Ukraine in EU? First, trouble with Hungarians, Slovaks, and the Poles want the bodies back
Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the beleaguered country formally applied to join the European Union.
Will Germany’s dithering, dull Scholz be ‘Biden-ed’ by his SDP party?
“Scholz survives” blared the Brussels press after his party, the Social Democrats (SDP), narrowly beat the populist-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in recent regional…
Does the cordon sanitaire still really exist?
For decades, the European establishment has drawn a cordon sanitaire (a sanitary cordon, meaning a refusal to deal with certain parties) around parties of the populist-right.
Waging lawfare: Italian prosecutors try to imprison a democratically-elected leader
In 2019 Matteo Salvini, then Italy’s Interior Minister, blocked a boat from the pro-migrant NGO Open Arms charity from docking in Italy.
Surprise! What Ukraine negotiations really need is …Chancellor Scholz?
The Russo-Ukrainian War has been going for over ten years, and it has been nearly three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their southwestern neighbour.
In Thuringia two ‘extremist’ parties took half the vote, so where is the centre now?
Every time a populist-Right party is elected, the headlines are predictable.
As Europeans are arrested for what they say, how ‘free’ is Europe’s speech?
While America and Europe are two parts of one West, they have always treated the idea of “rights” differently.
Immigrants and crime bleed socialism out of ‘Red Vienna’
There are few cities in the world more associated with socialism than Vienna -- or “Red Vienna,” as it has been called by socialists and non-socialists alike.
Azov boss says five more countries should seize back land from Russia
For all of human history, waging war for territory has been the norm. Most, if not all, modern countries had their modern borders defined by war.
New US policy may make Zelensky’s peace plan impossible, time to negotiate
Until now, Ukraine’s government has taken a maximalist approach to its negotiations with Russia.
Populist-right in Europe needs its own Project 2025
Every four years, European media reports breathlessly on the latest happenings in America’s presidential elections. This is fairly reasonable, particularly this year.
Le Pen has had her time, now is the moment for a new National Rally leader
There is nothing sadder than an athlete who has overstayed their time.
Habsburg ghosts of Austria-Hungary hover over the fears of Central Europe
The first-place parties in Austria, Hungary, and Czechia have come together to announce a new European Parliamentary grouping, which they have termed “Patriots of Europe.
AfD knows eurosceptical voters don’t want ‘nice’ Right, they want real Right
There are currently three groups in the European Parliament on the right side of the political spectrum: the European People’s Party (EPP), a centre-right establishment…
Austrian climate minister: I only choose the rules I like
Austria’s government, a coalition of the centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Green Party, has never been stable.
Voters realise Green movement is nothing but an apocalyptic cult
In 2005, an American evangelist called Harold Camping made a startling prediction: the world was going to end on May 21st, 2011.
Why young voters are turning to the populist-right
Whenever things look dire for the left, there is always one comforting thought: “If we can mobilise the young voters, all will be well.
Austrian Freedom Party victory has re-written Austrian politics
Every Austrian election since 1945 has been won by either the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPÖ) or the centre-Right People’s Party (ÖVP).
Arrogant Macron wants to bait Russia with his ‘military trainers’
French President Emmanuel Macron caused a stir recently when he announced he was considering sending hundreds of troops – in the guise of “military trainers” – to…
Isolation of AfD may bring new success to EU nationalist right
The past few years have seen a string of successes for the European right. Out of the 27 European Union member states, 14 are now run by moderate-right or populist-right governments.
Georgia’s foreign agent law in fact looks very American
Imagine, for a moment, there was a secretive Russian-backed news media organization designed to weaken the European establishment by highlighting its mistakes.