In its turn, Berlin opposes the full veil

    While the debate rages across Europe over the possibility of forbidding the Islamic veil, the CDU German minister of the Interior and EU president-elect, Wolfgang Schaueble, has chosen his camp. “I am against the burqa, because it impedes all communication,” he said yesterday. The German government, which has been silent thus far on the question…

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      Education, Education, Education!

      In the run-up to the Integration Summit, an interview with Dr. Maria Bohmer (CDU), the Integration Commissioner of the Federal Government, who names education as the silver bullet.

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        No to Headscarf, Yes to Nun’s Habit

        The judgement that allowed the Muslim teacher to wear her headscarf in school in a showcase trial is about to be challenged again. Helmut Rau (CDU), Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport for Baden-W_rttemberg, announced that he will file an appeal against the recent judgement in favour of Doris G. by the Stuttgart Administrative Court….

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          North Rhine/Westphalia Wants to Improve Integration

          The central challenge today is: integration by education, explained North-Rhine/Westphalia Prime Minister Juergen Ruettgers (CDU). Earlier, the cabinet approved a twenty-point “plan of action on integration”. The plan includes the development of an Islamic religious curriculum, in co-operation with Muslim organisations, to be taught in German by trained religious teachers and falling under the official…

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            Ich Will Nicht Als Erstes Von Kürzungen Reden«

            Integrationspapier der Gr_nen stellt Forderungen an die Zuwanderer und die Gesellschaft. Ein Gespr_ch mit Renate K_nast * Renate K_nast ist Fraktionsvorsitzende von B_ndnis 90/Die Gr_nen im Bundestag. Von 2001 bis 2005 war sie Bundesministerin f_r Verbraucherschutz, Ern_hrung und Landwirtschaft F: Sie haben am Dienstag abend in Berlin-Neuk_lln ein neues Integrationspapier der Gr_nen-Bundestagsfraktion vorgestellt. Darin werden…

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