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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…
A new tripolar world order is emerging without Europe
Europe has had a good run.
Belgium says No: Confiscating Russian frozen assets could bankrupt Belgium
Today the European Commission finally revealed its proposed legal texts on how to finance a new round of at least €90 billion of support for Ukraine.
A Baby Jesus without a face, a continent that will not look the divine in the eye
For God’s sake, those maniacs now simply did away with the face of Jesus.
US won’t put up with them: International courts have no weight and no meaning
Last month, Nuremberg, a film about the Nazi war crime trials, was released to critical acclaim.
Where are Britain’s capable leaders now?
The conduct of the great office of prime minister of the United Kingdom in the last 15 years has no precedent in the history of that position, which is generally…
The blackmailers at the EC complain the US is blackmailing them
I had to laugh when I read last week that Teresa Ribera, one of the many vice-presidents of the European Commission, had been complaining about American “blackmail”…
Merz can look West, look East, or look at the moon, Germany is hammered
It’s a worrying sign - perhaps one of irreversible senile decay – when one finds oneself admiring not merely a senior politician, but one who is chancellor…
Is China preparing for war in the Taiwan Strait?
Something may be afoot in the Far East.
Why polls show National Rally’s Bardella may be the next President of France
Paris is aflutter with talk of that poll – the one showing that Jordan Bardella would easily beat all potential rivals in the second round of 2027’s presidential…
What? I start with freedom for a Danish MP and end up with Chinese sex dolls
Freedom is never free. It is not free of cost, or of supervision, or of limits.
Europe’s paper tiger: Mightier than Russia yet still afraid of it
Let us begin with the numbers.
The European paradox on sanctions: Preaching morality, doing business
When eminent historians like Niall Ferguson speak, the Western elite listens.
‘Who lost Ukraine?’: Preview of a political crisis
No one knows exactly how or when the Ukraine war will end. But all realistic scenarios are now unfavourable to Kyiv.
Europe’s peace plan oozes with reliance on the US
If you’ve been on X over the past few days, and your algorithm is as politics-filled as mine, you may have seen an old video being passed around.
The disgraceful spectacle of the rise of ancient anti-Semitism
The sudden upsurge of anti-Semitism in the Western world has been a shocking and disgusting development.
They need the Russian bogeyman: Why Europe won’t let the war end
Trump set out the original peace plan, following lengthy bilateral negotiations between the White House and the Kremlin.
What Britain and Ireland do is mimic the US to delude themselves they are modern
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Realpolitik not rhetoric: Witkoff’s Ukraine peace plan is generous to Kiev
It didn’t take long for the predictable chorus of indignation to make itself heard.
From inside the defence industry, an expert asks: Is Germany’s re-armament enough?
Our specialist writer today is Dr Robert Brüll, CEO of FibreCoat, a German company which develops advanced metals technology used in space, defence and other industries.
How EU regulatory maximalism undermines continental rearmament
The European Union continues to face a fundamental contradiction that threatens continental security.