Marine La Pen Acquitted in France

      Marine La Pen of France was acquitted by a court in France after she was charged of inciting racial hatred at a political rally in 2010 when she compared  Muslims street prayers to occupying Nazi forces during WW II.  The judge said Ms. La Pen did not urge hatred.  Ms. La Pen is head of the national Front Political Party in France, the far right party that has become a leader of conservatives in France and has advocated against taking refugees into Europe from Syria.
EU Looks for Refugee Solution
     Meanwhile, politicians at the EU center in Brussels continue to wrestle with a plan to implement across the membership of the EU zone of what to do about the hoards of refugees descending on the continent from the Muslim countries in the Middle east where war has driven refugees from their countries.  The EU plan involves taking refugees directly from Turkey rather than having them cross the Med from Turkey to Greece.   The EU has offered billions to Turkey to assist in the effort.  The EU would then distribute the refugees among member states with quotas for each.  The executive of the EU asked that Sweden be exempt for 1 year from accepting refugees that arrived in Greece and Italy.   Smugglers will not like this arrangement at it surely will crimp their business.