Kuper’s way of commending Paris in its current direction ultimately reflects the naiveties and delusions of those who set it on this trajectory in the first place. There is a belief that urban planning projects can serve as a way to tame and pacify the city’s riot-ready ethnic youth. It takes a certain level of insular Parisian elitism to believe that radicalized hoodlums, whether into vandalism or Islamism, will be assuaged by city libraries, greenery, and sporting grounds.

Reading books has lost its appeal for the younger generations, making it difficult to pass on the cultural values that made the Old Continent great.

Bidding farewell to the doyen of Hungarian ballet in the Balaton fog seemed fitting: as if the poignant goodbye had been held on the final set of a grand stage, and he played some kind of mystical figure.

Opposition leaders accused PM Tusk of hypocrisy and political posturing ahead of the presidential election.

British academic David Hirsch’s statement that “the problem is not only antisemitism but also racism and Islamophobia” did not sit well with a people still reeling from the October 7th massacre.

The conservative group requested the release of up to 10,000 NGO contracts and is preparing to sue the European Commission if it refuses to disclose them.

A man steeped in a barbaric culture that has turned contempt for women into a system—not ‘the Patriarchy’—caused yet another woman’s torment and death.

Trump has warned that if Brussels retaliates, “far larger” measures will be unleashed.

The establishment seems to have reached a point where maintaining the facade of democratic responsiveness is no longer even deemed necessary.

The Turkish government insists that the main opposition leader’s arrest was based on criminal reports.

While Brussels flounders on sending troops to Ukraine, it fantasises about setting up a fullscale EU army.