Month: June 2023

Germany and the Firewall Against the Right

The rise of AfD to record highs of almost 20% has alarmed the established parties. In particular, the CDU is under pressure. Will AfD be able to enter East German governments for the first time?

Degrowth Is Growing, From Top and Bottom

Degrowthers want to slow down the global social and economic ‘metabolism’ by prioritising human need as the purpose for production instead of growing GDP.

ECJ: Hungary Flouts EU Migration Law on Asylum

The European Commission must now decide whether it will attempt to sway Hungary to amend the legislation, do away with it entirely, or call on the Luxembourg-based court to level fines.

Deep State Demand: German Spy Chief Warns Germans Not To Vote for AfD

Deep State Demand: German Spy Chief Warns Germans Not To Vote for AfD

AfD MP Petr Bystron said the spy chief’s statements confirm that the secret service “is being used for the oppression of the opposition in Germany.”

June 23, 2023
Former Tavistock Staff Go Private To Keep Transitioning Children

Former Tavistock Staff Go Private To Keep Transitioning Children

The new clinic will likely “employ the ideological ‘gender affirmative’ approach that led to diagnostic overshadowing at the Tavistock and put vulnerable children at risk,” the director of Transgender Trend told The European Conservative.

June 23, 2023
Revolutionary Dreams: Splendid Revival of <em>Andrea Chénier</em> at La Scala

Revolutionary Dreams: Splendid Revival of <em>Andrea Chénier</em> at La Scala

Andrea Chénier‘s high melodrama and appealing theme of feminine self-sacrifice has proved more lasting and appealing than the true story it is based on—but this is how opera thrives.

June 23, 2023
EU Sanctions Target China for the First Time

EU Sanctions Target China for the First Time

The sanctions were lighter than expected, largely on account of Chinese diplomatic efforts to assure the EU that it would prevent Western hardware from leaking to Russia.

June 22, 2023
Storm in a Beer Bottle: Macron in “Toxic Masculinity” Row After Downing Corona

Storm in a Beer Bottle: Macron in “Toxic Masculinity” Row After Downing Corona

The 17-second act was met with cheers at the scene, but outside has promoted reports on “toxic masculinity,” problematic drinking and an attempt to appeal to the Right.

June 22, 2023
The Last Mystery

The Last Mystery

History is a story that is at once true and false, a story in which truth sometimes requires us to record a falsehood, if only so we do not forget that a falsehood was once told. 

June 22, 2023
Fiscal Forecast: The State of the European Economy

Fiscal Forecast: The State of the European Economy

A review of the economies of each of the 27 EU member states.

June 22, 2023
EU Wants To Use Russia’s €200B Frozen Assets To Rebuild Ukraine

EU Wants To Use Russia’s €200B Frozen Assets To Rebuild Ukraine

Poland, Slovakia, and the Baltics would go all in, but Western European countries are still unsure how to stay clear of violating international law with the move.

June 22, 2023
EU Scraps Green Sovereignty Fund Despite Rising Protectionism

EU Scraps Green Sovereignty Fund Despite Rising Protectionism

Despite past commitments to bring green manufacturing back to the bloc with a European Sovereignty Fund, the EU only stumped up €10 billion in a radically trimmed-down funding programme.

June 22, 2023
VOX-PP Coalition Bans LGBT Flag in Public Buildings in Náquera

VOX-PP Coalition Bans LGBT Flag in Public Buildings in Náquera

The coalition agreement also pledges to increase direct support for families, help the elderly, reduce taxes, cut red tape, and reduce “socially unproductive political spending” such as funds for separatist or pro-Catalan organizations.

June 22, 2023
Spain’s New Parties

Spain’s New Parties

Apart from VOX, whose position as third largest party in the country and junior party in a future coalition with the PP is likely, a few more parties are worth mentioning.

NATO Considers Picking Romania as Ukraine’s F-16 Training Site

NATO Considers Picking Romania as Ukraine’s F-16 Training Site

Still no pledges in sight to deliver a single aircraft to Kyiv, but the training of UAF pilots could begin as soon as the fighter jet coalition reaches an agreement on the location.

June 22, 2023