Day: February 23, 2024

The Polish School System Is Being Moved to the Left

The reform program of Poland’s new education minister is painfully familiar to Western Europeans. The aim is unmistakable: It is about a left-wing reshaping of the youth in order to make any possibility of conservative parties returning to power impossible.

Spain Back Among EU’s Poor Countries

The economic situation and purchasing power of Spaniards has so degenerated in the last five years that the country qualifies for cohesion funds.

Hungary and Sweden Rebuild Trust Through Cooperation Agreements

Hungary and Sweden Rebuild Trust Through Cooperation Agreements

“To be a member of NATO together with another country means we are ready to die for each other. A deal on defence and military capacities helps to reconstruct the trust between the two countries,” PM Orbán said.

February 23, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Bullets and Benefits in Berlin’s Budget Battle

Euros & Dollars: Bullets and Benefits in Berlin’s Budget Battle

The unfolding ideological fight over Germany’s defense funding is a precursor to an American debate over the same issue.

February 23, 2024
Putin Unwittingly Acknowledged the Ukrainian Nation

Putin Unwittingly Acknowledged the Ukrainian Nation

Common descent from the Ancient Rus is largely the spiritus movens of Putin’s expansionism.

February 23, 2024
Hungarian Parliament To Elect New President on Monday

Hungarian Parliament To Elect New President on Monday

The President of the Constitutional Court Tamás Sulyok is set to become the new head of state.

February 23, 2024
The Polish School System Is Being Moved to the Left

The Polish School System Is Being Moved to the Left

The reform program of Poland’s new education minister is painfully familiar to Western Europeans. The aim is unmistakable: It is about a left-wing reshaping of the youth in order to make any possibility of conservative parties returning to power impossible.

February 23, 2024
Canadian Intelligence Service Targets Anti-Trans Activists

Canadian Intelligence Service Targets Anti-Trans Activists

CSIS believes that the parental rights movement is likely connected to neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups.

February 23, 2024
Google Scrambles to Fix Woke AI Picture Bot

Google Scrambles to Fix Woke AI Picture Bot

Critics joked that it’s “embarrassingly hard” to get new AI technology to “acknowledge that white people exist.”

February 23, 2024
Dutch MEP Calls for EU Parliament Spy Agency

Dutch MEP Calls for EU Parliament Spy Agency

Populists are understandably concerned such an organisation could be politicised to spy against them.

February 23, 2024
Germany: Interior Minister Looks to Ban Private Gatherings of ‘Right-Wing Extremists’

Germany: Interior Minister Looks to Ban Private Gatherings of ‘Right-Wing Extremists’

Nancy Faeser’s government colleagues say her plans are more dangerous to the constitutional order than the ‘right-wing extremists’ she claims to be fighting.

February 23, 2024
Spain Back Among EU’s Poor Countries

Spain Back Among EU’s Poor Countries

The economic situation and purchasing power of Spaniards has so degenerated in the last five years that the country qualifies for cohesion funds.

February 23, 2024
Portugal and the Rise of the Populist Right

Portugal and the Rise of the Populist Right

After fifty years of ‘restoring democracy’ in Portugal, the people are turning against globalisation.

February 23, 2024