January 2022 | The European Conservative

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS:
Virtue in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park

Felix James Miller January 31, 2022

The novel is compelling (even spellbinding at times)—and if it is called antiquated, it is only because we have forgotten that the oldest human battle is the worthiest one: the battle to achieve and maintain virtue in a fallen world.

Tens of Thousands Gather Across Europe to Oppose COVID Restrictions

Robert Semonsen January 31, 2022

This weekend’s protests, which follow massive demonstrations organized last week by the pan-European pro-democracy group Europeans United, saw tens of thousands of demonstrators rally in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic to challenge heavy-handed restrictions and oppose mandates.

AfD Co-leader Jörg Meuthen Leaves the Party

Robert Semonsen January 31, 2022

Jörg Meuthen said that his decision to leave the AfD was prompted by a defeat in an intraparty power struggle with the Rightist, national-populist faction of the party.

French Philosopher: “Fanatical Denial of Reality” to Disregard Demographic Replacement

Robert Semonsen January 31, 2022

Despite dismissing Éric Zemmour’s idea of a ‘Great Replacement’ as “too radical,” one of France’s eminent left-wing philosophers has argued that it takes a “fanatical denial of reality” to discount the “obvious” demographic replacement presently taking place across the European continent.

Germany’s Baerbock, France, and Austria Ready to Sanction Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline

Bridget Ryder January 31, 2022

“We have made it clear that new military action against Ukraine will have massive consequences for Russia. On this basis, we are developing a strong sanctions package… including Nord Stream 2,” Annalena Baerbock said.

England’s Conservatism and the Global Revolution

Sebastian Morello January 31, 2022

I do not like revolutions in any case, but I especially dislike the proposals of the Davos Jacobins.

Government: A Drag on the European Economy

Sven R. Larson January 30, 2022

Government has a negative impact on the economy through spending, taxes, and its budget deficits. The most hard-hitting impact does not come through taxes, as conventional wisdom suggests, but through spending—spending governed by ideological preferences, which determine what money is spent, where, and when.

Early Parliamentary Elections in Portugal

Hélène de Lauzun January 30, 2022

The Costa government had promised a break with the austerity policies imposed by the European Union. But political analysts use the word “disenchantment” to characterize the policies of the governing party. The socialist Costa government is now paying for the effects of the pandemic on the Portuguese economy.

Taliban Uses Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis to Gain Legitimacy

Bridget Ryder January 30, 2022

The UN Security Council meeting followed multilateral talks with the Taliban in Oslo, designed to illicit human rights assurances from the Islamist extremists in exchange for releasing needed liquidity and aid money into the country. With Norway as host, a 15-member contingent of the Taliban, humanitarian aid groups, and diplomats from the U.S., UK, and France, met for three days of closed-door sessions at a hotel outside the capital.

French Presidential Election: How to Achieve the Unity of the Rights?

Hélène de Lauzun January 30, 2022

Zemmour regularly claims in his speeches his affiliation with the former RPR, and his desire to achieve a “union of the Right.” He hopes to gather within his candidacy all the families of the French Right attached to national identity, sovereignty, a certain economic liberalism, and a (moderate) social conservatism.

Month: January 2022

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS:
Virtue in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park

Tens of Thousands Gather Across Europe to Oppose COVID Restrictions

AfD Co-leader Jörg Meuthen Leaves the Party

French Philosopher: “Fanatical Denial of Reality” to Disregard Demographic Replacement

Germany’s Baerbock, France, and Austria Ready to Sanction Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline

England’s Conservatism and the Global Revolution

Government: A Drag on the European Economy

Early Parliamentary Elections in Portugal

Taliban Uses Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis to Gain Legitimacy

French Presidential Election: How to Achieve the Unity of the Rights?

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