International Letters An Enduring Legacy
A Dutch Tragedy Thank you for the article on the assassination of Dutch political leader Pim Fortuyn, who has now become an icon for many Europeans (“Sudden Death,” Europe, May 20). In the context of your May 6 “Europe Turns to the Right” package, the reaction is a reflection of pent-up anger with the political culture that the EU imposes on its member states. A significant result of this culture is that Europe has become a shelter and a hotbed for Islamic groups that can foment their evil plots in the comfort of lush welfare systems and under protection of the democratic institutions they hate so much....