Mr Ash knows well that France is doomed as a nation it was  based on the changing demographics in France.  A good read if he hasn't done it already is Bat Ye'or's "Eurabia"  There are already more mosques than churches and Islam is not tolerant of secularism at all. Muslim immigrants do bot assimilate, To maintain a culture and native population, each couple must produce a minimum of 2.5 - 2.7 offspring a generation,  Native French produce less than 1 as most young French couples are double income no kids. France is also becoming an aging population.   The average number of offspring in a Muslim family is estimated between 4 - 5 offspring.    Do the math for less than two generations and that tells you France will eventually be almost an Islamic state under Sharia law.