Month: February 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is welcomed by China’s Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 25, 2026.

Merz in China: No Decoupling For Now

Germany depends on the Chinese market more than ever while trying to contain the political and economic impact of that relationship.

Funds for Ukraine: Brussels Won’t Take “No” for an Answer

Funds for Ukraine: Brussels Won’t Take “No” for an Answer

EU officials are pretending to take Budapest’s concerns seriously, while quietly preparing to shovel cash to Kyiv regardless.

February 25, 2026
Polygamy in Spain? VOX Challenges International Agreements Recognizing Multiple Wives

Polygamy in Spain? VOX Challenges International Agreements Recognizing Multiple Wives

Social security agreements with Senegal, Morocco, and Tunisia say if deceased workers have more than one widow, the widow’s pension is to be distributed equally between them.

February 25, 2026
Romania To Slash 10% of Public-Sector Jobs 

Romania To Slash 10% of Public-Sector Jobs 

The emergency measure will eliminate roughly 19,000 posts as Bucharest scrambles to rein in the EU’s widest budget gap.

February 25, 2026
FIFA Chief “Reassured” as Cartel Chaos Rocks World Cup Host City

FIFA Chief “Reassured” as Cartel Chaos Rocks World Cup Host City

Cartel gunmen went on a violent rampage in Guadalajara after the army killed drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera.

February 25, 2026
“Golden Age of America”: Trump Celebrates Historic Economic Turnaround

“Golden Age of America”: Trump Celebrates Historic Economic Turnaround

Trump told Congress that the government’s first obligation is to defend American citizens, not illegal migrants—a line that left Democrats seated.

February 25, 2026
Louvre Director Resigns, President of Versailles Palace To Be Appointed New Head

Louvre Director Resigns, President of Versailles Palace To Be Appointed New Head

President Emmanuel Macron accepted the second resignation letter of Laurence des Cars, now former head of the Louvre museum.

February 25, 2026
Cowardice Masquerading as Virtue: Cleveland 1971 and Europe 2026

Cowardice Masquerading as Virtue: Cleveland 1971 and Europe 2026

When something similar was happening in America, people like me behaved like ‘respectable’ Europeans do today: we averted our gaze, shut our mouths, and looked down on white working-class bigotry.

February 25, 2026
“The Perversion of Aid”: How the EU’s NGO Funding Model Fuels Political Activism

“The Perversion of Aid”: How the EU’s NGO Funding Model Fuels Political Activism

Speakers at a Budapest conference argued that former U.S. and current EU funding programmes overtly promote progressive causes instead of traditional development goals.

February 24, 2026
EU Creates New Body To Police ‘Disinformation’ Across the Bloc

EU Creates New Body To Police ‘Disinformation’ Across the Bloc

While framed as a defence against foreign interference, the project places Brussels at the centre of decisions about what qualifies as disinformation and how it should be addressed.

February 24, 2026
Macron’s Team Argues With Diplomats Rather Than Confront the Far-Left

Macron’s Team Argues With Diplomats Rather Than Confront the Far-Left

French officials should know better than to scold foreign leaders for talking about the killing of Quentin Deranque.

February 24, 2026
Death for All at Full Speed

Death for All at Full Speed

Carried away in a murderous frenzy, French MPs are removing, one after another, any and all safeguards surrounding the medical act of killing.

February 24, 2026
Will the EU Sacrifice Its Future for a War Beyond Its Borders?

Will the EU Sacrifice Its Future for a War Beyond Its Borders?

Four years into the war, we are facing a reality where the EU is attacking its own members, Slovakia and Hungary, while still caressing a non-EU member, Ukraine.

February 24, 2026