
Finnish MP To Appeal ‘Hate Speech’ Conviction to Strasbourg
This case will decide whether Europe’s public square stays open to clashing ideas—or starts excluding views for what they represent, not what they provoke.

This case will decide whether Europe’s public square stays open to clashing ideas—or starts excluding views for what they represent, not what they provoke.

A new case before Europe’s human rights court could reopen a long-running fight over Christianity’s place in public life—this time inside Greece’s courtrooms.

The comparatively minor corruption charges against the conservative former PM are widely viewed as having been orchestrated by the popular politician’s opponents.

The clash highlights growing pressure from EU leaders to rein in Strasbourg and Luxembourg courts on migration.

The decision could open the door to more deportations across the EU.

EU judges and NGOs are sidelining democratically elected governments on immigration and eroding national sovereignty.

Strasbourg court finds France guilty in a single identity check case, sparking concerns over foreign judicial interference in national policing.

The only head of state to have been excluded from the Legion of Honour was Marshal Pétain, for collaboracting with the Nazis. For Nicolas Sarkozy’s supporters, the parallel that may thus be drawn between him and Pétain is completely unfounded.
Italy and Denmark are building a coalition to challenge the court’s growing role in limiting national control over borders.
It’s a matter of the liberal elites forcing alien values on a conservative country, conservative politician says.