Destroying the world in French style, anything goes, nothing stands
What we saw a week ago at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympiad did not just come out of the blue.
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AfD politician fined €50,000 for calling journalist a ‘fascist’
Stephan Brandner, a politician with the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has been fined €50,000 for referring to a journalist as a "fascist".
Seine still too dirty to swim in despite Macron’s ‘anti-poop plan’
The Seine in Paris is still too dirty to swim in despite French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to reduce the amount of excrement-related contaminants in the river.
Macron tells us this is France now, like a gay club in San Francisco in 1980
In the midst of the rain-soaked opening ceremony of the Olympics, President Macron tweeted: "This is France." He was right, though perhaps not in the way he intended.
German publisher drops Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy over alliance with Trump
German publishing house Ullstein Buchverlage has sparked outrage by deciding against a reprint of the sold-out German translation of Hillbilly Elegy, the 2016 autobiography…
Great art doesn’t need wokery – but London’s galleries take a different view
If you are planning a trip to London this summer, make sure that Tate Britain is on your itinerary.
France promises Israeli Olympics athletes ‘full protection’ amid left-wing uproar
Israeli athletes taking part in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be granted "full protection", France's government has promised.
Wokeness and the Secret Service’s failure: DEI can cost lives
Shocking clues come out of the US Senate briefing on the attempt on President Trump‘s life.
France, Italy and Germany lobby the Brazilian government against use of Spanish language
France's Embassy in Brazil, along with Italy's and Germany's diplomatic missions, successfully lobbied Brazil's congress to remove Spanish from the country's secondary…
Visible knickers: bizarre sartorial tradition of women’s tennis goes undiscussed
England: the seven-letter word that permits stereotyping of the nastiest kind, not by the English, but of them.
Spaniards don’t like €9.6bn a year tourists, but quite like illegal immigrants
When you picture Barcelona, what may come to mind is the stunning modernist architecture of the Sagrada Familia.
Israel to recruit ultra-Orthodox individuals for armed forces from August
An Israeli court has ordered that military recruitment from the country's ultra-Orthodox population can go ahead, spurring an angry response from the sector.
Cologne police sees rise of extreme violence connected to ‘Mocro Mafia’
Extreme violence connected to organised crime is reaching new heights in the German city of Cologne.
Police open hundreds of hate-speech investigations over German ‘meme anthem’
German police forces have launched more than 360 investigations into instances of suspected hate-speech over the playing or singing of a German meme "anthem".
Academics and other self-indulgent frauds understand nothing of human nature
Pablo Picasso (b. 1881) and James Joyce (b.
VAT on meat should be increased, says German agriculture minister
German agriculture minister Cem Özdemir of The Greens advocated for an increase in VAT on meat products.
The Soviet mirror and the pitfalls of historical analogy
Questions of “identity” consume the present generation more than any others past.
Kemi Badenoch: the next Tory leader, heir to British heritage
July 4, 2024, Independence Day in the US and election day in the UK, will probably mark the next step in the progress of Kemi Badenoch to becoming the first British-African…
Classical masculine virtues are essential for civilisation
I am generally suspicious of too much nostalgia, because as human beings we often have the tendency to disproportionally glorify or condemn the past.
Meloni has ‘abortion’ removed from G7 statement
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appeared to have successfully quashed an element of a contentious G7 statement by removing the word "abortion" from the group's…
UEFA bans ‘L’amour Toujours’ song at Euro 2024 over ‘misuse’
Football body UEFA has banned a popular song from the European Football Championships in Germany due to its association with xenophobic sentiments.
‘Everyone in AfD is a Nazi’, claims BBQing left-wing leader
Everyone actively involved in the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is a "Nazi", according to Lars Klingbeil, the co-leader of the left-wing German Social…
Only Europeans can save Europe’s ancient spirit from decay
Is the decline the EU has fallen into a terminal condition?
Belgian Liberals advertise on Grindr for EU elections
In a search for votes for the European Parliament elections in June, the Belgian Liberal Open VLD party is advertising on the gay dating app Grindr.
French Senate backs curbs on child sex transitions
French Senators voted in favour of the introduction of measures curtailing child-gender transitions, prompting an outcry from the political Left.
Hard-right Eurodance craze spreads despite Germany threats
A hard-right Eurodance craze is rapidly spreading through Germany, despite attempts by the political mainstream to threaten would-be partygoers with job loss, fines…
New EU embryo law draws ‘human trafficking’ criticism
Newly approved European Union legislation regulating the trade of embryos has been compared to the legal regularisation of "human trafficking".
Warsaw Mayor bans display of Christian crosses on public buildings
The Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski banned the display of religious symbols such as Christian crosses from the city hall and other public buildings, making the…
French police kill man who set fire to Rouen synagogue
French police in Rouen shot dead an armed man who set fire to the city's synagogue, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and local officials said on Friday.
Eurovision: bring back the beautiful women and handsome men
Shortly after the Second World War, European nations decided that their only fields of future confrontation should be culture and sports.