Month: May 2023

France First To Regulate Online Influencers

Besides cases of scams, the bill will be approved against the backdrop of increased vigilance by President Macron against his opponents, including ordinary citizens who express their opposition on social media.

Tories Accused of Betrayal Over Immigration

After 13 years of Tory governments pledging to cut immigration while presiding over record numbers, Rishi Sunak has expressed his “clear view” that entrance into Britain “must be controlled.”

Leak: Green Farm Odour Resolution Ridiculed by MEPs

Proposals by Polish Green MEP Sylwia Spurek that would guarantee the right of EU citizens to live free from the smells caused by animal farming are the latest in a worrying anti-meat turn by Eurocrats.

Warsaw Seeks To Purge Russian Influence

After President Duda’s signing, a commission will be set up with the power to investigate whether Polish public servants had been unduly influenced by Moscow. Those convicted would be banned from holding public office for up to 10 years.

Brits Resist the WHO’s Coming Power Grab

The planned Pandemic Treaty is scheduled for approval next year, and would enable the WHO to mandate lockdowns, vaccine passports, and even crackdowns on ‘misinformation.’

Digital Leaders Urge Action Against “Risk of Extinction From AI”

Digital Leaders Urge Action Against “Risk of Extinction From AI”

A one-line statement warning about the potential harms of AI has been signed by over 350 tech CEOs, experts, and professors.

May 31, 2023
France First To Regulate Online Influencers

France First To Regulate Online Influencers

Besides cases of scams, the bill will be approved against the backdrop of increased vigilance by President Macron against his opponents, including ordinary citizens who express their opposition on social media.

May 31, 2023
Parliament To End Cooperation if Hungary Assumes Council Presidency

Parliament To End Cooperation if Hungary Assumes Council Presidency

“We should strip this presidency of all glitter and glamor,” the mostly leftist coalition argued, saying that they can’t let Orbán become “face of the European Union.”

May 31, 2023
Tories Accused of Betrayal Over Immigration

Tories Accused of Betrayal Over Immigration

After 13 years of Tory governments pledging to cut immigration while presiding over record numbers, Rishi Sunak has expressed his “clear view” that entrance into Britain “must be controlled.”

May 31, 2023
Leak: Green Farm Odour Resolution Ridiculed by MEPs

Leak: Green Farm Odour Resolution Ridiculed by MEPs

Proposals by Polish Green MEP Sylwia Spurek that would guarantee the right of EU citizens to live free from the smells caused by animal farming are the latest in a worrying anti-meat turn by Eurocrats.

May 31, 2023
Warsaw Seeks To Purge Russian Influence

Warsaw Seeks To Purge Russian Influence

After President Duda’s signing, a commission will be set up with the power to investigate whether Polish public servants had been unduly influenced by Moscow. Those convicted would be banned from holding public office for up to 10 years.

Lukashenko Suggests Nukes for Russian Allies

Lukashenko Suggests Nukes for Russian Allies

The President of Kazakhstan laughed off the suggestion that his nation would accept Russian nuclear weapons.

May 31, 2023
The Democratization of Man: A Brilliant Journey to an Ugly Destination

The Democratization of Man: A Brilliant Journey to an Ugly Destination

One quibble with Eisenberg’s approach is that, in giving a vivid and political reading of the teachings of these philosophers, he occasionally simplifies them, perhaps out of prosecutorial zeal.

May 31, 2023
Brazilian Government To Launch Anti “Fake-News” Platform

Brazilian Government To Launch Anti “Fake-News” Platform

The country is also working to pass a “Fake News” bill that would have far-reaching implications for freedom of political speech.

Brits Resist the WHO’s Coming Power Grab

Brits Resist the WHO’s Coming Power Grab

The planned Pandemic Treaty is scheduled for approval next year, and would enable the WHO to mandate lockdowns, vaccine passports, and even crackdowns on ‘misinformation.’

May 31, 2023
How To Prevent an ‘Undesirable’ European Presidency: A Report

How To Prevent an ‘Undesirable’ European Presidency: A Report

The manifestly anti-democratic nature of such a decision, and the exclusion of tens of millions of European citizens who would thus be deprived of their country’s six-month presidency, is not even raised in the Meijers Committee report. 

Kosovo on a Knife’s Edge

Kosovo on a Knife’s Edge

In northern Kosovo, ethnic tensions flared when Kosovo Serbs clashed with police and NATO peacekeepers as the former demanded the removal of recently elected Albanian mayors.