“La población empadronada en España supera los 45 millones de personas a 1 de enero de 2007. El número de extranjeros empadronados se sitúa en 4,48 millones,
de los cuales 1,7 millones son comunitarios”

Thanks for sharing info re: news in Europe, and your perspective/insights thereon. I don’t do a good job keeping up on The World on my own, good to have you to help!
So, is Sarkozy’s take on immigration just a more media-friendly version of Le Pen? Are the French pulling back from the EU or just exercising their native genius for contradiction? Enquiring minds want to know….
Immigration is such a knotty issue because the countries experiencing the problem (let’s go out on a limb and call them “The Haves”) are unable/unwilling to deal with the fact that the problem is not immigration per se but the massive economic inequality which forces people to risk their lives trying for a shot at an even adequate life [he pontificated blithely while sitting in air-conditioned comfort and typing on his expensive computer].
Anyway, always glad to read/hear what you have to say. Thanks, and be seeing you.
M