed out the insanity of the EU’s policy of mass Third World immigration, which, he said, was creating ethnic tension which would ultimately lead to serious problems.

“Nigeria is still a recipient of aid after fifty years of independence. It suffers from a lack of economic development and the majority of its inhabitants live below the poverty line. Is Nigeria so poor because it lacks resources? No! It is the world’s eighth largest oil producer. This really is a puzzle,” Mr Brons said.

“Nigeria is suffering from civil strife – a euphemism for Islamist violence against native Christians and Europeans working to industrialise the country out of poverty.

“What can have caused these problems? It cannot, of course, be because of the nature of Islam or of course anything to do with ethnicity. They must be ‘No Go’ areas. Of course!

“A Nigerian I once knew well, blamed it on the colonists who drew straight lines on the map and included incompatible people arbitrarily in the same political state. This undoubtedly contributed to one war the Biafran secession in 1967.

“Of course, we Europeans wouldn’t make that mistake. Would we dream of filling up the states of Europe with incompatible elements? Well would we? Of course we wouldn’t!” Mr Brons added.