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Greens and Socialists try to block public consultations on tobacco legislation
In Europe, Greens and Socialists attempted to limit public consultations on tobacco legislation, but their proposal was rejected, reaffirming the importance of inclusive…
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Fast track for Ukraine, leverage for Hungary, nothing for Poland
Hungary's recent agreement with Ukraine highlights the EU's selective approach to accession, granting minority rights concessions only when leverage is applied.
From Germany: My memories of the old Shah, of SAVAK, and the dangerous Pahlavi
Memories of the Shah’s 1967 Berlin visit reveal human rights protests overshadowed by grandeur.
Western capitals avert their eyes as Christians across Africa are slaughtered
Christians in Africa face increasing violence as Islamist extremism escalates.
France and the ‘nationalist international’
Jordan Bardella, the man who will more likely than not be the next President of France, made headlines this week when he criticised President Donald Trump for being…
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Remigration works: In Turkey and the Middle East, people who can go home are going home
As global displacement declines for the first time in a decade, many refugees, particularly Syrians, are remigrating home, while Germany's naturalization rates continue…
Part II, Migration: Germany will no longer recognisably be a European country
Now, to turn to the second grand delusion, open-door migration.
Brussels is finishing its censorship machine: Europe has until June 26 to say No
On June 26, the European Commission closes a little-noticed consultation on "trusted flaggers" — the final component of a system for deciding what Europeans may…
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.
Dreams of an EU army just crashed
For years, European Union federalists have hoped that one particular project would take flight: A Franco-German jet fighter.
Part I: How Germany is destroying itself and the EU
The European Union is an empire. This empire is now failing economically and civilisationally.
Trump will get what he wants in Iran by negotiation or by force
We seem finally to have reached the dénouement in the long, extremely one-sided, and comparatively bloodless war the United States and Israel have conducted with…
The G-7 is Trump’s chance to express US dominance within the Western alliance
The upcoming G-7 summit in France is getting little attention in light of the continuing saga in Iran.
Back in the USSR
After a meeting of European leaders on Sunday, a spokesman for German Chancellor Merz voiced Europe’s readiness to take “the leading role in negotiations to…
The West losing ‘big time’: Russia took Kabul without firing a shot
“Brezhnev took Afghanistan and Begin took Beirut”, sang Roger Waters back in 1983.
Poland pays the highest price for supporting Ukraine. Is it getting anything in return?
When the European Union moved to unblock €6.
Brussels wants to turn out your lights
For the first time in decades, the threat of rationing has returned to Europe.
Same sex ‘marriage’ coming to Poland? No, Tusk’s regulation cannot rewrite the constitution
On May 22, Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and Digitalization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski signed a regulation imposing new official forms on Polish…
Ukrainian membership plan: A Union of equals or an asylum for corrupt states?
The diplomatic deadlock has been broken and Brussels bigwigs are throwing a party.
EU digital sovereignty is a grand delusion in a sharper suit
The EU has unveiled its latest digital sovereignty strategy in its bid to loosen dependence on American Big Tech.
What killed Nowak: One murderer and all the malignancy of collective self-hate
The now infamous Henry Nowak tragedy in Britain, from last December, is now seen throughout the Western world as indicative of the terrible dangers of the cult of…
Our culture fails: Europe will not certify its way out of this with passport exams
The continent keeps trying to manufacture loyalty with forms and exams. It has forgotten that its own order is a culture, not a machine.
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…
The EU’s moral crusade against aircon is forcing you to bake in your home
For the past week, much of Europe sweltered in an unusual May heatwave.
The Volhynia massacre of 1943 still poisons the Polish attitude to Ukraine
For years, Poland was among Ukraine’s most loyal supporters in Europe.
Ankara burns the maritime rulebook
Can you vote wishful thoughts into reality?
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…
US Congress can’t make Trump stay in Europe
When President Donald Trump returned to power, the overwhelming reaction from European leadership was that they would need to grit their teeth for four years.
If Europe wants to compete in AI, it needs more than regulation
For years, Europe’s approach to artificial intelligence has centred largely on regulation, governance frameworks and digital policy. Those discussions matter.