Outgoing PM Yves Leterme (CD&V) showed understanding for the statements of German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the failure of the multicultural society.
Leterme told Franocophone radio Bel RTL: "Merkel is right, in the sense that the integration policy hadn't had the beneficial effects we've expected." The German Chancellor recently made a scathing assessment of the multicultural society.
The last legislative session has been working on reforming the fast-track naturalization law. Leterme says that the reform would put much more emphasis on the need to integrate, learn the language, and adapt to the local customs. [Islam in Europe] Read more
