International Migrants Day is on 18 December

> Click HERE to go to the UN website!
> Article from The Guardian on the opening in 2007 of France's immigration museum
> Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration
> Huffington Post article (in French) on the December 2014 inauguration of the museum
> Article from THE DAY on immigration in the UK

Questions:

1. Why do people emigrate?
2. What are the percentages of immigrants in the different EU countries and where do these immigrants come from?
3. Who opposes immigration in Europe, and what are their arguments?
4. Do you consider immigrants an asset for your country?
5. If you were to emigrate, where would you go and what would be your reasons?

Is the continent of Europe going to break up?

Map from the Atlas of Prejudice!

> Gorbatchev warns of a new Cold War...
> Blog post on the fall of the Berlin Wall
> The remarkable rise of continental Euroscepticism

Teenagers decide their (country's) future?

16- and 17-year-olds also have their say...

> Article from THE DAY

> The Guardian article

Questions:

1. According to opinion polls, how will young people vote at the referendum on Scottish independence?
2. Do you think it is a good thing that youth are allowed to take part in the independence referendum?
3. Would YOU choose YES or NO at the Thursday 18 September referendum?

Independent Scotland... a republic?

> Queen of Scots?

Scottish independence... would it result in "all of us first" ?

> Click HERE to watch "Scotland Yet: a film about independence"!
> COMMON WEAL
> What does "commonweal" mean?

Who, regarding Ukraine, has accused the West of being "weak" and "decadent" ?

• Senator John McCaine?
• Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen?
• President Vladimir Putin?

Decline and fall of the West?

> Click HERE for the answer!

> Timeline of events in Ukraine (BBC)

> NATO vs Russia... Click HERE!

Questions/to do:

1. Describe the painting and give it a possible title.
2. What was the artist’s purpose in painting this work do you think?
3. How does it illustrate the title of this post?
4. Where is Ukraine (list its neighbors)?
5. When did the political crisis in Ukraine start and why?
6. What is “the West”?
7. Define “weak” and “decadent”.
8. What is John McCaine’s job?
9. Is he Democrat or Republican?
10. How influential is John McCaine?
11. Define what “Putin’s Orwellian universe” means, as mentioned by McCaine on his website.
12. What does McCaine feel should be done about Ukraine?
13. Could McCaine have accused the West of being “weak” and “decadent”?
14. What is NATO?
15. Who is the Secretary General of NATO and what does he do?
16. Could the Secretary General of NATO have accused the West of being “weak” and “decadent”?
17. According to his personal website, what kind of person is Vladimir Putin?
18. Could Putin have accused the West of being “weak” and “decadent”?
19. Who did accuse the West of being “weak” and “decadent”?
20. Do you share the Ukrainian ambassador’s opinion on the West’s attitude to events in his country?

DO NOT FORGET TO LIST & LEARN:

> NEW WORDS & PHRASES!

> FACTS & FIGURES!