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Interrogation, arrest, prosecution: Free speech does not exist in Europe
On June 5 in Brussels, a duo were arrested for disturbing the peace. The pair, a man and a woman, were not assaulting anyone, nor were they threatening anyone.
The battle of the Valle de los Caídos is not about memory, but about power
Nestled in the rugged hills of Cuelgamuros, not far from Madrid, the Valle de los Caídos rises as a stark monument to Spain’s fractured past.
Downstairs are heading Upstairs: It will be a shock to the drawing room
How do you keep the help down in the scullery and well away from the drawing room where they might upset their betters?
Wilders vs the rest
Last week, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof's government resigned. As in many Western European countries, the stumbling block was immigration.
Conservative populism is changing: Poland’s PiS now has competition from the Right
Polish president-elect Karol Nawrocki’s victory shows that conservative populism remains strong in that vital country.
Farage’s Reform doesn’t collapse, it mutates, surprises and grows claws
Reform UK’s saga is a kaleidoscope of ambition, chaos, and sheer bloody-mindedness.
Merz rejects anti-Semitism, yet his policy would leave Hamas in power
The new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, made an excellent impression in Washington last week.
ECHR to national governments: You can talk but we won’t listen
A “disquieting” and “troubling” letter is circulating in Europe. It is “chilling” and aims to “scare and pressure”.
What is the state for, welfare or defence? It is no longer possible to have both
While the entire world has been enthralled by the public feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, the world has also continued to move on.
Europe, are half the voters now fascist? England’s metropolitan Left thinks so
The British playwright David Hare writing in the usually conservative magazine The Spectator last week presented a sixteen-point checklist for fascism.
Is It real or is it German intelligence? On online ‘authenticity’
One of the main planks of EU efforts to regulate the internet has always consisted of a commitment to take action against the “manipulative” and “inauthentic”…
Poland’s top conservative lawyer tells us: ‘The left-liberal’s plan has failed in Poland’
Sunday’s election in Poland was important not only for the Poles themselves but also for Europe, and it is no wonder it attracted widespread comment in the international…
Egypt’s desecration of Sinai’s Christian Sacred Heart
In the Sinai’s austere embrace, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the world’s oldest monastic community, burns with 1.
European retirement ages are forced up after decades of political incompetence
On May 22, Denmark’s parliament passed a law raising the retirement age from its current 67 to 70.
Ukraine’s attack on Russian airbases, a masterpiece of underdog warfare
The Ukrainian attack on 41 Russian long-range bombers and intelligence aircraft on June 1 has been widely recognised as a triumph of scientific ingenuity and a tactical…
National values are love for a people, a territory and its history
In his first inaugural address in 1861, President Lincoln spoke about the "mystic chords of memory" that connect the American people through a collective memory…
Ireland defends nothing, its unarmed neutrality is ‘balderdash’
Ireland is an anomaly inside an absurdity wrapped in an incongruity.
Regulate, never innovate: EU obsession with ‘ethical AI’ masks suicidal delusion
For centuries, Europe was the epicentre of human ingenuity. That is increasingly a fading memory.
More taxes on tobacco? The EC needs to leave our personal pleasures alone
The European Commission, under Commissioner for Climate Wopke Hoekstra, is preparing to overhaul the 2011 Tobacco Excise Tax Directive.
EU interventionism in national elections: Who’s next?
General relief in Brussels after the unexpected victory of Nicușor Dan in Romania, against George Simion, his opponent who had led the first round by a wide margin.
Trump’s space-based Golden Dome will revolutionise warfare
Recently, the United States has fully unveiled a new initiative under President Trump called Golden Dome – a missile defence project of unprecedented scope and…
Ukraine could collapse. What will that look like?
A scenario European leaders would do well to consider, as Kyiv enters the Washington-sponsored peace process with profound frustration: with the White House determined…
France, UK and Canada betray Israel with false and cowardly statements
No one should be in the slightest doubt of the cowardly and hypocritical posturing of the joint declaration of France, the United Kingdom, and Canada last week about…
Austrian lawfare tried to wreck him, but honest Kurz gets up again
The Austrian People’s Party is the Western hemisphere’s longest-serving government party, having been in the government as a senior or junior coalition partner…
Euro-champions to be built on subsidies, but where can the EU find markets?
Moving with its usual lightning speed, the European Commission has pencilled in the end of 2027 for new guidelines designed to relax competition rules and permit…
EU pours money into Pakistan and enables authoritarianism
The EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) is a golden ticket. It offers developing nations duty-free access to European markets. The catch?
From the man who knows: Starmer surrenders the Brexit deal in return for nothing
The Labour government’s “reset deal” with the EU has dominated British news past this week. It has reopened the wounds of Brexit and re-ignited the arguments.
Dollars and the old clerical flaws: does Leo XIV have questions to answer?
Now the questions start.
How calling a German finance minister a ‘moron’ leads to cops and criminal charges
Stefan Niehoff, a 64-year-old retiree and former sergeant in the Bundeswehr, became something of an overnight sensation in Germany last year after police showed…