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Integration policy is more than a policy of tolerance. Integration is something proactive and inclusive; it facilitates communication, places value on difference and is based on equality in dignity. Tolerance is merely a matter of acknowledging others and accepting them for what they are.
Kant rejected this notion of tolerance, which in fact does not allow for the perspective of putting ourselves in other people’s shoes, which is the perspective of justice.
Perceived as ‘appealing and virtuous’, Europe is a haven of values, a crossroads of an identity based on cosmopolitan law and national identities based on strong traditions that recognise that law. Pluralism is its defining characteristic, not a potential factor in its downfall. This is why Europe offers the ideal political framework for cultural diversity.
There should be a human response to the causes of immigration.
Let us take the issue of language, for example. The teaching of language is the most basic prerequisite of human communication, of citizenship and of the awareness and exercise of rights. Without such communication, Europe’s plan for civilisation will have failed. In other words, it will be little more than a system of open doors through which people never pass."@en1
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