Month: June 2023

Qatargate Investigators’ Phones Hacked

Belgian police advised officials investigating the Qatargate scandal to keep their devices away from top-level meetings after Pegasus spyware was found on the phones of multiple officials.

Europe Starts Looking to China

It is evident that the prospect of closer ties with France is very much on China’s radar—and understandably so, France’s trust would be an immeasurable boon to the extension of China’s influence through Europe and the curtailing of the U.S.’s influence. 

Nottingham: Stick to the Script

In Nottingham, the police have just been granted an extra 36 hours to question the suspect—that should give us all the chance to start singing “Don’t look back in anger,” before any anger has the bad taste to show itself.

Belgium Lowers Voting Age for EU Election

Belgium Lowers Voting Age for EU Election

The sole reason is to get more leftist votes, MEP Tom Vandendriessche told The European Conservative, but added that the youth might no longer be as susceptible to the progressive messages as Brussels thinks.

June 14, 2023
MEPs Vote To Increase EU Parliament

MEPs Vote To Increase EU Parliament

Eleven seats will be added to reflect demographic changes, while another 28 will be reserved for a new “transnational list,” but the instrument does not have Council support so far.

June 14, 2023
Britain Poised to Unite the Right?

Britain Poised to Unite the Right?

Farage has officially gone public with his intention to re-enter the fray. Whatever else might be said about him, his track record of leading insurgencies is second to none.

June 14, 2023
No Motive Yet: Three Dead, Three Injured in UK Stabbing and Vehicle Attacks

No Motive Yet: Three Dead, Three Injured in UK Stabbing and Vehicle Attacks

UK authorities have yet to announce a possible motive, but stabbing attacks and vehicles used as weapons are common in terrorist attacks in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

June 13, 2023
Knife Violence in Germany Prompts Bans

Knife Violence in Germany Prompts Bans

The idea has been germinating since last January’s Brokstedt tragedy, a mass stabbing on a train where a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian killed a 17-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend with a kitchen knife.

Piracy on the Med: Migrants Hijack Turkish Ship Off Italian Coast

Piracy on the Med: Migrants Hijack Turkish Ship Off Italian Coast

The hijacking occurred after migrant stowaways were discovered on a Turkish-registered transport vessel.

June 13, 2023
UK, Sweden, and Switzerland Retract Support for Gender Fluidity

UK, Sweden, and Switzerland Retract Support for Gender Fluidity

The UK is not the only European country to adopt a cautious approach to the sensitive issue of gender identity. Switzerland has also officially called for caution.

June 13, 2023
Meloni Facing the Challenge of Constitutional Reforms

Meloni Facing the Challenge of Constitutional Reforms

Meloni hopes to strengthen Italy’s executive branch in order to bring stability to a country that has struggled for several decades.

Brazil’s President Lula Lectures Von der Leyen at Trade Talks

Brazil’s President Lula Lectures Von der Leyen at Trade Talks

Not threats of sanctions but mutual trust should drive the strategic partnership, Lula said, referring to the environmental clause the EU tried to include in the Mercosur trade deal.

June 13, 2023
‘Radical Pride’ March Features “Bullet For TERFs” Slogan

‘Radical Pride’ March Features “Bullet For TERFs” Slogan

Far-left organisers of a “radical pride” event in Strasbourg called on participants to chant slogans calling for the deaths of trans-exclusionary feminists (TERFs).

June 13, 2023
Meloni Building Regulations Target Mosques

Meloni Building Regulations Target Mosques

The Fratelli d’Italia party is capitalising on the Italian state’s failure to recognise Islam as an official religion to radically clamp down on what structures Muslims can turn into prayer space.

June 13, 2023
Swedish PM Promises Reform After Mass Shooting

Swedish PM Promises Reform After Mass Shooting

After a deadly mass shooting over the weekend and years of being Europe’s capital of gun crime, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has promised some justice reforms but it remains unclear what effect they might have to deter the ongoing violence.

June 13, 2023