Hélène de Lauzun is the Paris correspondent for The European Conservative. She studied at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris. She taught French literature and civilization at Harvard and received a Ph.D. in History from the Sorbonne. She is the author of Histoire de l’Autriche (Perrin, 2021).
Germany Calls for EU Control of Twitter

Germany Calls for EU Control of Twitter

Green Minister Sven Giegold said he wants the EU to intervene to regulate Musk’s “arbitrary” and “abrupt” decisions.

December 25, 2022
A Fight for a Manger: The Hunt for Nativity Scenes in Southern France

A Fight for a Manger: The Hunt for Nativity Scenes in Southern France

The illegality of Nativity scenes on public property is distasteful in the south of France where the traditional display is especially strong and broadly followed by the population, despite the absence of widespread religious practice.

December 24, 2022
Meloni Partially Yields to Brussels on Cash Payments

Meloni Partially Yields to Brussels on Cash Payments

It’s all about balance and compromise. Giorgia Meloni has to play a subtle game to avoid upsetting Brussels and simultaneously avoid upsetting her electorate.

December 23, 2022
Netherlands Forced to General Repentance Over Colonisation

Netherlands Forced to General Repentance Over Colonisation

According to the BBC, 70% of the African-Caribbean community in the Netherlands believe an apology is important while only 38% of Dutch people as a whole think it is necessary.

December 23, 2022
British Strikes Force Government to Requisition Troops

British Strikes Force Government to Requisition Troops

The prime minister is currently reluctant to agree to a pay rise—especially a double-digit one as demanded by the strikers—because he believes it would only reinforce the inflationary spiral.

December 21, 2022
Qatargate: Obstacles to an Urgent Commission of Inquiry in the European Parliament

Qatargate: Obstacles to an Urgent Commission of Inquiry in the European Parliament

The text that was finally voted on calls for a commission of inquiry, but only once the legal proceedings have been completed, i.e., in effect, during the next term.

December 19, 2022
Presidential Election in Czech Republic To Be Held in January 2023

Presidential Election in Czech Republic To Be Held in January 2023

Three personalities from the Center to the Right are likely to reach the second round: former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, General Petr Pavel, and economist Danuše Nerudová.

December 18, 2022
How the European Union Wants To Encourage Surrogacy

How the European Union Wants To Encourage Surrogacy

The ethical struggle is clouded by an institutional issue: according to the treaty on the functioning of the European Union, measures concerning the family are not the responsibility of Europe. Each state is supposed to decide sovereignly in this matter.

December 17, 2022
Paris Conference To Help Ukraine Through Winter

Paris Conference To Help Ukraine Through Winter

The Russian army has been specifically targeting energy infrastructures. The aim of the conference was to put in place practical and concrete aid in the sectors identified as being the most in need.

December 17, 2022
Agreement Reached Between Hungary and the EU

Agreement Reached Between Hungary and the EU

Without the agreement, Hungary would have lost considerable sums of money that could not have been allocated afterwards. The compromise seems to have been made in an honourable way for both parties.

December 16, 2022
Meloni To Favour Cash Payments in Italy

Meloni To Favour Cash Payments in Italy

Meloni justifies the policy change as one that will benefit those of modest means. According to her, electronic payments are accompanied by excessive bank fees that fatten financial institutions at the expense of ordinary citizens.

December 15, 2022
J. K. Rowling To Open Center For Women in Edinburgh

J. K. Rowling To Open Center For Women in Edinburgh

Even as she continues to be harassed on social media and receive death threats for her alleged transphobia, Rowling has chosen to become a standard-bearer for all those who wish to defend the uniqueness and importance of the female biological sex.

December 15, 2022