Month: March 2025

A lectern with the logo of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

Merz Betrayal Spurs Party Exodus

More and more members of the centre-right CDU have had enough of the prospective next chancellor and his broken promises.

After Halting Migration, Finland Seeks To Extend Border Closure

After Halting Migration, Finland Seeks To Extend Border Closure

The law reduced the number of illegal migrants from 1,300 in 2023 to just eight.

March 28, 2025
Anglo-French ‘Reassurance Force’ Promise Reveals EU Incoherence

Anglo-French ‘Reassurance Force’ Promise Reveals EU Incoherence

Desperate measures reflect a Ukraine on the brink, reliant on foreign aid and manpower.

March 28, 2025
Merz Betrayal Spurs Party Exodus

Merz Betrayal Spurs Party Exodus

More and more members of the centre-right CDU have had enough of the prospective next chancellor and his broken promises.

March 28, 2025
Franco-Algerian Writer Jailed For Five Years

Franco-Algerian Writer Jailed For Five Years

Given Boualem Sansal’s age and health, it could be a slow death sentence.

March 28, 2025
“The subject of slavery has become a question of black and white”—Author and Historian <strong>Simon Webb</strong>

“The subject of slavery has become a question of black and white”—Author and Historian <strong>Simon Webb</strong>

“Slavery today is little more than a political weapon, a means of making all white Europeans feel guilty for the supposed actions of their distant ancestors.”

March 28, 2025
Five Stabbed in Amsterdam Attack: Police Say Motive a Mystery

Five Stabbed in Amsterdam Attack: Police Say Motive a Mystery

The attacker was stopped by a brave British tourist.

March 28, 2025
European Defence Should Not and Need Not Entail Debt or Centralisation

European Defence Should Not and Need Not Entail Debt or Centralisation

There are ample opportunities to find savings in Europe’s bloated welfare states, making it entirely feasible to find the resources to bolster the military.

March 28, 2025
City of (B)light

City of (B)light

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.

Read or Disappear: Europe’s Crisis of the Written Word

Read or Disappear: Europe’s Crisis of the Written Word

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.

March 27, 2025
Imre Dózsa (1941-2024), Hungarian Ballet Master

Imre Dózsa (1941-2024), Hungarian Ballet Master

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.

Putting On a Show? Poland Suspends Asylum on Belarus Border

Putting On a Show? Poland Suspends Asylum on Belarus Border

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

March 27, 2025
Leftists Shun Israeli Antisemitism Conference To Avoid Company of European Right

Leftists Shun Israeli Antisemitism Conference To Avoid Company of European Right

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.

March 27, 2025