The Czech Republic had tried to authorize same-sex marriage between 2018 and 2021 without success. This time, conditions are more favourable.
A whole section of the French Right seems to have awakened to the reality that high culture is entirely controlled by left-wing ideology, and by people who defend their turf without intending to give up an inch of ground.
These results expose the fragile security of Emmanuel Macron, who certainly won the presidential election with a majority of 58% but remains highly contested in the country, with a double opposition, on his left and on his right.
If it happens, Ukraine’s accession to the status of “candidate” for EU membership does not mean the process will be accelerated.
Since his first election in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has tried with some consistency to develop a specific "Russian
Consistories usually take place in February, June, and November. This time, the pope stepped a little ahead of schedule, as if he wanted to anticipate and name—as soon as possible—those who will compete for the election of his successor.
Chancellor Nehammer said he believes that “emotion” should not be used to guide the decision—in his view, Ukraine’s rapid accession to EU member state status “is not realistic.”
It remains to be seen whether Denmark’s caution toward the EU will persist into the months and years to come, or whether the referendum of June 1st, motivated by the fear of Russian expansionism, will have caused a major shift in Danish European policy.
The arrival of such troubles in the south of the country is explained by a general climate of impunity surrounding these atrocities.
The critical situation in which Poland finds itself, receiving the brunt of the flow of Ukrainian refugees since the outbreak of the conflict with Russia, has certainly led the Commission to soften its position.
A choice of diversity and openness—to use concepts that should be in vogue—has worked to reverse the aging trend in apostolic vocations in Bishop Rey’s diocese. But the decision from Rome proves that the Pope, and he alone, determines what passes for diversity and openness.
If Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s dream of being “elected Prime Minister” remains unrealized, he nevertheless seems to have won his bet: that of appearing as the main oppositional force to Emmanuel Macron.
