After recent German elections, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats took the largest share of the votes, but must form a coalition with other parties to rule. The prospects for successfully forming a new government are looking worse each day. The failure to create an orderly government in Germany is increasing perceived risk in Europe, and if […]
How Climate Costs Are Driving Politics in Germany
In Germany, reality is triumphing over political posturing on climate, explains Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian. Over the weekend, the talks among political parties in Germany to form a coalition government collapsed. As of now, nobody seems to know what is going to happen next. And — even though there is little overt dissent […]
Keep Buggering On: How Winston Churchill Won the War
In The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965, authors William Manchester and Paul Reid explain the resilience of Winston Churchill in the face of setbacks. His unwavering spirit led the U.K. through the war and on to victory. Richard Aldous, writing about the book in The New York Times in 2012 said: […]
Macron—“President for the Rich” Reforming France’s Taxes
As Washington grapples with loopholes and tax credits, do politicians really want to explain to American voters why they let the U.S. trail even France? Let’s hope our lawmakers noticed that President Emmanuel Macron is overhauling France’s taxes as a way to stimulate investment and create jobs. Mr. Macron pushed through the National Assembly a […]
Can France be Transformed into a Country for the Young?
Joseph Sternberg outlines the considerable difficulties Emmanuel Macron will face in taking France, a country that works reasonably well but with a focus on the older generations, and turning it into a country that will allow its young to thrive. The success or failure of Macron’s labor reforms will be a major test of how […]
Europeans are Voting Against the Islamic Invasion
Despite hitting a speed bump when Marine Le Pen failed to win the French presidency earlier this year, the European nationalist movement seems to be picking up steam once again. The People’s Party, a center-right party in Austria that has stolen much of the far-right’s playbook for this election, has won a parliamentary election. The […]
Despite National Front Disarray, Le Pen’s Ideas Fight On
At The American Conservative, Bill Wirtz explains that despite France’s National Front being in complete disarray after the failure of Marine Le Pen in the presidential election, it’s ideas live on. Even if National Front never holds the sway it recently commanded, says Wirtz, the voters will continue to seek out the positions and ideas […]
Don’t People Deserve to Govern Themselves?
At The American Conservative, editor Matt Purple asks the obvious question about Catalonia, why should it not be free? Spain can’t answer that question, and it’s doubtful anyone can. Purple writes (abridged): It’s fitting that George Orwell is the author we reach for first when discussing Catalonia; fitting, too, that a public square in Barcelona […]
After the Vote: Merkel Weak, Germany Fractious and Unstable
Milton Ezrati writes in The American Conservative that after winning her fourth chancellorship, Angela Merkel’s position is weak. Her party lost support, and the anti-EU Alternative for Germany entered parliament as a minority party. Ezrati calls Germany’s political environment “fractious and unstable.” What can Germany’s future hold when so much of the population is turning […]
France’s National Front Abandons “Economic Sovereignty” to Focus on the Threat of Islam
Front National leader Marine Le Pen has forced Florian Philippot out of the party. Philippot was the architect of the party’s “economic sovereignty” push, and vice president of strategy and communications. With Philippot gone, it is assumed FN will refocus on it’s chief issue, France’s immigration crisis and the threat Islam poses to the French. Stacy […]
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