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Zemmour: U.S. Working to Divide Europe; Urges Élysée to Seek Friendly Relations with Moscow

Zemmour: U.S. Working to Divide Europe; Urges Élysée to Seek Friendly Relations with Moscow

In his statements, which came on Sunday during an interview on France 5’s “C Dans L’air,” Zemmour not only called on the Élysée to seek out friendly relations with Moscow but also urged it to stop acting as a “tool of the United States,” which he insisted is trying to pit European nations against one another for its own foreign policy establishment’s benefit.

January 27, 2022
Sweden: Sex Crime Increased Sharply in 2021; Up 25% From 2017

Sweden: Sex Crime Increased Sharply in 2021; Up 25% From 2017

An average of 25.3 rape incidents were reported per day in Sweden for a total of 9,240 cases in 2021, up 4% from last year’s figures and an astounding 25% from numbers recorded in 2017, according to preliminary statistical data from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå). 

January 27, 2022
Germany: 2021 Saw Record Number of Politically-Motivated Crimes 

Germany: 2021 Saw Record Number of Politically-Motivated Crimes 

The considerable uptick observed, according to the security authorities, was not caused by an increase in extreme-Left or extreme-Right activity, but by an increasingly tense social climate which—amid the COVID-19 pandemic—has taken hold of German society.

January 26, 2022
Hungarian FM: Our Existence is a Danger to the International Liberal Mainstream 

Hungarian FM: Our Existence is a Danger to the International Liberal Mainstream 

Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjárto told Tucker Carlson that the “patriotic, Christian-based policies” presently being pursued by Hungary’s national-conservative government pose a serious threat to the hegemony of the international liberal mainstream.

January 25, 2022
Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Erupt Across Europe

Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Erupt Across Europe

From Stockholm to Paris to Barcelona to Helsinki, EU governments braced themselves as citizens—singing anthems, waving national flags, and shouting slogans—gathered in the main squares and marched along the major thoroughfares to express their dissatisfaction with the current order.

January 24, 2022
Germany’s Catholic Center Party Returns to Parliament 

Germany’s Catholic Center Party Returns to Parliament 

The party, originally established in 1870 to represent Catholic interests, gained a federal lawmaker on Tuesday after Schleswig-Holstein MP Uwe Witt, who in December left the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, announced his decision to switch party affiliations.

January 21, 2022
Spain: Over 2,000 Recorded Illegal Migrant Arrivals in First 3 Weeks of 2022

Spain: Over 2,000 Recorded Illegal Migrant Arrivals in First 3 Weeks of 2022

Well over half of the newly arrived illegal migrants (1,200) landed on the Canary Islands, while another 650 additional migrants landed on the Balearic Islands and in municipalities in Andalusia, like the coastal cities of Almería and Cádi.

January 21, 2022
Psychological Defense Agency Launched to Inoculate Swedish Minds Against ‘Misinformation’

Psychological Defense Agency Launched to Inoculate Swedish Minds Against ‘Misinformation’

The agency’s chief was eager to draw a clear distinction between its efforts to counter false information and Orwellian, quasi-authoritarian efforts to exert total control over the information available to the public.

January 20, 2022
Denmark: Ex-Minister Charged with Treason for Leaking State Secrets 

Denmark: Ex-Minister Charged with Treason for Leaking State Secrets 

Danish press have speculated that the charges may be related to a 2020 interview where Frederiksen appeared to confirm the existence of a highly classified spy program.

January 20, 2022
Italy: Short Term Migrants to Receive Baby Bonuses and Maternity Allowance

Italy: Short Term Migrants to Receive Baby Bonuses and Maternity Allowance

By extending maternity and paternity benefits to short term migrants, the Italian state will help to facilitate the policy known as ‘replacement migration,’ which is often put forward by liberal politicians as a solution to Europe’s low birth rates and aging population.

January 19, 2022
Bulgaria: Thousands of Anti-Green Pass Protestors Storm National Parliament 

Bulgaria: Thousands of Anti-Green Pass Protestors Storm National Parliament 

Shortly after some 3,000 people gathered in front of the National Assembly last Wednesday in Sofia, tempers flared, and demonstrators—comprised heavily of supporters of the irredentist-nationalist Revival party—clashed with police and stormed towards the parliament, coming just several meters away from the main entrance.

January 19, 2022
Germany’s Domestic Intelligence Chief Brands COVID Critics ‘Enemies of the State’

Germany’s Domestic Intelligence Chief Brands COVID Critics ‘Enemies of the State’

During a weekend interview, Thomas Haldenwang, the president of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, called anti-lockdown protesters, vaccine skeptics, and so-called ‘lateral thinkers,’ “enemies of the state” who “fundamentally reject the democratic state.”

January 18, 2022