Tag: sovereignty

Conservative MEPs Challenge Schengen Reforms

Besides a chance to propose more amendments to protect member states’ sovereignty, the motion will trigger a debate that puts the liberals on the stand, MEP Charlie Weimers told The European Conservative.

Parliament Approves EU Adoption of the Istanbul Convention

“The Istanbul Convention … undermines the genuine protection of women and prioritizes ideology over facts,” MEP Ladislav Ilčić (ECR) said. Ironically, the treaty meant to combat physical and sexual violence is the one that’s being forced on member states against their will.

Ever-Closer Disunion

The EU’s business model has been to put the age-old laws of politics to the test, argues Stefan Auer in his latest book. To survive, it needs to heed them instead.

Whither National Sovereignty?

Emmanuel Macron’s invocations of “European sovereignty” notwithstanding, the nation—not Europe, nor the entire world—remains the only viable locus for the exercise of democratic power.

Echoes from Ruby Ridge

A moral question lingers for both Americans and Europeans, 30 years after the Ruby Ridge incident: do we as citizens have the right to isolate ourselves and effectively secede from the rest of society? If we try to do so, does the government have the right to intervene and force us back under its jurisdiction?