Category Archives: Europe

Der Spiegel on France’s National Front

Der Spiegel has a profile of Florian Philippot, chief strategist for France’s National Front party. No matter where one goes in France these days to visit a Front National office or to accompany a candidate on his rounds, one encounters … Continue reading

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Pat Buchanan on Euroskepticism

How I wish there was a national political figure like Pat Buchanan of yore. Buchanan’s recent column is about the rise of nationalist parties in Western Europe (“Swiss Vote A Fire Bell In The Night For The EU—And Globalism”). In … Continue reading

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Roundup: Nationalism In Europe

Here’s four recent articles about the political winds a-changin’ in Europe, the first two conservative, the latter two liberal. (Hat tip: AmRen): “Leading British Conservative: Immigration Makes Us ‘Give Up Our Culture and Identity’” – American Thinker “70% Say No … Continue reading

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German Burnout

In the Times Literary Supplement, Anna Schaffner has an excellent essay on the topic of ‘burnout’ as it is currently playing out in Germany: One of the abiding refrains in exhaustion theories, both past and present, is the idea that … Continue reading

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Swiss Voters Approve Curbs on Immigration

Apparently, a majority of Swiss aren’t buying the “more immigration = economic prosperity” snake oil. From the NYT: BERLIN — A narrow majority of voters in Switzerland on Sunday approved proposals that would reintroduce restrictions on the number of foreigners … Continue reading

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Corruption in E.U. Costs £100 Billion

Now, how in the world does greatly centralized government correspond with corruption? Let us count the ways: Corruption across Europe is “breathtaking” and amounts to around £100 billion a year, equivalent to the total EU budget, according to the European … Continue reading

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Europeans United, in Hating Europe

In the NYT is an op-ed by Andrea Mammone entitled “Europeans United, in Hating Europe“. She’s a lecturer in modern European history at the University of London, uses the term ‘Other’, and makes the obligatory ‘Nazi’ analogy, so take a … Continue reading

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Le Pens: Speech Codes in France

As has been previously mentioned, France’s National Front party is primed to sweep the may 2014 elections, which will be an incredibly important moment in EU politics: Nearly one-quarter of French voters would vote for France’s National Front in May … Continue reading

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Black Pete

While the Left likes to ridicule the War Against Christmas, the European Left’s soup de jour of political correctness is a War Against Black Pete. Who is Black Pete? And why must he be stopped? “Black Pete: Dutch relic of … Continue reading

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NYT: Right Wing’s Surge in Europe Has the Establishment Rattled

The NYT discovers the surge of rightwing parties throughout Western Europe (“Right Wing’s Surge in Europe Has the Establishment Rattled” – Hat tip: Lion) HVIDOVRE, Denmark — As right-wing populists surge across Europe, rattling established political parties with their hostility … Continue reading

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