Belgium, man, Belgium! Belgium hosts principal parts of a large number of international organisations, including the headquarters of the EU and of ( Read more... )

New page. France and Belgium in 2011 both moved to ban the covering of the face in public (in general), in both cases based on improving public safety. France also argued that full coverings made it impossible for immigrant communities to integrate into wider society. In Belgium it was argued that veiling represents the oppression of women. ( Read more... )

Aside from new pages that are announced here on LJ, I post a lot of updates to https://www.facebook.com/VexenCrabtree . Here're some of the latest ones:

• Belgium: Added comments to section #5 on secularisation and secularism from the 19th century, based on a willing acceptance of ( Read more... )

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  The European Union: Democratic Values, The Euro, Crises and Migration: Fixed a few things up on this page, added a quote from Gerald Heard to section "4.3. Strengthened Democracy Against Lawless Multinationals" on the state of Europe just before WW2. I've added a table at the top of this page showing how the best 10 European countries score on the ( Read more... )