Reborn in 2010, the AI in my mind is too powerful.
Chapter 372 European Countries with Their Own Hidden agendas
Europeans often pride themselves on being more cultured, but since the beginning of the 21st century, even established European powers like Britain, France, and Germany have become increasingly unrefined, with more thieves in their cities than in so-called third-world countries, and persistently high crime rates.
But they didn't see anything wrong with it, after all, thieves also have human rights.
Some argue that European countries lack sufficient labor, so providing asylum to refugees is a last resort, but this argument is untenable.
After World War II, Britain habitually imported a large number of laborers from India and Pakistan, while France, Belgium, and the Netherlands habitually imported laborers from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
The population quality of these countries is actually quite good, and they are often not even counted as part of Africa in statistics.
Moreover, Eastern Europe and Asia have a large pool of highly qualified talent, and Europe has been recruiting in these regions for a long time.
Since 2009, Europe has been issuing Blue Card status specifically for highly skilled workers from outside the EU. In the 28 EU member states, immigrants from Asia now account for 20%.
Therefore, granting asylum to refugees is actually more like an act of an older country being too embarrassed to admit its wrongdoing. Because according to the Geneva Conventions and the EU's Dublin Agreement, European law cannot simply refuse entry to those who arrive at the EU border and apply for asylum.
Some European countries, based on human rights and freedom values, believe they have a responsibility to provide asylum to refugees who have suffered persecution in war, which is also an obligation to fulfill international conventions.
Before the refugee crisis reached a fever pitch, Europe could grit its teeth and persevere. But after the Syrian civil war escalated last year, the situation changed, and the number of refugees became increasingly outrageous.
Even Germany, which has been most proactive in accepting refugees, has wavered. The Iron Lady had to speak out publicly to encourage the entire country, proposing the slogan "We can do it" and insisting that Germany is capable of accepting and integrating a large number of refugees.
Many people voted for her out of a desire to save face, and other European countries, also out of consideration for their reputation, had no choice but to support her and accept refugees under immense pressure.
However, many people vote based solely on substance. In the May 2014 European Parliament elections, right-wing parties received more support, anti-immigrant parties won big, and the French National Front, the UK Independence Party, and the Danish People's Party all came in first place in their respective countries.
However, they still failed to change the overall structure of the European Parliament. The European People's Party, which advocates humanitarianism, won 211 seats, and the European Socialist Party won 186 seats, which together still exceeded half.
Following the Aurora product launch event, the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency, and the EU's fundamental rights bodies, led by Germany, immediately issued a statement declaring that neural data is a fundamental human right and that if Aurora intends to sell related products in Europe, the EU needs to establish a dedicated ethical framework working group.
The Iron Lady had no choice. Although the Aurora robots seemed to be able to make up for Germany's labor shortage, the technology of immortality could allow Germany to directly say goodbye to aging.
However, this would completely contradict her long-standing governing principles. For her, she would rather die than live forever than contradict herself.
Therefore, she had no choice but to stand up and strongly urge Europe to block Aurora Group's technology, so that Aurora Group could not be allowed to take whatever it wanted in Europe. At least they had to give her a way out.
At the press conference, Chen Yiran's attitude was far too unrestrained. If she were to give in directly, her political credibility would be completely ruined.
However, she overestimated her authority and underestimated the public's yearning for immortality.
Although in Germany and France, due to the painful historical memory of Nazi human experiments, bioethics laws are said to be among the strictest in the world, and the public generally supports the need to slowly observe the aurora borealis.
However, other EU countries already have their own agendas. British Prime Minister Cameron announced that day that Britain is the most open in the world in embryonic reproductive research and welcomes aurora technology.
The UK will not directly violate EU regulations, but it will bring forward the Brexit referendum originally scheduled for 2016, aiming to leave the EU as quickly as possible. Afterward, it will improve relevant laws, work with Aurora Group to formulate relevant rules to define the transfer of human consciousness, and amend relevant laws to determine inheritance issues.
While countries like Italy and Spain lack the courage to leave the EU outright, they have all expressed dissatisfaction and questioned the various policies currently implemented by the EU.
Italy, in particular, had previously followed Germany in providing much aid to refugees. In 2013, a smuggling boat caught fire and sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing more than 300 people at sea.
Italy launched Operation "Our Sea" to conduct maritime search and rescue operations and provide assistance to smuggling boats that have encountered accidents.
In just one year, they saved more than 150,000 lives, but at a great cost; they burned through more than 10 million euros every month.
What's infuriating is that other EU countries refused to share the costs, which made smaller countries like Italy realize that the so-called humanitarian aid was just empty rhetoric. When it came to actually spending money, everyone tried to save as much as possible.
From then on, the hearts of several European countries became even more divided.
With a historic transformation looming, world leaders are not entirely convinced by Germany's claims. They are all watching to see how things unfold. After all, using robots to replace manpower shortages and then achieving immortality to solve the aging problem seems like a wonderfully enticing idea.
But then an unexpected thing happened: they had been instilling too many human rights concepts in the public, and the public had taken them seriously.
The labor unions, student councils, and churches united to form a massive parade. The churches, as a world-class organization, coordinated efforts across Europe.
At the same time, massive demonstrations took place in the major cities of each of the 28 EU member states.
The marchers, wearing black hoods and trying to avoid all cameras, marched from the largest churches in each city toward the city hall.
They chanted: "Life is not a commodity, and man cannot play God."
"Wet parts are also life, and consciousness has the right to say no."
"Europe will not be Silicon Valley's testing ground."
But soon, another highly organized group emerged on the streets of various cities.
They came from the hospital; they were terminally ill patients, ALS patients, paraplegics, and those who couldn't wait for a transplant. Normally, patients and their families would stay in touch, but at this time, they stepped forward, forming another team.
Their slogan is: "Give my parents a chance!"
The largest demonstration took place in Paris, which eventually turned into a riot. The church procession started the violence by throwing Molotov cocktails, which even injured two disabled people in wheelchairs.
In Eastern European countries, the Catholic conservatives acted even more vehemently, as if their Achilles' heel had been touched, and they began to resist with all their might, demanding that the government enact laws to permanently prohibit the introduction of such research.
The chaos reached its peak after the Roman Catholic Church spoke out.
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