Month: February 2023

Germany: Support for AfD Climbs to All-Time High; Surpasses Greens 

“We are the strongest peace party. It’s not a coincidence that one day after our unveiling of the peace initiative we jumped over the Greens, who are the number one war party. This shows what the people in Germany really want,” AfD MP Petr Bystron told The European Conservative.

They/Them Who Art in Heaven

If you stand for everything, you stand for nothing. An ‘inclusive’ Church is a building without roof or doors—it serves no purpose. If the Anglican Church wishes to survive, it would do well to nip this non-binary nonsense in the bud.

Poll: Less Than Half of Germans Support Defending NATO Allies

Poll: Less Than Half of Germans Support Defending NATO Allies

Compared to last year, a significantly larger number of Germans fear being pulled into a war with Russia, according to The Security Report 2023.

February 9, 2023
Church of England To Consider Gender-Neutral Terms for God

Church of England To Consider Gender-Neutral Terms for God

The move, supported by “many” church officials, could have a “knock-on effect on all our debates about gender and sexuality and women,” according to one supporter.

February 9, 2023
Eight Countries Lobby EU on Border Control Ahead of Summit 

Eight Countries Lobby EU on Border Control Ahead of Summit 

In a leaked letter to EU leaders, eight countries call for harmonised and effective policies as leaders gather this week to discuss migration in Brussels.

February 9, 2023
Refabricated Tanks Headed to Ukraine

Refabricated Tanks Headed to Ukraine

The Dutch defense minister warned that Russia “continues to mobilize” and that “there are signs that Russia is preparing a new offensive.”

February 9, 2023
The Cave Beneath the Cave

The Cave Beneath the Cave

Today, the image of the cave is regarded with suspicion. It seems to call for rule by experts and social engineers, for a tyranny of technocrats: a dubious, if not diabolical, prospect.

February 9, 2023
Katalin Novák Meets Giorgia Meloni in Rome

Katalin Novák Meets Giorgia Meloni in Rome

Novák considers Meloni a friend “for years.” In an interview for the Italian press, the Hungarian president spoke highly of the Italian prime minister.

February 8, 2023
Georgian EU Membership in Jeopardy

Georgian EU Membership in Jeopardy

Former president Mikhail Saakashvili is under arrest on charges of corruption, but claims the charges are politically motivated.

February 8, 2023
Finland: Nordic NATO Bids Continue To Stall

Finland: Nordic NATO Bids Continue To Stall

With Sweden deadlocked in its NATO bid, mixed signals are now coming out of Finland, in spite of an official stance of solidarity.

February 8, 2023
Suspicion of Foreign Interference at BFM TV Channel

Suspicion of Foreign Interference at BFM TV Channel

An internal audit revealed that on several occasions information was broadcast without having been checked by the channel’s usual control circuits.

February 8, 2023
UK Officials Predict Thousands More Migrants Will Make Illegal Channel Crossings This Year

UK Officials Predict Thousands More Migrants Will Make Illegal Channel Crossings This Year

Migration Watch Chairman Alp Mehmet said the government would not admit why the number will rise again—because “very few illegal arrivals are ever returned or removed.”

February 8, 2023
The EU is Not Europe, Part III: <br>A Europe in Conflict in the Age of Ideology

The EU is Not Europe, Part III: <br>A Europe in Conflict in the Age of Ideology

The difference between NATO and the United Nations is pluralism. The UN Charter is explicitly predicated on the sovereign equality of states. It is an ideal, to be sure, perhaps more honoured in the breach than the observance, but NATO’s ideal is the opposite.

February 8, 2023
UK Welcome To Rejoin EU at “Any Time” as Brussels Officials “Dream” of Bloc Expansion

UK Welcome To Rejoin EU at “Any Time” as Brussels Officials “Dream” of Bloc Expansion

Michel Barnier, who led the Brussels’ Brexit negotiating team, said there are certain challenges Britain and the EU “can only face together.”

February 8, 2023