My latest edited volume "Immigrant Politics" is scheduled to be released soon, so I couldn't resist putting in a link to this article from the UK Guardian. Apparently demographics are playing a role in the Tory's focus on ethnic minority voters:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/mar/07/tory-party-natural-home-ethnic-minority?CMP=twt_fd
Immigration is also a hot topic in the French presidential election. Nicolas Sarkozy is in a fight for his life with strong contenders on the left, but also a threat from Marine Le Pen on the right. This weekend he threatened to exit the Schengen area if more isn't done to control immigration: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450004577275313803633368.html
This has been an ongoing issue, particularly since the Arab Spring and the flood of refugees heading to Italy's island of Lampedusa, hoping to enter Italy and ultimately get to France. Another view of Sarkozy from Steven Erlanger of the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/world/europe/sarkozy-in-rousing-talk-takes-conservative-stands.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The fiscal crisis news continues unabated - Greece has been declared as officially defaulting as of Friday, so credit default insurance kicks in: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304537904577275462837459448.html
Paul Krugman writes on the lessons to be learned from Greece in his latest column: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/opinion/krugman-what-greece-means.html?src=tp
On a brighter note for the EU, Slovakia has elected a left government that should be more friendly to the bailout: http://news.yahoo.com/pro-european-left-sweeps-slovak-vote-targets-rich-160524601.html
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