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Zoran Stevanović said his country should regain control over its strategic decisions, arguing that “Ljubljana must become the center of decisions for Slovenia, not Brussels.”

NEWS

Magyar To Hand Over Polish Officials Sheltered by Orbán

Warsaw officials are gloating that so-called “bandits, criminals, and thieves” will soon be tried in Poland.

Europe Unmasked

19:12

EU Lawmakers Warn Against “Blank Check” for Hungary Following Election

18:58

Péter Magyar Promises To “Deliver Results” Fast After Phone Call with Commission President

18:31

Élysée Palace ‘Targeted in Anti-Corruption Investigation’

17:49

Trump Slams Meloni Over Refusal to Join Iran War Effort

17:38

Italy Suspends Major Defense and Technology Agreement with Israel

16:49

JD Vance on Campaign Support for Viktor Orbán

16:39

Over 300 Migrants Rescued Near Crete

16:22

Germany: Turkish Mosque Faces Backlash Over Video of Children Playing War

16:20

Goodbye Toulouse: Residents ‘No Longer Feel Safe in Their Own Neighborhood’

15:58

AfD MEP Calls for EU Inquiry Into Alleged Influence on Hungary Election

15:57

Kyiv Seeks Continued Berlin Backing in Face of Shifting U.S. Policy

15:34

Austrian Proposal: ‘Integrate or Face Fines and Jail’

13:12

France: Afghan Facing Trial for Raping Goats and Sheep

12:05

Israel and Lebanon To Begin U.S.-Mediated Peace Talks in Washington

11:51

TEC: Into the Lion's Den

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COMMENTARY

Colonial Restitutions: Moral Illusion and Disarmament of Cultural Heritage

France is becoming entangled in a misguided sense of repentance that is detrimental to cultural works and the preservation of heritage.

COMMENTARY

Hungary’s Advantage at Risk in Tisza’s Brussels Bargain

It would be a fool’s errand for Hungary to go to Brussels and submit to policies that are directly harmful to Hungary in exchange for an unfreezing of EU funding.

COMMENTARY

How One Former Migrant Exposed Germany’s Contempt for Free Speech

It is a telling sign of our times that a movement claiming to oppose racism relies so heavily on censorship.

COMMENTARY

The Case of Alsace: A Quest for Identity

Thinking in terms of functional regions with which no one identifies simply doesn’t work: Europe would do well to give this some thought.

COMMENTARY

Albania and the EU’s Convenient Fiction

EU leadership prioritises enlargement over rule of law in Albania, accepting democratic backsliding in exchange for political stability.

COMMENTARY

Courage, Hungarians! Europe Counts on You To Beat the Eurocrats Once More

On April 12, Hungarians will be called to choose between adherence to the national interest in governance and the same sort of Brusselian occupation that has led so many other European nations to decay.

COMMENTARY

Bagayoko in Saint-Denis: A French Obama?

The French media have found themselves a new darling—one who merely highlights their racialist obsession.

COMMENTARY

Hungary Is Living the Feminist Dream—the West Refuses To Admit it

Where the Dutch government looks at a young woman and sees a taxpayer it cannot afford to lose, the Orbán government looks at her and sees a mother it wants to support.

COMMENTARY

The Slow Death of the National Trust

Another beloved British institution has succumbed to the cult of self-loathing.

COMMENTARY

Why Ukraine Cannot Become Part of the EU

Full membership cannot be granted as a political gesture, lest the Union risk falling apart.

Analysis

Greece’s New Migration Law: From Open Borders to Selective Admission

Analysis

Are Some Bishops Thinking the Church Is in a ‘State of Exception’?

A silent, threatening fragmentation of the Catholic Church would be more difficult to correct than an open schism.

Analysis

Time for Europe to Stop Borrowing Money

A new report points to signs of looming credit problems for the EU's deeply indebted governments. Ignoring these signs is not an option.

Analysis

Greece Cracks Down on Illegal Mosques but Skepticism Persists

With two-thirds of Greek voters favoring stricter immigration policies and arrivals still exceeding deportations, the ruling New Democracy party faces an uphill battle to rebuild trust before next year’s elections.

Analysis

Iran Ceasefire: What Comes Next for Europe?

Brussels is celebrating the temporary pause of Middle East hostilities while remaining dependent on foreign energy, vulnerable trade routes, and outside protection.

Analysis

From Suez to Hormuz and the True Nature of Alliances

States cooperate when their interests converge and diverge when they do not. The Western alliance system has never been an exception.

Analysis

The Economics of Europe’s Military Build-Up

More and more signs indicate that Europe is preparing for a large-scale war. Have the planners considered the enormous economic destruction that would follow?

Analysis

Hungary Votes Soon: Media Hype and Fake Polls vs. Viktor Orbán’s Real Voter Base

The Brussels- and Kyiv-aligned ecosystem that produces inflated polling numbers is now preparing the next step: if Péter Magyar wins, it is democracy; if he loses, it must be fraud or ‘foreign interference.’

Analysis

Same-Sex Marriage Creeps Into Poland’s Legal Order Through Courts

The case is another example of the EU using legal mechanisms to press ideological change on a reluctant member state.

Analysis

ECB Takes Condescending Approach to Greek Recovery

Like an abusive spouse, the central bank is rewarding compliance by the country that it beat into a depression 15 years ago.

Interviews

Interview

“The EU has developed tools capable of shaping national elections”—Democracy Interference Observatory head Richard Schenk

“If the European Union starts to consider democratically elected governments illegitimate simply because they do not share the dominant political line in Brussels, then the problem is no longer Viktor Orbán.”

Interview

“Hungary offers an opt-out, which Brussels does not want to allow”—Political Analyst Zoltán Kiszelly

“What bothers Brussels is not just that Hungary stands out, but that this alternative could become popular among a majority of Europeans over time.”

Interview

“What we are seeing today is the systematic removal of Christianity from its birthplace”—Juliana Taimoorazy, Iraqi Christian Relief Council Founder

“The West cannot champion human rights while ignoring the slow destruction of one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, the Assyrians.”

Interview

“What kept us religious was not passive preservation but active resistance”—Ignas Kriaučiūnas, Ateitis Federation

“Is it not possible that Europe, which once sent missionaries to the ends of the earth, may yet find itself re-Christianized by the very peoples it once sought to convert?”

Interview

“Europe Does Not Decide This War, But It Pays the Price Again”—Professor Alexandre Muns

The former adviser to the World Bank and the IDB believes the crisis will normalize within weeks, but will leave Europe weaker and more dependent.

Interview

“The Barbarians Are at the Gate”—U.S. Actor and Comedian Rob Schneider

According to Schneider, the twin threats to the West today are the green-red alliance, cloaked in the robe of tolerance, and Islam.

Interview

“With this judicial reform we may finally put an end to rulings that seem more like political decisions”—MEP Stefano Cavedagna

“Italians support this reform because the justice system isn't working properly.”

Interview

“We put our own people first, unashamedly, unequivocally”—British Commentator Matt Goodwin

“We are essentially importing political practices that look more at home in Lebanon or Sierra Leone or Pakistan than they do in Britain.”

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.”

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.”

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Europe Unmasked

1M Sign Petition To Suspend EU-Israel Trade Deal

19:12

EU Lawmakers Warn Against “Blank Check” for Hungary Following Election

18:58

Péter Magyar Promises To “Deliver Results” Fast After Phone Call with Commission President

18:31

Élysée Palace ‘Targeted in Anti-Corruption Investigation’

17:49

Trump Slams Meloni Over Refusal to Join Iran War Effort

17:38

Italy Suspends Major Defense and Technology Agreement with Israel

16:49

JD Vance on Campaign Support for Viktor Orbán

16:39

Over 300 Migrants Rescued Near Crete

16:22

Germany: Turkish Mosque Faces Backlash Over Video of Children Playing War

16:20

Goodbye Toulouse: Residents ‘No Longer Feel Safe in Their Own Neighborhood’

15:58

AfD MEP Calls for EU Inquiry Into Alleged Influence on Hungary Election

15:57

Kyiv Seeks Continued Berlin Backing in Face of Shifting U.S. Policy

15:34

Austrian Proposal: ‘Integrate or Face Fines and Jail’

13:12

France: Afghan Facing Trial for Raping Goats and Sheep

12:05

Israel and Lebanon To Begin U.S.-Mediated Peace Talks in Washington

11:51

TEC: Into the Lion's Den

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