Sumantra Maitra explains to readers of The Federalist that EU leaders, mostly Germans, are determined to further centralize the bloc in an effort to compete with what they call the empires of the United States, China, India and Russia. Meanwhile, within the bloc, ancient nation states such as the U.K., Poland, Hungary, and others, aren’t […]

At The American Conservative, Bill Wirtz explains the desperate strategy French president Emmanuel Macron is employing in European Parliamentary elections to beat his rival, Marine Le Pen, and to shut down to offer an alternative to right wing populism. Wirtz writes (abridged): Macron’s La République En Marche (“the Republic on the move”) party presented its European […]

Roger Kimball, writing at American Greatness, praises Christopher Caldwell’s portrayal of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Kimball notes that Orban “in a speech in 2015, ‘Hungary must protect its ethnic and cultural composition. I am convinced that Hungary has the right—and every nation has the right—to say that it does not want its country to […]

Emmanuel Macron is facing the backlash of French citizens who are tired of the immigrant wave thrust upon them by their globalist elite class. Bill Wirtz explains in The American Conservative (abridged): It’s election season in France, and Macron faces stark opposition at home, with Le Pen, the hard left, and the Yellow Vests doing […]

At The American Conservative, Rod Dreher highlights the work of Christopher Caldwell in explain Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Orban recently met with President Trump, and the two share a view of nationhood that seeks to protect citizens above all else. The question for European voters in the upcoming EU parliamentary elections is, do they […]

After feeling the effects of unfettered immigration, average Europeans are taking a hard stand against the open-borders pushed by the continent’s elite class. At The American Conservative, Scott McConnell explains that even center-right parties are beginning to come around to oppose open borders. He writes (abridged): Unease with rapid demographic change is a major driving […]

Nigel Farage, a British EU parliamentarian, is the face of the Brexit movement. For years he has worked to get the UK out of the EU, and his insistence and persistence helped force former Prime Minister David Cameron to agree to hold the Brexit referendum. Now, Farage may be the EU’s next kingmaker as his […]

These were the words of Dutch politician Geert Wilders to a rally of supporters in Prague. Wilders and his allies across Europe are poised to make their right wing coalition the third largest in the European parliament. They vow to push back the EU’s influence on their nations. Marcus Walker and Drew Hinshaw report for […]

In France, according to the NYT, the funding situation for monuments has been desperate for years. Unlike in the U.S., France does not have the tradition of private giving. But in less than a week, private donations ($1 billion) have been pledged to help fund restoration of Notre Dame. The Pinault family (the main owners […]

At The American Conservative, Bill Wirtz discusses the united conservative front forming across Europe. The conservative parties of many of the bloc’s countries are coming together in an effort to change the EU from within. It’s a worst nightmare for the elites who run the EU today. He writes: A bit more than a month […]