Category: Analysis

Hungary’s Jacobin Turn

By wielding his supermajority as a weapon, Péter Magyar has chosen the path of permanent escalation.

Investors Pick America over Europe

In the choice between thriving capitalism and over-taxed regulatory hell, money speaks louder than Eurocratic political hype.

Europe’s Economic Double Whammy

A small increase in the ECB’s policy-setting rates reveals worries about a much bigger threat to the European economy—even to the euro zone itself.

The Budget Bombshell Buried in the Migration Pact

Is the EU really seeking full harmonization of benefits for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers? If so, the consequences for most member states will be fiscally catastrophic.

Volkswagen as a Symptom of Europe’s Industrial Decline

Volkswagen as a Symptom of Europe’s Industrial Decline

As Germany is losing its automotive edge, France and Italy are facing overcapacity, Spain is exposed by its role as a production platform, and China is advancing inside Europe’s own market.

June 30, 2026
Investors Pick America over Europe

Investors Pick America over Europe

In the choice between thriving capitalism and over-taxed regulatory hell, money speaks louder than Eurocratic political hype.

June 26, 2026
Who Shapes the Debate? Influence, Transparency, and Governance in Brussels

Who Shapes the Debate? Influence, Transparency, and Governance in Brussels

Brussels must ask whether its transparency rules still reflect where influence actually resides.

June 26, 2026
The Special Shield Against the Disinformation of the Democracy Shield

The Special Shield Against the Disinformation of the Democracy Shield

A committee established to defend democracy from manipulation has become the cheerleader for a system that treats democratic speech itself as a manipulable object.

June 24, 2026
Europe’s Economic Double Whammy

Europe’s Economic Double Whammy

A small increase in the ECB’s policy-setting rates reveals worries about a much bigger threat to the European economy—even to the euro zone itself.

June 19, 2026
UK: Disappointment for the Right in Makerfield By-Election

UK: Disappointment for the Right in Makerfield By-Election

Both Reform UK and Restore Britain underperformed expectations, leading to a potential Andy Burnham premiership—a prospect that should concern anyone on the Right.

June 19, 2026
The Budget Bombshell Buried in the Migration Pact

The Budget Bombshell Buried in the Migration Pact

Is the EU really seeking full harmonization of benefits for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers? If so, the consequences for most member states will be fiscally catastrophic.

June 16, 2026
Europe’s China Reckoning: The Cost of Outsourcing Sovereignty

Europe’s China Reckoning: The Cost of Outsourcing Sovereignty

Europe is beginning to recognise that sovereignty is not merely a legal or political concept, as it also rests on the capacity to produce, innovate, and sustain economic power.

June 16, 2026
<em>Magnifica Humanitas</em> and the Silenced Concert: Justinian’s Symphonia and Europe’s Constitutional Amnesia 

Magnifica Humanitas and the Silenced Concert: Justinian’s Symphonia and Europe’s Constitutional Amnesia 

The question is not whether Leo XIV has spoken well. It is whether the institutional architecture exists for any temporal authority to answer, and whether any European institution has been authorised to ask the anthropological question the encyclical raises.

What Will Be Left of Ukraine?

What Will Be Left of Ukraine?

Can Ukraine sustain the costs of a long war of attrition against a larger opponent while preserving the demographic, economic, and social foundations of a viable post-war state?

June 13, 2026
EU Migration Pact Comes Into Force: Everything You Need to Know

EU Migration Pact Comes Into Force: Everything You Need to Know

A quick explainer on the EU’s landmark migration management legislation and why the European Right is not happy about it.

June 13, 2026
The ECB Is Already Behind the Inflation Curve

The ECB Is Already Behind the Inflation Curve

The European Central Bank’s latest rate hike is built on an inflation forecast that’s likely to prove far too modest.

June 12, 2026