They are changing the climate of the debate. There is no reason why we shouldn’t have this debate … but it is making some people (in Western Europe) a little nervous.

Banning gay marches is something you do for political effect when you’re trying to build a constituency on the right. They are learning from the U.S., from the Moral Majority. But I think it’s dangerous...

You solve the unemployment problem, but you are losing the wrong people.

This is a very reactionary, very conservative group, and they are scaring people in Europe.

In this situation, you lose the most active elements because the less exciting people stay at home and drink. I wouldn’t call it a ‘brain drain’ because that term makes me think of rocket scientists....