Despite the fanfare, the candidate’s performance was the subject of much criticism. Political commentators severely judged her speech for sounding pretentious, full of easy platitudes, and incapable of generating genuine enthusiasm in the Zenith hall in Paris.

The Hijabeuses activists have found unexpected support in the person of Elisabeth Moreno, the French Minister for Gender Equality, who believes that women “have the right to wear the Islamic veil to play” on a football pitch.

While many European nations are loosening their COVID-restrictions, Germany and Austria have been holding on to their mandates. But calls for loosening the grip on freedom might finally be heard.

In January, Italy’s so-called ‘technocratic government,’ led by Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, oversaw the arrival of more than 3,000 illegal migrants, an increase of nearly threefold compared to figures recorded last January.

On Saturday, February 12th, shocking images were posted on social networks, showing police beating up demonstrators, breaking car windows, and fining people simply for waving a French flag.

Less than a month after Poland broke ground on the border wall, a collection of leftist and pro-migration NGOs have urged the European Commission to halt the project on account of the negative impact it may have on the environment.  

Marking the beginning of his reelection campaign, Viktor Orbán focused his annual state of the nation address on the shortcomings of the opposition, the economical and social achievements of his administration, and his diplomatic, but clear, stance on foreign politics.

Italy, it seems, has for some time abandoned politics and sanity and given full power to non-elected technocrats and politicians. Giorgia Meloni offers a way back to normalcy.