Category: COMMENTARY

Old Europe’s Fight To Save Its Young

Malta’s pro-life movement is battling in defence of the youngest and most vulnerable members of their society, and it is an inspiring thing to see.

Tories Accused of Betrayal Over Immigration

After 13 years of Tory governments pledging to cut immigration while presiding over record numbers, Rishi Sunak has expressed his “clear view” that entrance into Britain “must be controlled.”

How To Prevent an ‘Undesirable’ European Presidency: A Report

The manifestly anti-democratic nature of such a decision, and the exclusion of tens of millions of European citizens who would thus be deprived of their country’s six-month presidency, is not even raised in the Meijers Committee report. 

Shaping Europe with Real Values

At a recent panel, co-sponsored by The European Conservative, speakers noted that to counteract Brussels’ progressive dogma, Europeans must unite around Christianity as a shared source of moral understanding and cultural heritage.

The America Report: Republicans for President

Today, Donald Trump is far ahead in the opinion polls for the 2024 Republican presidential candidate. But Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, and others will make sure that there is no such thing as an inevitable frontrunner.

Immigration: Britain Must Call Time on Tory Trickery

If the electorate had not already done so, it must now accept the reality: the Conservative Party is the party of uncontrolled immigration and it has lied to us, of that there can be no doubt.

EU as Arbiter of Ideological Elegance?

The EU’s messianic reflex is all the more worrying considering that Brussels recently acquired a formidable weapon with imprecise contours: financial conditionality.

Mass Migration As Ideological Fetish

“We cannot establish numbers [of immigrants to be received], as this will depend on the needs of Spain’s labour market,” said the Spanish PM.

Boris Johnson Diagnoses Putin with “Toxic Masculinity”

Boris Johnson Diagnoses Putin with “Toxic Masculinity”

Johnson lifted talking points from the wokesters’ playbook, calling Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “a perfect example of toxic masculinity” and urging the world to install “more women in positions of power.”

July 1, 2022
A Conservative Antidote for ‘Woke’ Politics

A Conservative Antidote for ‘Woke’ Politics

Tradition and conservatism are not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

July 1, 2022
How the Militant Left Uses Fear

How the Militant Left Uses Fear

A technique the Left uses to increase control through public anxiety is to “set multiple fires along the ridgeline.” The public notices that the flames are spreading. Which fire does one run to first? What must be sacrificed and allowed to burn?

Abortion in the French Constitution: A Political Trap?

Abortion in the French Constitution: A Political Trap?

While there is now a general consensus among French politicians to maintain the right to abortion, there is no guarantee that it will be enshrined in the Constitution.

June 29, 2022
The French Right: Still Alive!

The French Right: Still Alive!

Never before has the national Right achieved such a result in France, to the point of surpassing the governmental Right. New perspectives are opening up for the party founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen.

June 28, 2022
Roe v. Wade and the Sacred Heart

Roe v. Wade and the Sacred Heart

Conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic should draw enormous encouragement from this decision, with the take-home lesson being that history need not be just a sequence of victories by the increasingly noxious Left.

June 28, 2022
The Balkan War on Conservatism

The Balkan War on Conservatism

Funded in part by the U.S. government, a coalition of seemingly respectable organizations has vowed to keep Orbán’s national conservatism from inspiring followers in the Western Balkans.

June 26, 2022
The Bible as Hate Speech

The Bible as Hate Speech

To understand this case, it is helpful to read this passage carefully. It shows how counter-cultural the Bible can be for 21st century Westerners.

June 23, 2022
Keepers of the Script

Keepers of the Script

The ‘keepers of the script’ are the journalists who seek to use media as a weapon to destroy Western heritage and to promote an abstract, utopian idea of how the world should be structured.

June 22, 2022
Perfect Storm: Debt Crisis and the Liquidity Trap

Perfect Storm: Debt Crisis and the Liquidity Trap

In the face of a new debt crisis, the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve and the ECB cannot return to buying large amounts of sovereign debt. The central banks saved indebted governments a decade ago. They can’t do it again. But there are other means at their disposal.

June 20, 2022
Conservatism: From Theory to Practice

Conservatism: From Theory to Practice

Now is the time for us to connect government incursions into our spiritual lives with its incursions into our economic lives.

June 19, 2022
The Impending Death(s) of Vladimir Putin

The Impending Death(s) of Vladimir Putin

A recent U.S. intelligence report claims that Vladimir Putin is “definitely sick,” received cancer treatment in April, and survived an assassination attempt in March. But this isn’t the first time such rumors have been voiced.

June 18, 2022