Ryszard Legutko | The European Conservative

“Civilisation is not simply the absence of war or the presence of peace”—Polish Professor Ryszard Legutko

Artur Ciechanowicz August 17, 2025

“Vulgarity has become an effective weapon to debunk and downgrade everything that had a higher status based on respect and deference.”

Polish philosopher and former MEP Ryszard Legutko speaking in 2023 at the Ceremony to mark the naming of the meeting room after Witold PILECKI

“The fight is between sovereignty and submission”—Polish Philosopher Ryszard Legutko

Artur Ciechanowicz June 15, 2025

Those who oppose the leftist ideology are called fascists, bigots, or poor idiots who will sooner or later wind up in the dustbin of history.

The Lie

Ryszard Legutko August 5, 2024

Restoring the ‘rule of law’ by turning a country into a banana republic—if this is not a systemic lie, I do not know what is.

The EU Agenda is a Leftist Agenda: An Interview with Professor Ryszard Legutko

The Editors June 3, 2024

Like all leftist agendas, it is directed against the nation-state, against national sovereignty, and against the family.

The Rise of Totalitarian Democracy in America

Rod Dreher June 3, 2024

If you had described conditions in today’s United States to the average American at the turn of the 21st century, he would have thought you a madman.

Polish Ex-PM Backs Fidesz Entry to Conservative Group in European Parliament

Thomas O'Reilly January 31, 2024

Mateusz Morawiecki and ECR co-chair MEP Ryszard Legutko look set to greenlight Hungary’s ruling party joining the group after the EU elections.

In Defense of the Nation-State

Ryszard Legutko August 18, 2023

Thanks to authors like Hazony, we can see more clearly the deceptive arguments of those who condemn the nation-state to either extinction by the verdict of history, or to extermination by means of a brutal imperial policy.

Top ECR MEP: European Parliament is a Political Vehicle of the Left

Robert Semonsen November 25, 2022

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.

Unbelief: The Root of Totalitarian Trends in Liberal Democracy?

Todd Huizinga December 14, 2021

What lies at the root of the totalitarianism that seems to be asserting itself in free societies in today’s West? The answer to this question reveals a fascinating affinity between Ryszard Legutko, a 21st century Polish Catholic philosopher and the 19-century Dutch Calvinist historian and statesman Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer.

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“Civilisation is not simply the absence of war or the presence of peace”—Polish Professor Ryszard Legutko

“The fight is between sovereignty and submission”—Polish Philosopher Ryszard Legutko

The Lie

The EU Agenda is a Leftist Agenda: An Interview with Professor Ryszard Legutko

The Rise of Totalitarian Democracy in America

Polish Ex-PM Backs Fidesz Entry to Conservative Group in European Parliament

In Defense of the Nation-State

Top ECR MEP: European Parliament is a Political Vehicle of the Left

Unbelief: The Root of Totalitarian Trends in Liberal Democracy?

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