Frans Timmermans First EU Vice President |
There is no doubt that Timmermans’ statement is true, but not quite in the way he meant.
Timmermans did hint that he was aware Europe might not travel a smooth and placid path to the glorious multicultural future: “The way we help our citizens -- whatever their background may be -- to embrace the diversity that is a reality in European societies is going to determine much of our collective future.”
In 2015, Timmermans noted:
“[D]iversity is now in some parts of Europe seen as a threat. Diversity
comes with challenges. But diversity is humanity’s destiny. There is
not going to be, even in the remotest places of this planet, a nation
that will not see diversity in its future.”
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