Excellent and astute article by Emmanuele Ottolenghi on the dilemma of liberal Europe over the phenomenon of mass migration and the suicidal inadequacy of multiculturalism. Key passage:

'As people migrate to, are absorbed by, and integrate into Europe, Europe is changing. As homogeneous nation-states give way to a supranational community of multicultural post-national states, the liberal gospel is already causing a backlash because it preaches inclusion of all by deriding the deeply entrenched ethnic and religious identities of some. The real question is not how long before Europe can become a universal community of unburdened individuals. Rather, it is: What are Europe's limits of tolerance and willingness to accommodate diversity? Social cohesiveness rests on common values, which are in turn a product of shared memories. Multiculturalism and cultural relativism obliterate that shared patrimony in favor of political correctness. But a collective vision of the future cannot emerge from denial of the past. A people forgetting its history will forsake its collective future. Liberals cannot recognize the limits and the potential breakdown of their world view. Those limits are inherent in the parochialism of human nature, which frequently defies universal calls for a common humanity. Regrettable though it may be, one can only overcome parochial resistance at the price of changing humanity.'

Europe's peoples have grasped this but their elites have not, and try to suppress such feelings instead by smearing those who express them as racist pariahs. The reckoning for such moral obtuseness and stupidity is likely to be alarming, as the rise of far-right parties within Europe portends.