
Occasional Dialogues: Beatrix von Storch interviewed by Jan Bentz
In this episode of our ‘Occasional Dialogues’ series, Jan Bentz interviews Beatrix von Storch about the AfD, political turbulence in Germany, and conservatism in Europe.

In this episode of our ‘Occasional Dialogues’ series, Jan Bentz interviews Beatrix von Storch about the AfD, political turbulence in Germany, and conservatism in Europe.

Most MEPs who have found themselves in the crosshairs of investigators are members of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) grouping in the European Parliament.

The text that was finally voted on calls for a commission of inquiry, but only once the legal proceedings have been completed, i.e., in effect, during the next term.

Without the agreement, Hungary would have lost considerable sums of money that could not have been allocated afterwards. The compromise seems to have been made in an honourable way for both parties.

The asset freeze applies to Kaili and her immediate relatives’ (husband, parents, siblings) bank accounts, safes, companies, real estate, and other financial assets.

Hungarian MEP Balázs Hidvéghi also slammed left-liberal MEPS in a tweet, saying: “So basically [left-liberals] have fabricated lies about corruption in Hungary for years, and now their leading politician, the Vice-President of the European Parliament is involved in the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the EU. Hypocrisy at its best!”

“Politics have allowed such parallel societies to form; an unbridled immigration policy combined with lavish social benefits and a lack of self-assertion on the part of locals has provoked such conditions,” MEP Kuhs said.

The ECR chief accused that the European Parliament, among other things, of inflicting immense damage on Europe, infecting it with shameless partisanship, and being anti-democratic.

Under the directive, member states will be forced to sanction companies that do not comply with the new standards by 2026. If they don’t, the member states themselves could be subject to punitive measures.

The term ‘democracy’ no longer refers to a system of government held above ideological bias. Increasingly, it is being misused as a synonym for an election won by ‘the preferred ideology.’ That ideology is socialism.