Month: April 2022

Germany: Foreign Nationals Vastly Overrepresented in Violent Crime Arrests

Despite making up approximately 12% of the population, foreign nationals—that is to say those living in Germany with foreign passports—last year comprised 37.7% of suspects arrested for violent crimes such as assault, manslaughter, and murder, data from the BKA has revealed.

Celtic Conservatism

When discouraged by events in the here and now, we should remember that “not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time.”

Moral Supremacy: A New Assault on Life Itself

Recent abortion laws allow the moral supremacist to drive a dagger through the very notion that our rights, including the right to life, are given to us by God. Separating personhood—a legislative definition—from life has given government full jurisdiction over our rights.

NATO Fast-Tracks Nordic Expansion

A statement from the Russian government repeated Moscow’s long-standing opposition to further expansion of NATO. This, Russia says, “will not bring stability to the European continent.”

German Ethics Council Criticises Crisis Management During the Pandemic

The German Ethics Council released a statement criticising politics and media for their crisis management during the pandemic, calling for measures to be “democratically legitimised,” while conveniently forgetting how the Ethics Council helped shape those very measures they now criticise.

Maria Goretti: A Supreme Teacher on Human Flourishing

I have dedicated much of my life to studying the great philosophers and scholars of our civilisation, but from none have I learned as much about true human flourishing as I have from the peasant girl of Nettuno.

Germany Grants Ukrainian Refugees Access to Basic Benefits and Workforce

Following a decision by the German Conference of Minister-Presidents, Ukrainian refugees are now being treated as recognized refugees, giving them access to better healthcare, basic benefits, and the workforce. Critics fear this might create a new pull-factor within the EU.

Why Did Viktor Orbán Win Again In Hungary?

This latest triumph of Fidesz, the fourth time it achieved a two-thirds victory, may further corroborate theories that Orbán’s Fidesz was to become the centrist party of a new era, to remain in power for an extended period of time, continuing the Hungarian political historical tradition.

Spain Votes to Criminalise Pro-life Presence at Abortion Clinics

Spain Votes to Criminalise Pro-life Presence at Abortion Clinics

The new law, which criminalises pro-life advocates who are caught within close proximity of abortion clinics, is expected to be immediately challenged in the country’s constitutional court. Legal experts assert its questionable legality and impossible prosecution.

April 9, 2022
Saudi-Sponsored Interreligious Centre Leaves Vienna Amid Political Controversy

Saudi-Sponsored Interreligious Centre Leaves Vienna Amid Political Controversy

The Centre seems to be part of Saudi Arabia’s attempted shift away from its historic alliance (and reliance) on Salafism. In this sense, the Centre and similar initiatives are an interesting index by which to judge the Arabian kingdom’s success.

Rebranding Cologne

Rebranding Cologne

The logo change is subtle, and visually unspectacular. Conceptually, however, the alteration is part of a larger pattern in western Europe of neglecting or erasing evidence of its Christian roots.

April 9, 2022
Martial Arts and the Heart of Civilisation

Martial Arts and the Heart of Civilisation

The dawn of Western civilisation carried a strong focus on martial arts. In a world where war often lurked around the corner, it was paramount that one should be able to defend oneself. In our times, war again haunts our continent. It may be time to rediscover our martial roots.

The Scattershot Musings of Slavoj Žižek

The Scattershot Musings of Slavoj Žižek

Despite his colourful pessimism, Žižek still appears to indulge the fallacy that some combination of good will, rationality, and imagination is up to the task of saving our fallen world.

April 8, 2022
French Election, Final Days: Could Macron Lose?

French Election, Final Days: Could Macron Lose?

For many months, the re-election of Emmanuel Macron has been taken for granted. But the French hate it when a scenario is imposed on them in advance.

April 8, 2022
Ukraine Atrocities Fallout: Russia Pushed Further Into Pariah Status

Ukraine Atrocities Fallout: Russia Pushed Further Into Pariah Status

On April 7th, the EU Parliament voted to place an embargo on Russian oil, gas, and nuclear fuel, which was closely followed by a EU Commission ban on its coal exports. Meanwhile, the UN General Assembly suspended the country from its Human Rights Council.

Who Killed Jérémy Cohen?

Who Killed Jérémy Cohen?

Both Zemmour and Le Pen have tweeted about the possibility that this could be an anti-Semitic second or third-degree murder and that its late arrival on the news cycle could be premeditated.

Muslim Brotherhood: Report Reveals Belgian Intelligence Agents Working at Cross Purposes

Muslim Brotherhood: Report Reveals Belgian Intelligence Agents Working at Cross Purposes

As the Muslim Brotherhood is commonly regarded by Belgium’s security services as “the parent organization of all contemporary Sunni extremist movements and of various terrorist movements,” the highly critical report made some furrow their brows.

AfD Election Campaigners Attacked in Düsseldorf; One Hospitalized 

AfD Election Campaigners Attacked in Düsseldorf; One Hospitalized 

The attack comes a month after Germany’s Federal Interior Ministry released figures which revealed that, for the third consecutive year, members and politicians from the AfD were victimized by political violence more frequently than those of any other party represented in the Bundestag.

April 8, 2022
Sharp Rise in Euro-Zone Inflation

Sharp Rise in Euro-Zone Inflation

European inflation is now at U.S. levels and all euro-zone member states except Malta now have annual inflation rates above 5%.

April 8, 2022
Partygate: Police Issue First Batch of Fines against Downing Street Staff for Breaching Lockdown Rules

Partygate: Police Issue First Batch of Fines against Downing Street Staff for Breaching Lockdown Rules

There are likely to be more fines issued against government personnel in the coming weeks, as well as increased public demand to see them imposed on figures higher up on the food-chain rather than on low-level staff.

April 8, 2022