Clarity in the immigration debate

The newspaper comments on Nicolas Sarkozy's European immigration policy initiative: "The French President has put his finger on the problem. We cannot go on acting as if Europe had unlimited intake capacity. Now is the time to adopt a reasonable approach to the problem of immigration. Furthermore, Sarkozy is to be commended for suggesting a common policy for the 27 states rather than acting on his own. ... The Spanish government is still stigmatised from having disregarded this precept when it ordered a mass naturalisation. Now it lacks arguments to criticise the Italian measures, and can is having difficlties finding an audience for its views on the French policy."

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