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When Frankenstein Governments Rule Europe

Sven R. Larson December 17, 2025

Coalitions are taking over national governments in Europe with only one goal: to keep national conservatives out of government. This is seriously jeopardizing Europe’s future.

Against Muzzling the Right

A.M. Fantini December 4, 2025

What the conservative establishment and its elites must finally grasp is that the rise of these dissident, polemical voices is an indictment—of themselves, first of all.

Then Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera talks during a plenary session at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on November 20, 2024.

Commission VP: EPP Undermines Stability by Voting With the Right

Javier Villamor December 2, 2025

In an interview, Ribera also argued that Europe’s regulatory autonomy is at risk if the EPP-driven push for deregulation advances.

EPP Votes With Right To Ease Corporate Sustainability Rules

Zolta Győri November 13, 2025

The Patriots for Europe and ECR groups rallied a majority for the EPP to pass a bill cutting red tape on European competitiveness.

Immigration Takes Centre Stage as Dutch Left Moves to Stop Wilders

Javier Villamor October 28, 2025

The campaign is polarised between defending the progressive consensus and growing fatigue over the migration crisis.

The ‘Robespierreism’ of France

Gavin Mortimer October 17, 2025

The tyranny of virtue dominates France in the 21st century. The most powerful institutions are led by progressives who, like Robespierre, believe they are irreproachable.

Czech Ruling Parties Team Up Against Sovereigntists Ahead of October Elections

Zoltán Kottász August 26, 2025

Andrej Babiš’ sovereignist-Eurosceptic ANO leads in the polls and is poised for a return to power.

The Firewall Crumbles? Spain’s Centrists Break Taboo on Working With Conservative VOX

Javier Villamor July 7, 2025

The announcement effectively ends a long-standing political blockade which has kept VOX out of power at the national level.

Patriots Break Through Firewall with Anti-Migration Amendments in Mali Resolution

Tamás Orbán June 19, 2025

The adopted amendments pay tribute to European soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting jihadists, and call for stronger EU action against illegal migration from West Africa.

erman Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (L) with CDU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn in the Bundestag on May 8, 2025.

Germany’s Ruling Parties Freeze AfD Out of Parliamentary Power

Javier Villamor May 21, 2025

To justify the undemocratic move, the CDU invoked AfD’s recent “far-right extremist classification,” conveniently forgetting that it has since been suspended.

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When Frankenstein Governments Rule Europe

Against Muzzling the Right

Commission VP: EPP Undermines Stability by Voting With the Right

EPP Votes With Right To Ease Corporate Sustainability Rules

Immigration Takes Centre Stage as Dutch Left Moves to Stop Wilders

The ‘Robespierreism’ of France

Czech Ruling Parties Team Up Against Sovereigntists Ahead of October Elections

The Firewall Crumbles? Spain’s Centrists Break Taboo on Working With Conservative VOX

Patriots Break Through Firewall with Anti-Migration Amendments in Mali Resolution

Germany’s Ruling Parties Freeze AfD Out of Parliamentary Power

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