
When Portugal Abolished ‘ICE’
How António Costa’s criminal lack of scruples doomed Portugal’s demographic future.

How António Costa’s criminal lack of scruples doomed Portugal’s demographic future.

The announced technical advance will not overcome the political, budgetary and institutional hurdles of bringing Ukraine into the European club.

Costa and von der Leyen are among the European leaders left holding ‘difficult gifts’—a high-end Turkish gun each (plus ammunition).

European Council president António Costa drawn into talks on whether Brussels and the UK should still hold July’s meeting.

The Kremlin wants European powers to open talks—just as the President of the European Council was rumbled for twice reaching out to Moscow in the past few weeks.

The first night of the EU Council Summit descended into an explosive fight over who should represent the EU in diplomatic talks, setting Friday’s discussion about the next seven-year budget up for failure.

Portugal has been denationalised, deconstructed as a national community, and converted into a confusing, shifting ethnic puzzle. This is no longer a recipe for disaster—it is an existing one.

The new Hungarian prime minister is racing against both the clock and opposition from his own voters to meet conditions tied to rule of law reforms, Ukraine, and migration policy.

The pace of the Balkans country’s progress once again highlights the preferential treatment Brussels is giving Ukraine.

Brussels is celebrating the vote that grants Kyiv massive funding during a war whose end is nowhere in sight.