Leaders from many parts of Europe are starting to speak up about this issue, over the past few years right wing parties have become more powerful although still a minority. Europeans in general are very open people and far more liberal than here in the states so when they start using language like this it really makes you wonder how bad the situation really is. My family in Europe used to complain and bitch about the east Germans all the time and now all they talk about are the Turks. This is purely speculation but with the rise of right wing politics in the states (tea party and immigration issues with Arizona) and after the GWB era maybe our neighbors in Europe have become emboldened......just a guess