Month: February 2023

Closing Time for Free Speech

As national security trumps individual freedom, Sweden will curtail freedom of speech piecemeal, like death from a thousand cuts.

Reconquête MEP Stripped of Parliamentary Immunity Over Accusations of ‘Hate Speech’

Reconquête MEP Stripped of Parliamentary Immunity Over Accusations of ‘Hate Speech’

Bay told The European Conservative that “Parliamentary immunity exists in principle precisely to prevent this kind of political pressure … Except that the European Parliament does not judge in law: the decision to waive an immunity is purely political.”

February 8, 2023
Jordan Peterson and the Program for an Alternative Future

Jordan Peterson and the Program for an Alternative Future

“The powerful players in the world are increasingly collaborating to impose a top-down vision of the future on everyone,” Peterson says. His initiative aims to put humanity in the center once again.

February 8, 2023
Germany Considering Withdrawing From Mali Earlier Than Expected

Germany Considering Withdrawing From Mali Earlier Than Expected

Germany had initially planned to withdraw forces by 2024, but a ban on flying drones by the increasingly pro-Russian Malian government makes current participation unviable.

February 8, 2023
Hegel: The Revolutionary Afterlife, Part II

Hegel: The Revolutionary Afterlife, Part II

The revolutionary afterlife of Hegel’s political thought is proof of the power of a philosophical system, once seized by less cautious hands, to outpace its original creator.

February 8, 2023
Azeri President Aliyev Pays Official Visit to Budapest

Azeri President Aliyev Pays Official Visit to Budapest

The Hungarian position between Armenia and Azerbaijan is delicate. Mutual aid between Christian countries invites Hungary to support Armenia, but Hungary also has strong ties with Azerbaijan as a member of the Organisation of Turkic States.

February 7, 2023
Shoulder-Shrugging Conservatism

Shoulder-Shrugging Conservatism

If they wish to be governing forces like in Hungary and Israel, conservatives must not mind being hated.

Swedish Migration Agency Forecasts Reduced Influx of Asylum Seekers

Swedish Migration Agency Forecasts Reduced Influx of Asylum Seekers

The news comes as asylum applications submitted across the European Union’s 27 member states in 2022 climbed to nearly one million, the highest number recorded since the European migrant crisis of 2015.

February 7, 2023
Launch Event of our Brussels Office and Winter 2023 Edition

Launch Event of our Brussels Office and Winter 2023 Edition

Thursday, 9 February9:30-13:00Stanhope Hotel (Rue du Commerce 9, 1000 Bruxelles)  This event marks the opening of our new office in the heart of

February 7, 2023
Anti-Government Protests Continue for Fifth Week in Israel

Anti-Government Protests Continue for Fifth Week in Israel

The debate over judicial reforms has become heated as opposition figures are accused of calling for violence.

February 7, 2023
Order of Malta Makes Peace, Meets With Pope

Order of Malta Makes Peace, Meets With Pope

The Order of Malta is the only religious order in the Catholic Church that also holds the status of a sovereign state in international law.

February 7, 2023
Russia Today Shuts Down German Broadcasting Operations

Russia Today Shuts Down German Broadcasting Operations

The closure comes after a year-long battle with German regulators and new EU sanctions making financial transactions by the site impossible.

February 7, 2023
America’s Path to Fiscal Conservatism

America’s Path to Fiscal Conservatism

Three think tanks, three ideas for fiscal reform. Only one can be right.

February 7, 2023