June 2022 | The European Conservative

Month: June 2022

Austrian State Media Boss Wishes Death Upon PM Orbán

In a tasteless social media post on Wednesday evening, Karl Pachner, the online managing director of the state-funded Austrian Broadcasting Corporation wrote that it would be a “great thing” if Orbán were to suffer a heart attack.

Robert Semonsen June 6, 2022

The Wrong Kind of Diversity: Vatican Suspends Ordinations in Toulon

A choice of diversity and openness—to use concepts that should be in vogue—has worked to reverse the aging trend in apostolic vocations in Bishop Rey’s diocese. But the decision from Rome proves that the Pope, and he alone, determines what passes for diversity and openness.

Hélène de Lauzun June 5, 2022

Faith in Victory: the Conservative Renaissance in Europe

The common good is superior to the sum of individual goods; the nation is above the lobby; and truth, good, and beauty are those eternal values that, together with human dignity, represent the triumph of faith and reason.

Jorge Buxadé June 5, 2022

Thousands of Spaniards Named in Fake Vaccine Certificate Scandal

Among those on its client list, totaling over 2,200 names, is José María Fernández Sousa-Faro, president of pharmaceutical giant PharmaMar.

Tristan Vanheuckelom June 5, 2022

The Most Beautiful Thing This Side of Heaven

From the bell preceding the priest’s entry, I was as engaged as I had ever been in any Mass.

Roger Watson June 5, 2022

Italian Court Awards Compensation for Damage Caused by COVID-Vaccine

An Italian court awarded a compensation of €77,468 to the family of a 32-year old who died last year as a result of the COVID-vaccination, setting a precedent for the many similar cases currently in courts.

David Boos June 5, 2022

Prepare for Another Debt Crisis

A new debt crisis looks unavoidable. There is practically no interest in fiscal reforms across Europe, leaving the continent vulnerable to a destructive downward spiral of rising interest rates and structural budget deficits.

Sven R. Larson June 4, 2022

Legislative Elections: President Macron Could Lose His Absolute Majority

If Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s dream of being “elected Prime Minister” remains unrealized, he nevertheless seems to have won his bet: that of appearing as the main oppositional force to Emmanuel Macron.

Hélène de Lauzun June 4, 2022

British Anti-Poverty Foundations Raise Alarm About Rising Costs of Living

The rising costs of energy are causing families in England to take desperate measures, like using McDonald’s restaurants as shelter. Charities are raising the alarm and asking for government action to help the almost 15 million Brits in poverty.

David Boos June 4, 2022

After Colombia’s First Round of Voting, the Country Seems Guaranteed to Normalize Relations with Venezuela

Whatever the outcome of the second round, Colombia will now abandon President Iván Duque’s position with respect to recognizing Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state.

Carlos Perona Calvete June 4, 2022