EUROPE’S CANNED OUTRAGE

Picture: Martin Schulz

by John Rosenthal
Moreover, the source of the latest denunciation of Le Pen should be considered: Martin Schulz, the head of the Socialist group in the European Parliament. Schulz provoked the pseudo-scandal by putting forward a motion designed to prevent Le Pen from becoming the honorary President of the parliament. According to the current rules, this would occur if the presently 80-year-old Le Pen should turn out to be the oldest MEP following the upcoming European elections in June. The prospect of the “old Fascist” and “Holocaust denier” opening the new session as honorary President was, Schulz said, “unacceptable.”
But, to adopt a phrase of Henryk Broder, whereas Martin Schulz appears to be very concerned about threats to dead Jews, he is evidently far less so about threats to Jews who are still living. Schulz has been one of the most vociferous members of the European Parliament in condemning Israel for using “disproportionate” force against its enemies and in making outrageous suggestions of moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. Already in November 2006, he was the co-sponsor of an EU parliament resolution condemning Israel for using “disproportionate” force and he repeated the charge during the recent Gaza War. Moreover, in a March 10 statement on “the situation in Gaza” [German link], Schulz made a point of condemning the “radicals on both sides.”
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