One of Hazony’s aims is to remind us that liberals and conservatives, while they teamed up against Communism to win the Cold War, do not share a political project. “Enlightenment liberalism,” Hazony argues, “is bereft of any interest in conserving anything. It is devoted entirely to freedom, and in particular to freedom from the past.”

“The Germans want European solidarity, and solidarity always means, euphemistically, that I am poor, so I am taking something from you.”— Roland Tichy, founding editor of Tichys Einblick

Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of orchestrating the murder, while a previously unknown group has taken credit for the attack.

While initially in favor of allowing inspectors into the nuclear plant, withdrawal of its forces from the area Moscow finds to be anathema.

If passed, experts fear that children would be more easily led on the path of puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, and surgical sex change; all these carry with them considerable health risks, and some are irreversible. 

The removal of the monument has inevitably angered a portion of the country’s ethnic Russian minority, which comprises more than a quarter (25.6%) of country’s 1.9 million inhabitants.

This announcement is part of a wider offensive by the French government in favour of LGBT rights. For Elisabeth Borne, the defence of LGBT rights is now a priority ideological battle: “the battle of attitudes has not yet been won,” she explained.

Following weeks of revelations, the firing of Patricia Schlesinger, former director of the German regional broadcaster RBB, marks the peak of a scandalous story of alleged embezzlement, nepotism, and moral double standards.