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The rejection of the Scottish assisted suicide bill comes after cautionary tales from Canada, which is on track for 100,000 euthanasia deaths by this summer.

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Interview

“If the EPP yields to German pressure, the conflict will return in every vote on migration”— AfD MEP Alexander Sell

“What we are seeing now is that the political map of Europe has changed, but some parties are still trying to behave as if nothing had happened.”

NEWS

Budapest Bans Three Ukrainian Citizens from Hungary and the Schengen Area

On Thursday, Minister Gergely Gulyás announced retaliatory measures after Ukrainian public figures issued threats against Viktor Orbán.

NEWS

‘Chicken Nuggets’ Case: Yet Another Migration Embarrassment for Starmer

A criminal migrant being allowed to stay in the UK because of his son’s “limited diet” proves that “the European asylum system is at its end.”

NEWS

Labour London Mayor: A Vote for the Party Is a Vote To Rejoin the European Union

The prime minister is also being urged to take Britain back into the EU single market and customs union.

Europe Unmasked

17:16

Prayer Divide: Greens’ Bundestag Iftar Ignites Gender Row

16:27

Two Iranians in UK Court Over Alleged Spy Plot on Jewish Targets

16:12

AfD Pushes Berlin To Count ‘Honor Killings’ Nationwide

15:33

UK Covid “Stay Home” Message May Have Cost Thousands of Lives

15:12

Mohammed Tops Western Europe Birth Lists—But Not in Warsaw

14:48

U.S. Intel: China Not Planning Taiwan Invasion by 2027

13:12

EU Eyes Arctic Foothold With Iceland Pact Ahead of Referendum

12:32

Stocks Slide as Iran Strikes Gulf Energy Sites

12:12

Missiles Hit World’s Biggest LNG Hub as Iran Escalates War

11:48

Netherlands Municipal Elections See Local Populists Strengthen

10:17

British Jewish Groups Criticize UK Newspaper For Its Bakery Vendetta

20:18

Orbán: ‘Determination’ Key to Hungary’s Migration Approach

18:59

EU Member States Urge Action as Sanctioned Tanker Threatens Massive Spill

18:40

Mass Exodus: Nearly 120,000 Syrians Return Home Amid Lebanon War

17:44

TEC: Into the Lion's Den

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Editor's Pick

COMMENTARY

Danish Political Pragmatism Challenged by Rising Polarization

In pre-election polling, disgruntled voters penalize major parties whose ideological positions appear blurred or inconsistent.

Editor's Pick

Interview

“PM Golob knows that the game is over”—Slovenian Political Analyst Sebastjan Jeretič

“The aversion toward Golob due to mismanagement in healthcare, the economy, and agriculture is now so great that I do not see how they can turn the situation around.”

Editor's Pick

Analysis

Sexual Abuse in Parisian Schools: The Scandal That Could Cost the Left the Election

The outgoing teams are downplaying their responsibility, but public anger is mounting.

NEWS

Dutch Parliament Moves To Ban Muslim Brotherhood

The group has been criticised as “the source of much of the Islamist and terrorist evil.”

Media

Commentary

COMMENTARY

Danish Political Pragmatism Challenged by Rising Polarization

In pre-election polling, disgruntled voters penalize major parties whose ideological positions appear blurred or inconsistent.

COMMENTARY

Switzerland’s Cash Enshrinement in the Constitution Is a Win for Liberty

Remove cash from the system, and every economic interaction becomes visible to some authority somewhere, whether in one’s own country or somewhere else.

COMMENTARY

Sánchez’s Communist Turn Is Devouring the Entire Far Left

The Spanish PM’s shift to the left could foreshadow the path that socialism—or the social-democratic Left—across the West will follow, or is already following.

COMMENTARY

Jürgen Habermas: A Lecture for Europe’s Conservatives

Habermas does not teach conservatives how to shout down the Left. He teaches them how to make the Left answer.

COMMENTARY

First Genocide Trial Against ISIS Terrorist Opens In France

The existence of ISIS sleeper cells and other jihadist groups remains a major national security threat that European governments must no longer ignore.

COMMENTARY

Pope Leo, Lampedusa, and The Camp of the Saints

If Europe is to resemble something worthy of its name, things certainly will have to change.

COMMENTARY

Feminism and Idiocracy: Iceland as the Canary in the Coal Mine

Vilifying masculinity and traditional masculine qualities leaves a vacuum that women are physically and mentally incapable of filling.

COMMENTARY

War, Pacifism, and the Failure of German Political Leadership

Over decades, Germany’s political elites have systematically undermined the very values that might inspire citizens to feel a stake in their country’s defence.

COMMENTARY

Zelensky’s New Ally: When Bucharest Joins the Pressure on Hungary

A statement by the Romanian president reveals how Ukraine’s political pressure on Hungary is finding allies inside the European Union.

COMMENTARY

The UK’s Regime Is Not Anarcho-Tyranny; It’s Worse than That

The more chaotic and corrupting and violent society becomes due to the government’s refusal to govern, the more justified the government deems itself in intensifying its totalitarian regulation of society.

Analysis

France in the Eastern Mediterranean: Capability vs Strategic Coherence

Analysis

Danish Left Wants Confiscatory Wealth Tax

The social democrat prime minister is hinging her re-election bid on a tax that can take more from 'the rich' than they earn.

Analysis

French Local Elections Reveal Deeply Divided Country

The national right strengthens its positions, but the far left still holds significant sway.

Analysis

Swedish Election Pact Paves Way for Euro Referendum

An unlikely political alliance opens for a reversal of the no-euro outcome from 2003. But the currency switch would not benefit the Swedish economy.

Analysis

France Braces for High-Stakes Municipal Elections

The parties see the mayoral elections as a barometer of public opinion ahead of the 2027 presidential election

Analysis

Volkswagen: Twilight of a German Giant

Born from one government decree, the People's Car is now slowly succumbing to another government decree.

Analysis

Europe Needs Tax Competition

The EU's blacklist of low-tax jurisdictions is growing. Brussels goes out of its way to protect its high-tax cartel.

Analysis

The German Synodal Path Opens New Difficult Phase for the Catholic Church

What is occurring in Germany is a true attempt at ecclesiological subversion.

Analysis

EU Commission Almost Admits: Europe Stuck in Industrial Poverty

The European Commission's report on the Industrial Accelerator Act recognizes some of Europe's economic problems. Unfortunately, that's where the good stuff ends.

Analysis

ECB President Candidly Admits Europe Has Big Problems

Christine Lagarde is probably the first major European policymaker to speak openly about why the EU is falling behind globally. But her plan for fixing the problem falls way short.

Interviews

Interview

“PM Golob knows that the game is over”—Slovenian Political Analyst Sebastjan Jeretič

“The aversion toward Golob due to mismanagement in healthcare, the economy, and agriculture is now so great that I do not see how they can turn the situation around.”

Interview

Top Conservative Cardinal Blasts Mass Migration, Defends Rights of Nations

Integration is impossible if a big majority of immigrants do not become Christian, Cardinal Müller said.

Interview

“The government is attacking the foundation of the family”—Ordo Iuris Founder Jerzy Kwaśniewski

“Even if the egoistic-consumerist trend were to encompass the majority, that would not absolve us of the responsibility to say that it is literally suicidal for society.”

Interview

“Overthrowing a regime such as the Iranian one is inherently complex and fraught with risks”—Col. Carlos de Antonio Alcázar

“One can only hope that someone has carefully studied the lessons of past actions, conflicts, and revolutions and is planning a better future for the Iranian people.”

Interview

“Many common-sense solutions have been expelled from Europe’s political system”—Atlantic Council Expert Andrew Peek

Transatlantic tensions increasingly stem from conflicting views on democracy and sovereignty, Peek says.

Interview

“The left wing continues to fight ghosts from the past so as not to look at the monsters of the present”—FdI Youth Wing’s Maicol Busilacchi

“The best response to the violence is not hatred, but the daily courage of those who continue to believe that ideas are fought with other ideas. Never with violence.”

Interview

“I came to the West because I wanted the West, not a multicultural bazaar”—UnHerd U.S. Editor Sohrab Ahmari

“Europe will only be able to manage its relationship with Muslim communities more effectively if it honestly acknowledges its own Christian identity.”

Interview

“What is happening in Afghanistan is gender apartheid. We must recognize that this is a crime against humanity”—Activist Marzieh Hamidi

“The Taliban were terrorists yesterday, they are terrorists today, and they will be terrorists tomorrow. There is no peace with terrorists.”

Interview

“The targeting of Christian liberty stems from a desire to erase distinct identities”—Christodoulos Molyvas, Greek NIKI Party

“Replacing a population is not a solution. It is the admission of a nation’s defeat.”

Interview

“We don’t want symbols, we want concrete integration”—North Macedonia Minister of Digitalization Stefan Andonovski

“The Balkans should not be treated as Europe’s backyard but as a strategically central position.”

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Two Iranians in UK Court Over Alleged Spy Plot on Jewish Targets

16:12

AfD Pushes Berlin To Count ‘Honor Killings’ Nationwide

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UK Covid “Stay Home” Message May Have Cost Thousands of Lives

15:12

Mohammed Tops Western Europe Birth Lists—But Not in Warsaw

14:48

U.S. Intel: China Not Planning Taiwan Invasion by 2027

13:12

EU Eyes Arctic Foothold With Iceland Pact Ahead of Referendum

12:32

Stocks Slide as Iran Strikes Gulf Energy Sites

12:12

Missiles Hit World’s Biggest LNG Hub as Iran Escalates War

11:48

Netherlands Municipal Elections See Local Populists Strengthen

10:17

British Jewish Groups Criticize UK Newspaper For Its Bakery Vendetta

20:18

Orbán: ‘Determination’ Key to Hungary’s Migration Approach

18:59

EU Member States Urge Action as Sanctioned Tanker Threatens Massive Spill

18:40

Mass Exodus: Nearly 120,000 Syrians Return Home Amid Lebanon War

17:44

TEC: Into the Lion's Den

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