Javier Villamor | The European Conservative

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (R) embraces former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero during the 26th Socialist International Congress in Madrid on November 27, 2022.

Former Spanish PM Zapatero Under Washington Scrutiny as Venezuela Enters New Phase

Javier Villamor January 6, 2026

The change of power in Venezuela brings relations between Caracas, Madrid, and Washington back into focus after years of opaque diplomacy.

An EU flag is displayed over slurry by French farmers of the CR union in front of the city hall during a nationwide protest against the EU-Mercosur agreement in Pessac, France, on November 19, 2024.

EU Agriculture Ministers Race Against the Clock on Mercosur Deal

Javier Villamor January 6, 2026

The trade agreement is set to be signed on January 12th after a December pause triggered by protests in Brussels.

Germany Considers Newsroom Inspections Without a Court Order

Javier Villamor January 5, 2026

The government is advancing legislation on political advertising that would significantly expand the inspection powers of the digital regulator.

From ‘Returning to Europe’ to ‘Diluting Europe’: Forty Years of Spain and Portugal in the EU

Javier Villamor January 2, 2026

While Brussels celebrates past successes, the removal of the veto, the erosion of the Single Market, and accelerated enlargement threaten to turn the European project into something very different from what Spain and Portugal signed up to in 1986.

A worker walks past molten steel at a steel factory in Huai’an, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 22, 2025.

Carbon Tariff: Brussels Shooting Itself in the Foot in Trade Standoff with China

Javier Villamor January 2, 2026

The Commission’s carbon border tax will likely increase the EU’s external economic vulnerability.

“We must go on the offensive without apologizing for being conservatives”—Nazione Futura President Francesco Giubilei

Javier Villamor December 20, 2025

“A political battle without a prior cultural battle cannot be won. If we do not first transform the cultural framework, political victories will be fragile or temporary.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) speaks as European Council President António Costa (C) and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen listen during a press conference after the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium on December 19, 2025.

Small Victory for Common Sense: European Council Decides Against Using Russian Assets To Finance Ukraine

Javier Villamor December 19, 2025

Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia opted out of a mega loan to Kyiv that will impose yet another burden on European taxpayers.

Riot police officers look on after a farmers' protest n Brussels on December 18, 2025

Brussels Burns, the Countryside Holds the Line

Javier Villamor December 19, 2025

The fierce protest by farmers and livestock producers in Brussels delivered an unexpected result: a last-minute delay to the EU–Mercosur agreement.

Mercosur Deal on Hold Until January Thanks to Meloni’s Final ‘Blessing’

Javier Villamor December 19, 2025

Italy’s last-minute pressure has exposed deep-seated discontent that turned the immediate signing of the treaty into a political risk for the European Union.

A placard on a tractor that reads "Without agriculture you die" seen during a farmers' protest in Brussels, Belgium on December 18, 2025

Tractors in Brussels: Farmers Demand that EU Bureaucrats Listen

Javier Villamor December 18, 2025

Mercosur and the Green Deal have become the symbols of fierce citizen discontent.

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Former Spanish PM Zapatero Under Washington Scrutiny as Venezuela Enters New Phase

EU Agriculture Ministers Race Against the Clock on Mercosur Deal

Germany Considers Newsroom Inspections Without a Court Order

From ‘Returning to Europe’ to ‘Diluting Europe’: Forty Years of Spain and Portugal in the EU

Carbon Tariff: Brussels Shooting Itself in the Foot in Trade Standoff with China

“We must go on the offensive without apologizing for being conservatives”—Nazione Futura President Francesco Giubilei

Small Victory for Common Sense: European Council Decides Against Using Russian Assets To Finance Ukraine

Brussels Burns, the Countryside Holds the Line

Mercosur Deal on Hold Until January Thanks to Meloni’s Final ‘Blessing’

Tractors in Brussels: Farmers Demand that EU Bureaucrats Listen

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