The EU Gulag, part II: Elections only stand if voters make the ‘right’ choice
The following are excerpts from a speech recently given by Seth Hertlein to the Patriots for Europe Foundation, Brussels.
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Heir to House of David born in emergency accommodation
Our special correspondent Luke the Evangelist was born in the city of Antioch in ancient Syria, making him a native of that prominent early Christian centre.
The EU just had its battle of Adrianople, expect some change
In the early hours of December 19, a historic battle has been fought in the halls of the EU's ivory tower.
‘Civilisational erasure’ and ‘transgressive decay’ indeed befalling Europe
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently declared that the rules-based alliance of normative values once binding the US and Europe had come to an end, posing unprecedented…
How EU institutions are quietly hollowing out national sovereignty
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In 1988, if you had told anyone that the Soviet Union would cease to exist just four years later, you would have been dismissed as a crank.
Once Kyiv burns through its €90bn, will EU float another loan to keep it in fight?
Hallelujah, we have an agreement to keep Ukraine solvent!
Why Bulgaria’s protests show that ‘pro-European’ no longer means ‘pro-EU’
At the beginning of December, Bulgaria witnessed the largest social mobilisation in decades.
Is the West built ‘over the centuries with genius and sacrifice’ really lost?
Last week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared the West was over. “What we once called the normative West no longer exists in this form,” he explained.
Top Polish lawyer warns EU court seizes power over Constitutional Tribunal
The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of December 18 constitutes one of the most far-reaching examples of a European Union institution…
The elite are selling a lie and the people know it now
It is a supreme irony that the nations we once celebrated as the cradles of liberal democracy—the United Kingdom, the "mother of parliaments"—are now the very…
US sees Europe as a continent that opposes everything they hold dear
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently declared that the “Pax Americana” in which the United States guaranteed European security is over.
The only way out may be revolutionary thinking
Amid all the public discourse about the threat of political extremism – especially of the Right but also of the Left – and the constant fretting about “division”…
The EU Gulag, part I: Digital information, a most perfect method of control
The following are excerpts from a speech recently given by Seth Hertlein to the Patriots for Europe Foundation, Brussels.
Freezing Russian assets: When political ends justify illegal means
Do political ends justify illegal means?
The US goal of strength and success: Europe should stop fussing and get in step
There was a widespread European reaction of offended sensibilities last week to the customary statement of a relatively new US administration of its strategic objectives.
US security ‘blob’ fail to understand what the EU is really like
Any British official who has worked on European policy at any point over the last 50 years knows that the idea of American neutrality on the EU is a myth.
Israel: No other nation would remain so calm in the face of mass murder
Two digs, one hundred and fifty kilometres apart, tell a common story of singular purpose.
Nuremberg for terror: ‘For those who have not realised it so far, we are at war’
According to the dominant narrative, in Nuremberg, the West put on trial those who attempted to destroy its foundations of liberty and democracy.
For the EU, ‘Europe’ is just a post-national administrative state
What is "European sovereignty”?
As Europe roars against Russia, India doubles down on Moscow
Vladimir Putin lands in Delhi. Narendra Modi greets him with full honours.
EU’s migration policy: Centralise power and erode national sovereignty
The sharp migration crisis that has gripped the European Union for more than a decade has devastated the security of tens of millions of Europeans.
Danish results show voters flee party of PM Frederiksen
Consider Denmark’s recent municipal elections: They have shaken Danish politics ahead of next year’s national election, with all parties in government receiving…
Next, Europe’s illusion of grandeur may deliver Odessa to Putin
Putin is not hiding his intentions. On December 2, 2025, at the VTB forum in Moscow, he stated, “The most radical way is to cut Ukraine off from the sea”.
How will Europe respond?
Without any doubt, this time Europe really has arrived at the proverbial crossroad.
Germany isn’t really going to rearm
Europe’s push to rearm has run into a series of snags.
One machine gun available: Ireland left Zelensky unguarded on his visit to Dublin
Odd how headlines get chosen.
EU’s crackdown on X shows desperation not strength
The recent rabid, full-on attack on Elon Musk's X by the European Commission represents a new chapter in Brussels’ attempts to purge the public square of inconvenient…
Is Europe kaput? Washington says this is Europe’s last chance to choose
The Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy dropped last week, and if you are in Brussels or Berlin, you might want to pour yourself a stiff drink…
EU climate regulations show it can’t compete in ‘pugnacious new world’
The recently completed COP-30 in Brazil begat no roadmap for a fossil fuel phaseout, disappointing an EU delegation that had hoped to rope the rest of the world…