Category: NEWS

Belgium Lowers Voting Age for EU Election

The sole reason is to get more leftist votes, MEP Tom Vandendriessche told The European Conservative, but added that the youth might no longer be as susceptible to the progressive messages as Brussels thinks.

MEPs Vote To Increase EU Parliament

Eleven seats will be added to reflect demographic changes, while another 28 will be reserved for a new “transnational list,” but the instrument does not have Council support so far.

Knife Violence in Germany Prompts Bans

The idea has been germinating since last January’s Brokstedt tragedy, a mass stabbing on a train where a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian killed a 17-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend with a kitchen knife.

Meloni Building Regulations Target Mosques

The Fratelli d’Italia party is capitalising on the Italian state’s failure to recognise Islam as an official religion to radically clamp down on what structures Muslims can turn into prayer space.

Von der Leyen Pushes Response to U.S. ‘Green Energy’ Act

Von der Leyen Pushes Response to U.S. ‘Green Energy’ Act

Raising taxes and subsidizing companies that deal in ‘green energy’ has long been a failing strategy in the German political landscape. 

December 9, 2022
World Cup: Morocco-Spain Aftermath Roils Various European Cities

World Cup: Morocco-Spain Aftermath Roils Various European Cities

Brussels witnessed fireworks raining down on its streets, as some among the Moroccan supporters began throwing rocks at police officers. Some of the fireworks were even discharged horizontally, used as projectiles.

December 9, 2022
Abortions Drop Drastically in U.S.

Abortions Drop Drastically in U.S.

According to a report released on October 28 by the Society of Family Planning, a research group that supports abortion rights, states where tight abortion restrictions went into effect in July all saw abortion numbers plummet by 95%.

December 9, 2022
Germany Considers €20,000 Basic Inheritance

Germany Considers €20,000 Basic Inheritance

The ‘basic inheritance’ is supposed to equalize chances for success in education and facilitate employment, but the reality is more complicated. 

December 9, 2022
U.S. Loses Track of Weapons in Ukraine

U.S. Loses Track of Weapons in Ukraine

Incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that an audit would be aimed at establishing to what extent “the U.S. aid is ending up in the wrong hands.” 

December 9, 2022
Germany: Police Arrest 25 Suspected of Plotting Coup

Germany: Police Arrest 25 Suspected of Plotting Coup

The group of individuals allegedly planned to storm the Reichstag building and seize power.

December 9, 2022
EU Migration Curb: Bloc Turns Gaze towards Balkans Region

EU Migration Curb: Bloc Turns Gaze towards Balkans Region

Thus far this year, the EU’s border force said they detected almost 130,000 irregular border crossings on all Western Balkan routes.

December 8, 2022
Turkey Targets Kurdish Armed Groups in Syria

Turkey Targets Kurdish Armed Groups in Syria

The PKK and YPG operate in Syria along the Turkish border and have been linked to the November 13th terrorist attack in Istanbul.

December 8, 2022
Macron Pleads for Guarantees for Russia

Macron Pleads for Guarantees for Russia

President Macron’s polemical viewpoint aroused indignation in the East but reminds us of an objective reality: Russia will not give in easily on issues that are deemed crucial to its security.

December 8, 2022
Germany: Eritrean Asylum Seeker Stabs Girl (14) to Death; Injures Another (13)

Germany: Eritrean Asylum Seeker Stabs Girl (14) to Death; Injures Another (13)

This isn’t the first attack to have been carried out by asylum seekers staying at the housing facility in Illerkirchberg. In 2019, a 14-year-old girl from the community was gang raped by four military-aged asylum seekers from Iraq and Afghanistan on Halloween night.

December 8, 2022
Iran Claims Protest Death Toll of Around 200

Iran Claims Protest Death Toll of Around 200

International bodies estimate the number of dead in ongoing protests exceeds 400.

December 8, 2022
U.S. Unveils Sixth-Generation Aircraft

U.S. Unveils Sixth-Generation Aircraft

The U.S. military contractor Northrop Grumman has unveiled the first new American bomber aircraft in 30 years: the B-21 Raider.

December 7, 2022