Month: February 2022

Long Waiting Lists at Danish and British Hospitals

Denmark and the UK have recently reported serious health care backlogs. Waiting lists are normally longer in countries where government has the main, or all, responsibility for funding health care.

Radical Imam: “Sweden is Ours”

Days after Sweden’s new pro-Islamic party gloated publicly about “taking over” Skåne County, the province that’s home to the infamous city of Malmö, one of the country’s most radical Islamist preachers claimed Swedish land belong to Muslims.

The Lost Cause of Libertarianism

More than any other ideological current in the political landscape, libertarianism exhibits a phenomenal penchant for splinter-grouping. Today, they pitch a big tent shared by abortion advocates, drug legalizers, Rothbard-inspired anarcho-capitalists, and Ayn Rand objectivists.

Greetings: a Campaign to Protect Life

Before the final report from the Conference on the Future of Europe is published in the spring, the European Federation hopes to gather citizens from across the EU in Brussels and call for the protection of all human life, beginning at the moment of conception.

Religious Freedom in Hong Kong Under Threat After Series of Newspaper Attacks on Cardinal Zen

Religious Freedom in Hong Kong Under Threat After Series of Newspaper Attacks on Cardinal Zen

The state-affiliated newspaper Ta Kung Pao accused Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen of inciting student riots in 2019. A crackdown on religious liberties by the CCP might be on the horizon.

February 9, 2022
German Interior Minister Wrote for a Far-Left Extremist Newspaper

German Interior Minister Wrote for a Far-Left Extremist Newspaper

Germany’s new hard-left interior minister, Nancy Faeser (SPD), is on the defensive after it was revealed that she wrote for a far-left Antifa magazine managed by an organization with links to extremism.

February 9, 2022
Austria: First European Country to Introduce Mandatory COVID Vaccination

Austria: First European Country to Introduce Mandatory COVID Vaccination

As other European countries reduce their COVID regulations, Austria has gone the other way. As of February 5th, Austria became Europe’s first country with mandatory COVID vaccination rules for all adults. But the implementation of the rule remains a challenge.

February 9, 2022
Is EU Law More ‘Conservative’ than American Law?

Is EU Law More ‘Conservative’ than American Law?

The authors argue that the high courts of the Council of Europe and the EU are actually more ‘conservative’ than the Supreme Court of the United States on almost every polarising topic today.

Chancellor Scholz Pledges Germany Will do its Part to Keep All United on the Western Front

Chancellor Scholz Pledges Germany Will do its Part to Keep All United on the Western Front

When pressed by reporters, Scholz avoided making a clear pronouncement on the future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline through which Russia would export its gas to Germany.

February 9, 2022
Spain Moves to Create Commission to Investigate Abuse in the Church; Not Reception Centers

Spain Moves to Create Commission to Investigate Abuse in the Church; Not Reception Centers

Lack of unity on the issue of abuse of minors, and a lack of willingness to make investigations as comprehensive and thorough as possible, bespeaks a profound moral crisis.

February 8, 2022
EU Commission Proposes Extension of Digital COVID Certificate

EU Commission Proposes Extension of Digital COVID Certificate

The EU Commission has called for swift adoption of its proposed extension before the certificate expires June 30th, 2022. If approved, the system would remain in place until June of 2023.

February 8, 2022
Madrid Implements Pro-Natalist Strategy

Madrid Implements Pro-Natalist Strategy

“We do not want a dehumanized country in which our lives are devoted to the merely material,” Isabel Díaz Ayuso said. “Spain and Europe suffer from a real demographic problem which, if unchecked, will cause other serious problems in the middle and long-term.”

February 8, 2022
Boris Johnson’s Policy Chief Vows Return to Conservatism

Boris Johnson’s Policy Chief Vows Return to Conservatism

Griffith explains the prime minister’s agenda going forward: grow employment, tackle the NHS backlog, control borders, make streets safer, bring down the cost of living and cut taxes to let everyone keep more of their own money.

February 8, 2022
Macron, Vaccination, and the Freedom to be Foolish

Macron, Vaccination, and the Freedom to be Foolish

Health is to the political class what money is to bankers: an inexhaustible source legitimation of their exercise of power.

February 8, 2022
The Green Knight, or Heroes are Made in the Wilderness

The Green Knight, or Heroes are Made in the Wilderness

We who watch the wilderness fearfully, we do not become knights.

February 7, 2022
Russia and Germany at War for Media Control

Russia and Germany at War for Media Control

Russia has requested the closure of the local office of the German international radio and television station Deutsche Welle. This is the first time that a Western media has been banned in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.

February 7, 2022