Day: June 28, 2024

French Elections: How Economic Programmes Became Political Weapons

French Elections: How Economic Programmes Became Political Weapons

On the battleground of the economy, Macronist lecturers on good management have seriously lost credibility.

June 28, 2024
UK: Believe Starmer When He Says He Wants To “Transform” the Country

UK: Believe Starmer When He Says He Wants To “Transform” the Country

The Tories only harm themselves when they say Labour has “no plans.”

June 28, 2024
Backroom Deals Continue To Shape Commission Talks

Backroom Deals Continue To Shape Commission Talks

As in the case of von der Leyen, the incoming EU commissioners are not chosen to reflect the will of the voters.

June 28, 2024
Germany: Security Threat Looms Over AfD Meeting in Essen

Germany: Security Threat Looms Over AfD Meeting in Essen

Left-wing extremists say they want to use violence to stop party congress after Essen CDU mayor and city council efforts failed to do so.

June 28, 2024
EU Green Deal Architect Fails To Disclose New Job at Gas Firm

EU Green Deal Architect Fails To Disclose New Job at Gas Firm

Commission code of ethics prohibits former officials accepting employment related to previous work without prior consent from the executive.

Shooting at Brussels-Midi Neighborhood Café Claims Five Victims

Shooting at Brussels-Midi Neighborhood Café Claims Five Victims

Two seemingly random café visitors killed in drive-by attack.

June 28, 2024
Outgoing Dutch PM Rutte Gives Himself Barely Passing Grade

Outgoing Dutch PM Rutte Gives Himself Barely Passing Grade

“In politics, sometimes you have to pick one option from a series of miserable ones,” the freshly appointed NATO chief said.

French Elections: Two Poll Institutes Give Le Pen’s RN Absolute Majority

French Elections: Two Poll Institutes Give Le Pen’s RN Absolute Majority

The explosion in crime, insecurity, and immigration explain the trend, pollsters say.

June 28, 2024
Von der Leyen Nominated for Second Term, Despite Meloni’s Opposition

Von der Leyen Nominated for Second Term, Despite Meloni’s Opposition

Brussels’ center-left coalition is built on “lies and deceit,” Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said while his party set out to create its own parliamentary group of like-minded Central European parties.

June 28, 2024
Combating Europe’s Demographic Winter

Combating Europe’s Demographic Winter

The Hungarian presidency of the EU Council can place demography at the heart of European policy making.

June 28, 2024
The Debate That Became a Trump Infomercial

The Debate That Became a Trump Infomercial

The Republican candidate for president played a brilliant rhetorical game with the sitting president. It made Biden look exactly as weak and ill-suited for a second term as he is.

June 28, 2024
The Abiding Appeal of Self-Immolation

The Abiding Appeal of Self-Immolation

Those who engage in self-immolation today are raging against a world grown immune to the human quest for meaning and self-sacrifice.

June 28, 2024