Europe is burning, quite literally. On October 17, masked rioters set fire to the 143-year-old town hall in Limoges, France. Its roof and spire were devastated. In Milan, protesters looted shops, set fires and clashed with police near the iconic Duomo. In Albania, demonstrators set fire to the entrance of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation.
A historic French landmark survived two world wars, only to suffer devastating damage in modern-day France. This is the state of a continent that once presented itself as the model of civilisation, stability and governance.
Western cities are grappling with profound domestic chaos, crumbling public security, and violent street anarchy. Yet, remarkably, state-funded Western media networks like France 24 manage to look away from the fires consuming their own backyard to lecture Bharat on how to run a democracy.
The Double Standard:
When rioters throw petrol bombs, clash with police, and set government buildings ablaze in European capitals, Western broadcasters routinely frame it as mere “social discontent” or handle it with fleeting coverage.
However, when Indian law enforcement agencies manage organized political demonstrations or handle crowd control in New Delhi, networks like France 24 quickly shift into moralizing overdrive. They churn out biased reports attempting to paint the world’s largest and most vibrant democracy as unstable.
It is a classic case of selective blindness: ignoring the fact that European states cannot protect their own ministries from arson or preserve their historic heritage, while simultaneously appointing themselves as global supervisors of Indian governance.
Fix Your Own Backyard Before Lecturing Others
The hypocrisy is glaring. European societies are struggling to maintain basic law and order, protect public property, and safeguard their own cultural landmarks from internal decay.
Instead of obsessing over Bharat’s internal political affairs and twisting ordinary administrative processes into fake narratives, Western media outlets need a reality check. Europe must rethink its priorities, put out the fires raging in its own cities, and stop meddling in a sovereign nation that manages its internal affairs far better than any European capital can manage its own streets.