1. "Sensibility "
Like Brussels.
I was born. I knew in the summer, these beautiful tram cars which were a long bench in the open. I knew Longchamp Avenue, the Avenue of Nations. You see ...
Things have changed since then, but not the affection I have for my town.
It is not the same. In the English bookshop where I go, girls smiling that you pack your purchases wear the hijab. They come from neighborhoods where there are next to garbage cans, rotten oranges, broken televisions. And at the same time, I see around me in a week, more than I saw Maserati once a month. It's a bit dizzying. But nowhere in Europe, I found this variety a good boy, I have seen such potential for wealth, and so much vitality.
I love this city, and I wish I could continue to love it. I want to make you feel better, everyone will feel welcome, even and especially those who come to do to settle, which does not know us, even those that merely 'spend, frontier workers are the 300,000 that "commuters who arrive daily in our stations, use our roads.
And I do not think that's where we go. All these people who negotiate these informants, these preforms, these mediators, conciliators n these have nothing to do in our city. We're problem. They have to refinance. In these negotiations, we are defended by a Mons. Why? Where does he find his voice, our advocate? In this reasoning, would you say, Liege, Charleroi, everybody wants to be. You'd be wrong: Brussels is not a city, it's a region. Moreover, it is a multilingual region whose membership to the Francophonie is an accessory. We
refinance ... It's very important that. All these people who arrived, which bind here, mostly young, who have children is a blessing. Finally, it may be a blessing. One does not naively optimistic. Diversity is fine, but you have to receive his guests. To begin, we must show them who we are. Hospitality is proud of his house is to show it. But they must understand, too, or at least they want to understand. This is called integration. And why it takes money, lots of money. They have, from early childhood, the best schools, best teachers. God knows how many generations have been sacrificed. 20% unemployment in one of the richest cities in Europe! And that unemployment affects mainly children under 30 years. In these unemployed there are not only newly arrived, of course. The same statistics suggest they are not the majority. This misery is for everybody. More reason for us to put. This youth that we must learn, that it's a ball! What a terrible failure.
But if we succeed! ... Here is the jackpot. Among Brussels, 47% are under 35 years! But nearly a quarter of 18-24 year olds complete their school career without a degree, while the average is 17% in Wallonia and 10% in Flanders. If given the means of accomplishment, with all this youth, this is a new beginning for our city. Yep.
And everything is still feasible. Despite these terrible inequalities, Brussels is still livable. Look around and compare. Do not go away. Take Amsterdam. Who has not read with horror Bolkestein's call, suggesting the Jews to leave town for them became too unsafe? And around Paris, the records of cars torched on the night of the new year! We are far, but if we continue like this ...
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