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Europe Unmasked

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Amnesty Forced Into Humiliating Climbdown Over ‘Anti-Trans’ Report

17:18

Prosecution Drops Charges Against Hungarian Right-Wing Influencer

17:03

Mother of Henry Nowak’s Killer Jailed for Hiding Murder Weapon

16:20

Italy Defies New EU Rules, Rejects Migrant Returns From Germany

14:12

China’s Xi Promotes ‘Human-Centric’ Approach to AI

13:09

Ukrainian Teen Charged With 47 Russian Sabotage Attacks in Poland

12:58

Finnish MEP Banned From Entering the UK

11:41

Sharia Lawless: Flight Attendant Assaulted By Passenger Refusing To Sit Next to a Woman

11:06

EPPO Indicts Greek MPs For Alleged EU Subsidy Fraud

10:50

Tehran Threatens U.S. with New Houthi Maritime Front

16:31

Former French President Hints at 2027 Comeback Bid

16:16

German Troops to Join French Nuclear Exercise for the First Time

14:16

Spy Row Deepens as China Detains Czech Citizen

14:04

China Now Viewed More Positively Than U.S. in Majority of Countries Surveyed

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TEC: Into the Lion's Den

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Last Hope of the Holy Land’s Christians

The birthplace of Christianity is in danger of losing its indigenous Christian communities. A recent visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank revealed both the severity of their plight and the practical ways in which they can still be helped.

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COMMENTARY

The Smartphone and the Disorder of Modernity

The phone—and technology in general—must be restored to its place in the natural hierarchy: subordinate to higher ends and aspirations, rather than becoming the anchor around which modern life is ordered.

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Analysis

The Expensive Road to Nowhere

More defense spending, more climate redistribution—the EU spins the biggest wealth transfer machine yet.

Editor's Pick

COMMENTARY

Football World Cup: The Bastille of Diversity Fell on July 14th

The French team’s defeat is the defeat of a country that no longer knows how to trust its own children.

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Interview

Satire in the Age of Cancel Culture

For German cartoonist Bernd Zeller, the more sacred the political consensus becomes, the richer the material.

NEWS

Berlin Blackout Terror Probe Stalls as Rubio Offers U.S. Help

The U.S. secretary of state says Washington will work with Germany to combat violent left-wing extremist networks after the January attack that left 100,000 Berlin residents without power.

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After Lyhanna: 675 Suspects of Child Abuse Jailed

France’s review found 85,047 complaints of sexual violence against minors across the country.

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EU Prosecutor Found Guilty of Misconduct Escapes Dismissal

The EPPO found its Bulgarian prosecutor guilty of three disciplinary misconducts during ongoing investigations but decided against seeking her dismissal because her term expires later this month.

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Christian MP Denied Entry to UK After Finland Hate Speech Conviction

Päivi Räsänen says the loss of her UK travel authorization is the latest consequence of a controversial court ruling over her Christian views on marriage and sexuality.

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Germany’s Railways Under Attack as Sabotage Cases Soar

Arson attacks, vandalism and other acts of sabotage are increasingly disrupting Germany's rail network, with investigators linking several incidents to far-left extremists.

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EU Bets Big on India in Strategic Shift Away From China

India has become only the second country after the United States to enjoy this level of formal partnership with the European Union.

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COMMENTARY

Last Hope of the Holy Land’s Christians

COMMENTARY

The Smartphone and the Disorder of Modernity

COMMENTARY

Football World Cup: The Bastille of Diversity Fell on July 14th

The French team’s defeat is the defeat of a country that no longer knows how to trust its own children.

COMMENTARY

Too Catholic To Be French Officers

French military schools face a backlash after excluding Catholic pupils, exposing ideological bias and raising concerns over future army recruitment.

COMMENTARY

Neither Moscow’s Chapel nor Brussels’ Ledger

The Church should not become the government’s alibi. Its role is to preserve the distinction Moscow has violated and Brussels risks misunderstanding: the Church is not the state, and the faith is not the man who exploits it.

COMMENTARY

From Horizontal to Vertical Reading: Reclaiming Permanence in the Age of Mass Publishing

A Traditionalist vision argues that only works which have proven their archetypal power deserve physical form—while harnessing modern technology for what is merely useful.

COMMENTARY

‘Democracy in Action’: Sidelined EU Parliament Unable to Stop Chat Control Extension

The EP has already rejected the mass surveillance regime once, so the EPP has now forced a second vote, knowing there won’t be enough MEPs on the last day before summer recess to stop it.

COMMENTARY

Before Plymouth: The Forgotten Spanish Foundations of America

From St. Augustine to the California missions and the American Revolution, Spain played a formative role in shaping the history, culture, and institutions of the future United States.

COMMENTARY

America at 250: Heat, Hype, and Heroes

Washington's America250 festivities unfolded under crushing heat, tight security, and unmistakable Trump branding before ending with a moving celebration of the veterans and ideals that have shaped the United States.

COMMENTARY

Germany Didn’t Melt Down—Its State Did

The heat wave exposed more than rising temperatures—it revealed decades of neglected infrastructure, political drift, and a government that struggles to perform its most basic functions.

Analysis

The Expensive Road to Nowhere

More defense spending, more climate redistribution—the EU spins the biggest wealth transfer machine yet.

Analysis

The French Guiana Paradox: Europe’s Most Porous Strategic Frontier

Persistent exploitation of legal loopholes in an EU outermost region erodes Europe's sovereignty claims and creates opportunities for criminal and state-adjacent networks.

Analysis

The Bitter End of Germany’s Anti-Fascist Identity

Anti-fascism in Germany has changed from a militant fringe concern into the moral common sense of its educated middle classes. One consequence of this is that the label ‘fascist’ now makes violence less objectionable.

Analysis

Le Pen Back in the Race: A Daring Bet

Marine Le Pen launches a high-stakes 2027 presidential bid, turning her legal battle into the defining gamble of the campaign.

Analysis

From Digital Euro to Chat Control: The Risk of Function Creep

Brussels frames the digital euro, age verification, and Chat Control as separate solutions to real issues, but together they highlight who controls the digital infrastructure shaping everyday life in Europe.

Analysis

After the Excommunication of SSPX: What Now?

The largest Catholic traditionalist society has been excommunicated from the Church. What now for the Latin Mass and doctrinally conservative Catholics?

Analysis

The Digital Euro and Europe’s Quest for Monetary Sovereignty

Sovereignty in the 21st century is no longer measured solely by territory, military capability, or political institutions. It increasingly depends on who controls the infrastructure that enables economies to function.

Analysis

I Asked the ECB’s Digital Euro Chief About the Legal Basis for Creating New Money—He Wasn’t Sure

The European Parliament voted to open negotiations on the most ambitious monetary project in Europe since the creation of the euro—without any independent body having examined whether the ECB had the Treaty authority to propose it in the first place.

Analysis

Erdogan Declares Turkey’s Forward Defense Doctrine

Erdoğan’s recent address formalises Ankara’s proactive strategy of shaping its neighbourhood through military and diplomatic means, raising tensions with Greece while signalling long-term regional ambition.

Analysis

Brussels Is Playing Catch-Up on Rare Earths, and the Clock Is Running Out

A country that has halted exports as an act of foreign policy is categorically different from one that has not, and European law should reflect that distinction.

Interviews

Interview

Satire in the Age of Cancel Culture

For German cartoonist Bernd Zeller, the more sacred the political consensus becomes, the richer the material.

Interview

In the Last Three Years, More Than 150,000 People Have Entered Greece Illegally—Researcher Ioannis Kolovos

“No matter which immigration policy has been followed in Europe, they have all failed because they did not meet two criteria: very small numbers and cultural proximity.”

Interview

“American independence was largely financed with Spanish money”: An Interview with Jorge Luis García Ruiz

A discussion with the author of Revolution, which recovers a little-known chapter of history: Spain’s decisive contribution to American independence.

Interview

“Europe must formulate a unified strategy to protect its borders” —Journalist and Political Advisor Rafail Kaliviotis

“The comparative advantage of the West has always resided in its rich cultural capital.”

Interview

Pío Moa and the Spanish Civil War

“Few leftists remember that the amnesty law, created in 1978 during Spain’s transition to democracy, also pardoned communists and separatist terrorists.”

Interview

Christianity Is the New Counterculture: Why Young Men Are Seeking the Church

“Previous generations gave poor answers, stemming from the dictatorship of relativism, expressed by saying, ‘it is good if it is true for you; it just isn't true for me.’ That is superficial,” Father Daniel Ebert Steiner says.

Interview

The Man Who Wants the AfD To Win—German Ex-Boxer Wolfgang Blume

East Germans are flocking to the AfD because they’ve lived through socialism once, Wolfgang Blume says—and they can see it returning in the increasingly socialist policies of the establishment parties.

Interview

“Europe Needs Long-Term Migration Policies, Not Permanent Emergency Responses”—Migration Expert Beatriz de León Cobo

“Migration is a structural reality that will remain part of Europe for decades to come.”

Interview

“Values without power are vulnerable, and alliances without industrial capacity are fragile”—Nikola Kedhi, Albanian Conservative Institute

“The question is not only whether the West has the right values, but whether it has the power to defend them.”

Interview

“I was found guilty of ‘insult’ for a publication in which I peacefully shared my Christian beliefs”—Finnish Parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen

The former minister is taking her case to Strasbourg, convinced that her case is no longer simply about religion or Finland but about who decides the limits of acceptable speech in Europe.

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Europe Unmasked

UPDATE: German Politician Steps Down, Defending His Personal Surrogacy Deal

08:05

Amnesty Forced Into Humiliating Climbdown Over ‘Anti-Trans’ Report

17:18

Prosecution Drops Charges Against Hungarian Right-Wing Influencer

17:03

Mother of Henry Nowak’s Killer Jailed for Hiding Murder Weapon

16:20

Italy Defies New EU Rules, Rejects Migrant Returns From Germany

14:12

China’s Xi Promotes ‘Human-Centric’ Approach to AI

13:09

Ukrainian Teen Charged With 47 Russian Sabotage Attacks in Poland

12:58

Finnish MEP Banned From Entering the UK

11:41

Sharia Lawless: Flight Attendant Assaulted By Passenger Refusing To Sit Next to a Woman

11:06

EPPO Indicts Greek MPs For Alleged EU Subsidy Fraud

10:50

Tehran Threatens U.S. with New Houthi Maritime Front

16:31

Former French President Hints at 2027 Comeback Bid

16:16

German Troops to Join French Nuclear Exercise for the First Time

14:16

Spy Row Deepens as China Detains Czech Citizen

14:04

China Now Viewed More Positively Than U.S. in Majority of Countries Surveyed

12:21

TEC: Into the Lion's Den

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