The nation at war: There will be Belfasts across Europe, too
The images of riots in the United Kingdom are not a passing nuisance. They are a warning in flames.
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Part I: How Germany is destroying itself and the EU
The European Union is an empire. This empire is now failing economically and civilisationally.
Physical and fiscal reality mean EU ‘green steel’ programme is bonkers
The EU Commission’s proposal to triple data centre capacity over the next five to seven years is intended to help Europe catch up with China and America in the…
Old people and no children: Pope warns against Europe becoming ‘the old continent’
On May 25, Pope Leo XIV addressed members of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Demography at the Vatican with a warning that they risk becoming “the old…
The rare miracle of order
We live in a world of daily miracles: Walk up to an automated teller machine almost anywhere in the world, insert a card, type four digits, and a small mechanism…
Think taxes are too high in the EU? You must be a conspiracy theorist, according to the EC
The European Commission is being ridiculed for a meme portraying people critical of the European Union’s development as conspiracy theorists.
Nawrocki pushes for referendum on EU climate policy
Poland's President has submitted a motion to hold a national referendum on EU climate policy.
The piffle from von der Leyen: ‘The Union grows stronger’
Last weekend, on nearly opposite sides of the EU, two states revealed how the cumbrous juggernaut of the union is not working. No, sorry, cannot be made to work.
Nothing says net zero emissions like zero economic activity
Last month, EU leaders met to consider the impact of high energy prices on Europe’s industrial competitiveness.
Europe’s leaders and their failures over Iran: They are playing with fire
What is it about a campaign to remove the Islamic Republic’s chokehold on Europe’s energy supplies that appals Europe?
‘EU’s compromise on tobacco excise tax is dead on arrival’
Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers has come out strongly against the compromise by the European Union on the excise tax on tobacco.
Unheard noise, real concerns: Wind turbines under scrutiny
A conference titled Unheard but Not Harmless: Public Health and Wind Energy Infrasound took place today at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Fernand Kartheiser.
European policies on smoking alternatives ‘block innovation and harm reduction’
Experts say that policies aimed at protecting the public against the negative effects of smoking have serious adverse effects, damaging public health.
Need more manure for energy but deplore its production? EU left with bullshit
Germany’s ruling coalition may be an awkward marriage of ideological rivals, but it does benefit from the absence of the Greens, who pushed many of the economically…
Young men without purpose mean lethargy or rage across Europe
In 2002 Fox aired one season of a remarkably entertaining science fiction show created by Joss Whedon.
The death of technocracy and the return of politics
Real political change tends to have more than one cause, and although it has become somewhat fashionable to reduce everything to a single issue – whether it is…
Global wine crisis hits Europe hard, especially France
The global wine crisis of falling demand is hitting hard in Europe, particularly France, where the government has launched a pay-out scheme to encourage wine makers…
The Berlin blackout eco-terrorists: The armed wing of the Green Deal
Berlin has just been treated to a glimpse of what “net zero” looks like when it stops pretending.
Germany ‘joint borrowing’ for Ukraine is like France borrowing for American revolution
The events in Brussels at the end of this year confirm what many of us have been warning about for years: The EU is sleepwalking into a self-inflicted historical…
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.
The EU could be gone in four years: A revolutionary eruption is coming
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.
Democracy slowing down Europe’s rare earth Cold War fight
Europe is losing the rare earths “Cold War” and one of the problems is democracy, an industry conference heard today.
New mega immigration wave will hit EU from Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan
A rusty trawler sails past Gavdos at dawn.
Corporate sustainability and the EU’s muddled energy mire
The economist Thomas Sowell once observed that there are no policies, only tradeoffs.
Not your choice: Brussels surrenders your body to Geneva
They are coming for your body and your wallet.
Abandon the dogma: The Green Deal makes EU colder, poorer and weak
A few days ago, Greta Thunberg sailed to Gaza with her comrades, only to end up in a taxpayer-funded rescue by the Greek government.
Western demographic data looks dark: The future belongs to those who show up
The most profound geopolitical shifts of our time are not being decided in boardrooms or battlefields, but in maternity wards—or increasingly, in their conspicuous…
Trump sends in military to make cities safe — why isn’t Europe doing the same?
Will President Donald Trump send federal forces into crime-ridden Chicago?
Europe confuses symbolic gestures on energy with strategic effectiveness
The most striking example of Western strategic confusion lies in energy policy.
Europe ‘risks being outpaced by India’
Europe risks being left behind by India after being outpaced by China, conference-goers heard on September 3.