Europe needs no migrant influx, Mrs Lagarde – it needs innovation and babies
Christine Lagarde is one of those people whose business is to know better than us what is good for us. Now she insists Europe’s economy needs migrants to grow.
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IMMIGRATION
Christine Lagarde is one of those people whose business is to know better than us what is good for us. Now she insists Europe’s economy needs migrants to grow.
DEMOCRACY ELECTIONS
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s wartime president, claims to embody democracy, but governs as a solo act.
DEMOCRACY FREE SPEECH
This is not just a follow-up report on a country spiralling out of control into the abyss of violence.
DEFENCE EU BUBBLE
History has a way of mocking those who ignore its lessons.
EU BUBBLE FINANCE
Welcome, Bulgaria, to the eurozone’s arena. On January 1 2026, Sofia joins in as the 21st member, a “glorious milestone” as proclaimed by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov.
FROM THE CAPITALS
Israel’s relentless strikes have crushed a series of nuclear ambitions: Egypt’s missiles in the ‘60s, Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor in ’81, Syria’s al-Kibar nuclear…
CULTURE WAR FREE SPEECH
Elon Musk’s clash with Donald Trump has shaken conservatives. Yet, his defence of liberty and tradition remains unmatched.
CORRUPTION EU BUBBLE
Greece is bleeding, and the Mitsotakis government is wielding the knife.
DEFENCE
Trump’s swift halt to the 12-day Iran war in June 2025 wasn’t just about Tehran’s nukes.
DEFENCE
Donald Trump thundered “no more wars” to cheering crowds in 2024. Yet, on 21 June 2025, US jets obliterated Iran’s nuclear sites. Has he sold a lie to his voters?
EU BUBBLE FREE SPEECH
In Patmos, where the Evangelist John foresaw a “mark” controlling trade, a shopkeeper scans her phone to pay taxes.
FROM THE CAPITALS TRADE
Buckle up, China’s electric vehicle market is a wild brawl. Prices plummet fast, and executives sling insults like playground bullies. It is chaos, not just about cars.
CULTURE WAR EU BUBBLE
In the Sinai’s austere embrace, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the world’s oldest monastic community, burns with 1.500 years of Christian faith and Hellenic heritage.
BUREAUCRACY
The European Commission, under Commissioner for Climate Wopke Hoekstra, is preparing to overhaul the 2011 Tobacco Excise Tax Directive.
CORRUPTION TRADE
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?
DEFENCE EU BUBBLE
The European Union’s dream of strategic autonomy lies in tatters, undermined by the United Kingdom, a non-EU power, steering talks to sell 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to…
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Picture Chinese President Xi Jinping at Moscow’s Victory Day parade: the guest of honour, smirking beside Putin. That happened last Friday.
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Kashmir burns, and war looms. After the April 22 terrorist massacre in Pahalgam, India strikes back, hammering nine Pakistani sites with “Operation Sindoor.
DEFENCE EU BUBBLE
Eighty ago, the Nazi beast was slain - May 8th for the West, May 9th for Russia. Berlin lay in ruins, Europe a graveyard of dreams, and the world exhaled.
CULTURE WAR
As the Catholic Church stands at a crossroads, its throne vacant and its flock besieged, the next pope will not merely shepherd 1.4 billion souls.
CORRUPTION IMMIGRATION
The EU’s southern frontier - Greece, Italy, and Spain - teeters on the edge of collapse, battered by a migration crisis that Brussels aggravates.
CULTURE WAR
Europe, that ancient cradle of civilisation, has long been a Christian continent.
DEFENCE EU BUBBLE
Here we go again. The liberal West, that self-anointed guardian of liberty, is dusting off its cape for a grand Ukrainian encore. In essence, it has all but lost the war.
ENERGY AND CLIMATE EU BUBBLE
In the greater picture of his trade wars, Donald Trump pushed a bold idea: Europe should buy all its oil, gas and coal from the USA. It is a loud, daring proposal.
FROM THE CAPITALS TRADE
Donald Trump has unleashed a trade tempest that has got the EU scrambling.
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CORRUPTION DEFENCE
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