Abstract
Multiculturalism is often associated to the Anglo-Saxon social model and way of integrating foreign people. Although some analysts might think that multiculturalism should stay forever the best way to deal with the globalization and its challenges, it seems that the liberal opinion wants to push further the government's policy, towards more independence and rights for individuals. A country like France remains an exception in Europe, because it is proud of its very special "assimilation model" which consists in refusing any multiculturalism and preventing any separation between the communities by gathering them around common national values. Consequently, from the French point of view, the English debate could be seen as far too liberal, because it always privileges individual rights instead of the community's welfare.
