COMMENTS ON THE PLAN AGAINST RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA

THE GENERAL SECRETARY’S OPINION

which is what this national action plan seeks to outlaw. The parliamentary secretary makes no effort to acknowledge the mounting national anger at the pro-immigration policies adopted by two governments. Trust in the EU has in fact plunged, because of this crisis, which has been ’s top political concern for a decade.1

The Maltese have always been renowned for their generosity with people in real need. Is it surprising that the ‘racism problem’ coincides with the rising waves of illegal immigration? Is it not high time to value whether what some perceive as In her foreword, Ms Cutajar exposes the agenda racism is in fact anger towards certain policies or that will serve as a pretext for further unnecessary perhaps opposition towards political manoeuvres and damaging legislation which in parallel with the that might also lead to a number of discriminatory equality measures which she has been promoting, outcomes, disgust at certain habits, rising would erode our Constitutional rights. “The beauty criminality and the sheer media ban on anything and strength of our country lies in our diversity” that constitutes the ‘other’ opinion? she claims while hoping that other member states For the sake of correctness, it is wrong for a will join forces with us in order to foster inclusion political person to state that “Malta has truly and diversity. become a cosmopolitan country” as if there is no Ms Cutajar proves her disregard to the principles political responsibility to shoulder for this. Malta of by claiming that “globally, we has been turned into a multicultural and multiracial are seeing manifestations of the extreme right, hotchpotch within a few years and by two a dangerous ideology that is not acceptable different parties in Government. Let us not forget in an equal society”. She stops short from Joseph Muscat’s pushback promise in 2013, 69 explaining her statement. How can representatives ‘nationalist’ lawyers promptly opposed pushback of a democratic country coin such blatant, forcing Muscat to state that “promising pushback unfounded, biased and undemocratic statements? was a mistake”, thus betraying those who voted for It is such statements that have no place and that him on this premise. should find no acceptance in an equal society. The consultation document omits quotations by She maintains her mantra that there should Joseph Muscat who publicly stated that “ with 2 be no ‘we’ or ‘they’ mentality and goes on to peanuts we get monkeys” - and that according to 3 mention the ‘Maltese dream’ before concluding him, Maltese people should not collect garbage. her foreword with the pertinent question, “what Instead of coming to terms with the words leads to fear, or even hatred, towards an individual, and promotions of her own leader, Ms Cutajar simply because of skin colour or belief?”. In other found it more convenient to put the blame on words, Ms Cutajar is questioning the very basis for Imperium Europa in a document that is loaded opposition to multiracialism and multiculturalism, with an urgency to address ‘institutionalised

1 Diacono, T., 2020. Malta’s Trust In EU Plunges As Migration Ranked As Top Concern Despite COVID-19 Crisis. [online] Lovin Malta. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 2 maltastory, 2019. Joseph Muscat 2013 Pay Peanuts Get Monkeys. [video] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 3 Times of Malta. 2020. ‘I Don’t Want Maltese Workers Picking Up Rubbish’ - Muscat. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. racism’, xenophobia and intolerance in Malta.4 to publish a press release about Lassana Cisse, who is also mentioned in this national action plan We of Imperium Europa do not believe that document.7 Malta has a problem with ‘institutionalised racism’. We believe that it has a problem with While Ms Cutajar’s document constantly refers to ‘institutionalised discrimination’. We have been the surveys and spurious reports, we refer to facts. target of such discrimination on many occasions. Indeed, Malta has a problem with institutionalised discrimination against non-major political parties. In 2014 for instance, the Broadcasting Authority Our duopoly seeks to retain their advantage had breached our constitutional rights when it despite the poor state they’re in, despite the pulled an advert previously approved by the acting shallow level of politics shaming our Nation. CEO of the Broadcasting Authority, Mr Pierre The Broadcasting Authority Act and the General 5 Cassar. Its statement read: “From a perusal of the Elections Act are already two highly discriminating statements being made on the media there is an pieces of legislation. To top it all we have a evident association between the content of the spot combined effort by the duopoly to ban dissenting and incitement to racial hatred”. This decision was political opinion. In her controversial equality bill, taken after Kurt Farrugia, the Government’s Head Ms Cutajar does not feel the necessity to include of Communications back then, claimed that the measures that safeguard political opinion and that government strongly denounced this clip. Article 118 ensure the equal treatment of political parties. of our Constitution makes it clear that the Authority shall not be guided by the opinion of another Despite the fact that the call is for the general person or Authority. public the Ministry seems to be more interested in opinion from those who “in particular identify as We have also been subjected to numerous forming part of a racial and/or ethnic minority from denigrating attacks and repetitive calls for bans, across Maltese society”.8 that include President Emeritus Fenech Adami (“they should be arrested”) and Fr Joe Borg6 (“ban The definition given to the word ‘racism’ can be Lowell”). The media also teamed up against right- found on page 8 “an ideological construct or wing political views, refusing to publish articles belief that a person’s qualities are determined from anyone affiliated with Imperium Europa. by their ‘racial’ and/or ethnic identity, and that Nowadays this translates to the ban of a political members of other ‘races’ or ethnicities, based party. on physical and cultural attributes, are inferior to their own. By extension to this understanding, This year the Broadcasting Authority declared Islamophobia is a form of racism in the sense that that the Public Broadcasting Services have it is the result of the social construction for a group ‘systematically excluded’ Imperium Europa from fair as a race and to which specificities and stereotypes representation on current news events and are attributed”9. One wonders whether French programme participation, including the failure President Emmanuel Macron’s recent statement

4 2020. Towards A National Action Plan Against Racism And Xenophobia. [public consultation docuement] Parliamentary Secretariat for equality and reforms, p.7. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 5 MaltaToday.com.mt. 2020. Update 2 | Broadcasting Authority Orders Withdrawal Of Far-Right Electoral Ad. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 6 Times of Malta. 2020. Ban Lowell. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 7 2020. Towards A National Action Plan Against Racism And Xenophobia. [public consultation document] Parliamentary Secretariat for equality and reforms, p.7. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020] “The racially-motivated murder of Lassana Cisse Soulemayne just over a year ago is a tragic reminder of the consequences of indifference to hate speech and racism in Maltese society”. 8 2020. Towards A National Action Plan Against Racism And Xenophobia. [public consultation document] Parliamentary Secretariat for equality and reforms, p.8. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020] “The consultation process seeks to engage different individuals and groups, in particular those who identify as forming part of a racial and/or ethnic minority from across Maltese society, so that their vo ces, experiences and perspectives might inform a NAPRAX committed to social justice and equality for all”. 9 Sic

European Convention On Human Rights

would in fact be considered as racist. He said “ the others which establish and guarantee fundamental problem is the ideology which claims its own laws freedoms that include the freedom from should be superior to those of the republic” after discrimination on the basis of race, colour and a refugee beheaded a French teacher.10 A few religion. Let’s not forget that these guarantees days ago he also called for a Schengen overhaul include freedom from discrimination on the basis and tighter borders after a wave of Islamist terror. of a person’s political opinion, no matter how Within the span of two months France had to popular or unpopular this may be. One cannot deal with a stabbing of two people by a Pakistani selectively quote that part of a legal provision Muslim, the beheading of a school teacher by a which supports one’s theory best but the entire Chechen Muslim refugee and the murder of three provision. people at a Catholic Church by a knife-wielding Tunisian terrorist just hours after entering France This public consultation document has abusively from Italy.11 blamed Imperium Europa for the rise of racism. While we hold that our promotions were and Together with this public consultation document remain anti-immigration, one cannot reach the one can find a legal brief that refers to conclusion that anti-immigration policy is racist. It multiple pieces of legislation. These include the is clear that Ms Cutajar abused of her Ministerial Maltese constitution, the European convention, the position to put Imperium Europa in a bad light. Criminal Code, the Police Act, the Extradition Act, the Employment and Training Services Act and Such tactics were also adopted by the German

10 Sky News. 2020. France And Islam On Collision Course As Emmanuel Macron Says Republic’s Laws Must Be Supreme. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 11 CNSNews.com. 2020. Targeting Illegal Immigration, Macron Wants Europe’s Borders Tightened After Wave Of Islamist Terror. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. government against the National attempted to gain political advantage of the (NPD) for the adoption of far-right politics. “Federal situation by pointing his fingers at ‘racist ideology’ judges in Germany have ruled against banning and at parties that according to him ‘foment the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD). It hatred’. Later it transpired that the accused were is the second attempt to ban the NPD that has fervent Labourites. ended in failure.”12 If such tactics are illegal in Germany, a country that enjoys a reputation for While it is no secret that NGOs receive funding in its adherence to European law and the respect order to promote their agendas, the document of fundamental human rights, it stands to reason reveals that victims of racist crimes were unaware 14 that it is likewise illegal for the Maltese government of their rights. The conclusions of this survey to adopt the same. are dubious because it is in the interest of the subject to claim discrimination. The survey Last June the German Federal Constitutional does not question the effectiveness of funded Court delivered a landmark decision in favour NGO programs in getting their message across. of Alternative for Germany (AfD). The Federal Therefore one cannot claim that while awareness is Minister of the Interior had violated the rights of limited “the situation is further aggravated due to AfD by publishing an interview on the website under-reporting of racist abuse and discrimination of the ministry. The Court distinguished between due to a lack of trust in the authorities”.15 the political opinion of the respondent as a party politician and the official perception of On employment, the document quotes the 2019 the ministerial office. The Court ruled that the Eurobarometer on discrimination which held that comment created an imbalance which led to 9% of the Maltese population was uncomfortable the applicant party being unable to participate working with Muslim colleagues and that 6% were 16 in political competition on an equal footing. In uncomfortable working with Black persons. These the interview the Minister had replied “what figures prove that Malta does not have a problem frightens me about the AfD is this collective level of with racism. emotionality, these outbursts of anger, even when On housing, the document states that only debating rules of procedure”.13 2% of African persons residing in Malta live in Likewise, the public consultation document accommodation of their own. “While reception subjected Imperium Europa to unfair criticism centres provide for basic shelter for migrants, they by blaming it for the rise of racism. Following are only intended to be temporary solutions and this claim the document goes on to mention the integration into local communities is preferable 17 Lassana Cisse murder and unethically concludes in the long term” . Malta’s current economic that this sub-judice case was racially-motivated. situation no longer affords politics of idealism. Numerous bodies were prompt to blame racial- We have to come to terms with our limitations, motivation for the murder of Cisse who was Black. infrastructure and geography and adopt politics During the 2019 electoral campaign Joseph Muscat of realism instead. Since “reception centres are for

12 (www.dw.com), D., 2020. Germany’s Constitutional Court Rules Against Banning Far-Right NPD Party | DW | 17.01.2017. [online] DW.COM. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 13 Bundesverfassungsgericht.de. 2020. Bundesverfassungsgericht - Entscheidungen - Verletzung Des Rechts Einer Partei Auf Chancengleichheit Im Politischen Wettbewerb Durch Veröffentlichung Eines Interviews Auf Der Internetseite Des Bundesinnenministeriums. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 14 2020. Towards A National Action Plan Against Racism And Xenophobia. [public consultation document] Parliamentary Secretariat for equality and reforms, p.8. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020] “A 2014 survey of third country nationals found that those who were victims of racist crimes were often unaware of their rights and had difficulties with the complexity of reporting procedures”. 15 ibid “thus, awareness of the protective legislation and entities remains limited, and the situation is further aggravated due to under-reporting of racist abuse and discrimination due to a lack of trust in the authorities and institutions responsible for upholding the law”. 16 2020. Towards A National Action Plan Against Racism And Xenophobia. [public consultation document] Parliamentary Secretariat for equality and reforms, p.14. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020 17 2020. Towards A National Action Plan Against Racism And Xenophobia. [public consultation document] Parliamentary Secretariat for equality and reforms, p.15. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020] a temporary solution”18, we have to ensure that The European Union has totally and absolutely illegal immigrants that do not qualify for a refugee failed to address Malta’s illegal immigration status should not remain here permanently. Those crisis. Instead of taking control of the situation who qualify for a refugee status should not have by devising effective measure to combat illegal an automatic right to decide in which member immigration and by initiating mass repatriation state to reside either. programmes, the government resorted to silence those concerned through repetitive calls for Allocating a social housing quota for asylum new oppressive laws that have miserably failed seekers would certainly anger locals, a good elsewhere. It is unfortunate that Malta’s political number of who cannot make ends meet. If Maltese setup does not afford long-term strategies. The people cannot participate in a democratic process repercussion would be long-term problems for and cannot question our Nation’s quo vadis, the our Nation. The politician cannot speak about only vent is a natural human emotion: resentment. immigration, whether legal or illegal, unless he conducts a thorough study to establish Malta’s Birth rates indicate that the small number of maximum capacity. I have no doubt that such women of African descent residing in Malta, are a study would indeed conclude that Malta is not discouraged by the lack of housing. Meanwhile overpopulated (“full-up”) and that we cannot keep Malta suffers the lowest fertility rate in Europe. hosting tens and hundreds of immigrants. On Notwithstanding this low birth rate, Maltese the contrary, we need to implement repatriation couples are burdened with an increasing pressure programmes. On an EU level, France should be to pay their taxes and loans to meet the inflated blamed for its short-sighted decision to destroy cost of housing. To make matters worse strident Libya. Such a decision has exacerbated the illegal calls for abortion gather momentum. immigration crisis we are facing. According to the United Nations, the term Imperium Europa believes that Malta should work ‘genocide’ includes “deliberately inflicting on closer with other Nations such as Hungary, Poland, the group conditions of life calculated to bring Austria and Slovakia. These Nations have adopted about its physical destruction in whole or in part, other, simpler, saner and more effective policies to imposing measures intended to prevent births curb illegal immigration. Policies which we have within the group and forcibly transferring children been promoting for years and for which we were of one group to another group”.19 Uncontrolled constantly termed as racists, xenophobes, nazis, immigration, the failure to adopt effective fascists and many other adjectives that clearly pronatalist measures and the failure to secure discriminate against us for our dissenting political our border laws respectively create national opinion. repercussions that lead to a similar end result.

It is clear that while Malta has International Dr. Adriano Spiteri obligations relating to its search and rescue area, the battle against human trafficking and smuggling is not being fought with the same energy and budgets dedicated to that in favour of compassion and pro-immigration measures. A year ago Italy’s Salvini had accused NGOs of aiding and abetting human trafficking20 while two months ago Greece arrested a number of NGO operatives as part of a counter-terrorism investigation.21 How many NGOs were investigated by the Maltese authorities?

18 ibid 19 Nations, U., 2020. United Nations Office On Genocide Prevention And The Responsibility To Protect. [online] Un.org. Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 20 Independent.com.mt.2020. Italy’s Salvini Says NGO Ship Should Be Taken Out Of Use Permanently And Sunk - The Malta Independent. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. 21 Greeknewsondemand.com. 2020. Greece Smashes Migrant Trafficking Network, Arrests Dozens Of NGO Operatives. [online] Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2020]. MISSION STATEMENT BY , LEADER OF IMPERIUM EUROPA

We of Imperium Europa are a Cultural/Political Movement whose aim is to preserve Malta, a small Island with a history of thousands of years. We intend to preserve its People’s Identity and Culture. We strongly oppose a Multicultural and Multi-Racial Malta. We oppose unrestricted Immigration from non-European Peoples. We look at the Multicultural experiment as a failure - We agree with Merkel on this: “Multiculturalism has failed”.

We view with apprehension, indeed horror at the unfolding tragedy of rampant crime, the imposition of non-European Cultures like Sharia Law, the attack on Freedom of Opinion and Expression.

We do not believe in the Lie of Equality. We believe Equality is anti-Nature and anti-Life. Nature is hierarchical – Equality does not exist in Nature.

We of Imperium Europa stand for a United Europe, an organic unity of the European Peoples and Regions. We believe that only this IDEA can save our Civilisation. DEFINITION OF RACE

Caucasian Kaffrid Mongoloid Khoisanid Australoid

According to Baker (Dean of Anthropology at in various fields: technological and scientific Oxford University) and Carlton Coon (President breakthroughs, cultural and social achievements, of the American Anthropology Society for architectural and engineering advances, space 40 uninterrupted years), they are defined as: explorations, arts, music and so on. Caucasian, Kaffrid, Mongoloid, Khoisanid and Are we going to legislate against all the foregoing, Australoid. In his 1974 Race, Professor Baker or shall we continue living in denial? Are we also noted that the Negroid race was less evolved. denying Herrnstein’s and Murray’s works such as He arrived to this conclusion by studying 21 the Bell Curve or Watson’s qualified conclusion different requirements that include building skills, simply because it does not fit the current political cultivation of food-plants, use of wheels, exchange agendas? Are we holding Nazi-style book-burning of property by use of money and cannibalism. Of sessions in order to erase historical studies due course, other ethnologists could disagree with to their inconvenient and politically-incorrect him and prove otherwise. Yet a ban on such outcomes? discussions would lead to a situation in which we have to adopt one theory that is as unquestionable We do not believe in the generalisation of a as the Holy Trinity. person according to race, nor do we believe that a person should be discriminated against because It is undeniable that races differ from each other in of colour. Yet we do believe that there should be their physical attributes, appearances and physical no restraints and oppressive laws especially when achievements. A cursory look at the Olympic it comes to education and the political sphere. results show that different races excel at different So, Race cannot be denied nor can any legislation disciplines. For instance, East Africans dominate forbid its discussion. long distance running while West Africans excel in sprinting. Asiatics, with their fast reflexes, dominate the table tennis tournaments while Europeans are THE MULTICULTURAL & MULTIRACIALIST OBSESSION renown for swimming. In emphasising these racial differences, we are not saying that one is better According to the 2018 Eurobarometer, 63% of than the other but acknowledging and celebrating Malta’s population is primarily concerned with these differences. immigration. Is this a racist concern? Is the Maltese population racist for espousing an anti- These differences are not only limited to physical immigration conviction, for failing to acknowledge attributes but also extend to intellectual capacity, idea of forced integration? intelligence quotient and temperament. This is evidenced by the achievements over the millennia This obsession and insistence that Malta should become a multicultural and multiracial island was amply revealed by a number of leading consequences that include arrest, defamation, ban politicians: Lawrence Gonzi: “multiculturalism is a and discrimination. strength”, Jason Azzopardi: “promising pushback Such multiculturalism brings fractionalisation of was a mistake”, Helena Dalli: “Malta has a racism society as happened in Lyon just a few days ago, problem”, Joseph Muscat “promising pushback Muslim crowds were hunting terrified Christian was a mistake”, Bernard Greco “Malta is not a Armenians in the streets. Paris 2015, 120 people bus-stop. It is not full-up”. Daily National, European left dead in multiple terrorist attacks. Barcelona and International news say otherwise but these 2017, 13 dead and 130 injured. In Cologne, cultural spineless politically-correct politicians wouldn’t diversity gave us the spectacle of numerous rapes dare admit that multiculturalism is a recipe for during NY2015/6, forcing Angela Merkel to state disaster when numbers exceed the threshold. “multiculturalism has failed”. And who can forget that The consequences of such short-sightedness mass murder by a Muslim fanatic who wilfully and are already evident: no-go areas, ghettoisation, purposely drove a heavy truck onto crowds killing 86 degradation of neighbourhoods and the resulting people and injuring 458 in Nice in 2016? Thus, we devaluation of property as well as the increase in of Imperium Europa do not want Malta to follow this criminality. These consequences erode the social political failure. All these consequences are brought fabric. We of Imperium Europa have steadfastly about by uncontrolled illegal and legal immigration. opposed multiculturalism and multiracialism This is the root cause of all these problems. for the past two decades. We have suffered We would rather follow the path of sane statesmen sealed when we joined the European Union and leading immigration-free countries of Eastern Europe. the latter we have enshrined in our Constitution despite the fact that we keep ignoring this Multiracialism is the natural outcome of provision. These two pillars have served us very multiculturalism. It means the subrogation of well. Why shall we risk all our forefathers fought the host nation by incoming different races and for? Shall we in other words preserve our ethnicities. When uncontrolled immigration leads bastions and then forget who built them? to flow of an overwhelming number of immigrants, we lose our unique traditions and cultural We of Imperium Europa agree to some heritage: Our Identity. And what is Our Identity? multiracialism so long it is between assimilable It is that which has forged us and preserved us peoples. We have no qualms against mixing with over thousands of years, with some hiccups. Our Swedes or French, Spaniards and Italians but Identity is European and Christian. The former we we certainly object to the unlimited and forced influx of unassimilable people. How can our idea Legislation like the one envisaged is another, more be considered racist when it does not attempt sublimated case, of hate. Hate towards those of at reducing the importance of another race or a different opinion. Even worse, hate against all rendering it inferior, when it seeks to preserve this those of a particular political opinion. Nation’s endangered fibre? The Dalai Lama himself Hate is an emotion and when emotion is claimed that “Europe is for Europeans and Africa suppressed and punished, other and worse forms is for Africans and Muslims”. How can there be of unchecked problems fester. We of Imperium diversity without difference? How can we preserve Europa, as libertarians, are foursquare with the US diversity without control? First Amendment. Hate speech shall be considered as being part of to , a HATE fundamental human right, so far as it does not incite violence or discrimination against particular persons. What is Hate? The etymological very Maltese word for hate ‘’nobgħod” is derived from the word The law which is being promoted does not bogħod which means separation. distinguish between criticism and hate, between realism and racism. It is a subjective matter with no definition of its clear meaning. Shall we start hauling boxers to court for hating their opponent? Shall we ban heavy ECONOMIC ASPECT metal and rap music due to heir hateful lyrics that Behind the drive to limit our fundamental coincidentally include numerous references to the freedoms, to increase the flow of immigration, to terms ‘white bitch’? Shall we ban Dante’s Divina force integration and to punish those who oppose Commedia, the Gospels, the Old Testament, the this scheme is in reality a subterfuge for this ever- Koran or the Talmud for the numerous references to inflating economic Ponzi scheme, an economy hate? The right to express yourself in literature, art based on financial speculation. Just take a look and opera for instance are to our civilisation. around Malta, its ruined countryside and urban Mass murder and mass rape by the immigrants landscape and the resulting increase in cases against the host citizens constitute clear cases of of depression. Is this the cosmopolitan paradise racial hate yet we punish he action itself and not being envisioned? the thought. According to Anne Weber we cannot The promotion of anti-racism laws is a smoke investigate conviction (forum internum) for it is screen that seeks to safeguard slave labour by an absolute right. We can however punish the affording businessmen a fresh flow of people action according to criminal law. We do not need willing to work for lower wages. new legislation to inundate our law courts further. And who will be this ‘Czar’ that decides what constitutes hatred? IN CONCLUSION

We certainly do not agree with this document. re-establishing true democratic principles, guarding We do not agree to a document proposal based individual rights through the consultation of the primarily on spurious “reports” and allegations. electorate that shall decide. Over 10k people have certainly decided for our ideas but this turnout was It is ironical that the second question encourages abusively ignored. Over 47k people have petitioned the participation of a minority of presumable against immigration, which has caused anger non-Maltese. We of Imperium Europa are Maltese and opposition that through its stifling has been and since we were mentioned in the legal misconstrued as racism. Helena Dalli was wrong. brief numerous times we can very well express Malta does not have a problem of racism. ourselves on the numerous acts of institutionalised discrimination against us. It started with President Prior to mass immigration Malta has never had an EFA “they should be arrested”, carried on by issue with racism. Eliminate the root cause. Gonzi who hauled us to Court where we battled As Pope Benedict XVI put it, “not emigrating is a for freedom of expression for a decade. Lastly we human right”, “every state has the right to regulate had a PM who openly attacked us on television migration and enact policies dictated by the by implicating our policies to the Lassana Cisse general requirements of the general good”. He was murder committed by two Labourites, knowing not a racist. Neither is Malta! very well that we had no time for proper redress.

This discrimination against us can be remedied and addressed by repealing the current hate laws and