November 26, 2015
What's More Important to the EU: Terrorism or Bananas?
Brussels, the capital of Belgium, has been on alert for several days because of fear of serious and imminent Islamist terrorist attacks on various places in the city. Schools and universities, many workplaces, and the subway system for a time have been closed, and parts of the city were sealed off.
The Belgian government is now considering making changes to improve its security against terrorism. It is now aware that the area of Brussels named Molenbeck, with a large Turkish and North African population, was the place where those responsible for the Paris massacres on November 13, 2015 had planned the attacks.
Brussels is also the capital of Europe, since it is the headquarters of the European Union (EU). In the city, those headquarters are separated geographically by a canal from Molenbeck and seemingly dwell in a different political universe. The 28-member EU entity has been less concerned with responding to the terrorists in Molenbek and to the...(Read Full Article)