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Slovenian PM Janez Janša denounces Brussels’ “imaginary values”

The Editorial Board July 8, 2021

Slovenia/European Union– As we recently reported, Slovenia’s presidency of the European Union, which we predicted would be stormy and marred by conflict, is indeed off to a flying start, and the EU’s leaders in Brussels have not been mistaken in seeing in Slovenian Prime Minister…

Politics

It’s EU kindergarten time!

Bill Ravotti February 28, 2021

Slovenia is the target this time, as the EU Commission condemns Slovenian Premier's criticism of a left-wing reporter. Why? A free media requires dissenting opinions, open debate and hard-hitting from both sides...or it’s not really free. PM Janša must have struck a…

Politics

Brussels will remain in conflict with Poland even with a new European Commission

Olivier Bault August 5, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Together with its fellow Visegrád Group countries, Poland has managed to veto the bid of Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans to become the next President of the European Commission. Although Timmermans is expected to retain a vice-presidency of…

Politics

Why the Spitzenkandidaten mechanism compromises the European Commission’s impartiality and is a cause of EU attacks against Poland and Hungary

Olivier Bault May 24, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus. European Union - Meeting in Sibiu, Romania, for a European Council on May 9, European heads of state and government discussed whether the Spitzenkandidaten system – first used to choose the head…

Politics

Linking EU funds to rule of law and “European values”: a move against Poland and Hungary?

Olivier Bault April 18, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus. European Union - “The more I listen to Timmermans talk on rule of law and respond to questions, the more obvious it seems that spitzenkandidaten should temporarily leave their EU paid roles during…

Society

Romania Post-Referendum: X-ray of a Sick Society

Modeste Schwartz October 9, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - On Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October 7, just under 4 million Romanian citizens went to the polls to vote in the so-called “referendum on the family”, a little over 20% of the official electoral body (why…

Society

Will Romania Join the European Club of Normal Families? Behind the scenes of a referendum.

Modeste Schwartz October 7, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - Since the 1990s, the increasing hegemony of the Soros galaxy on Romanian civil society has resulted in a continuous intensification of LGBT propaganda. After obtaining some rather uncontroversial reforms (such as the decriminalization of homosexuality), the LGBT…

Politics

Triggering Article 7 against Poland: nuclear bomb or wet firecracker?

Sébastien Meuwissen February 5, 2018

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Pologne - Forty years ago, Poland lit the spark that would put an end to Communist totalitarianism in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, the European Commission has launched the first phase of Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against…

Politics

Open letter from Marek Jurek to Frans Timmermans: Anticipating the European Council’s actions and taking over its powers is abuse and a usurpation of power

The Editorial Board November 14, 2017

European Union - On Wednesday 15 morning, there will be a debate about Poland at the European Parliament. Marek Jurek, a Polish MEP and former speaker of the Sejm, has sent the letter below, before the debate, to Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President…

Politics

The European Commission Renews its Attacks Against Poland

Olivier Bault March 8, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - While in Poland the conflict surrounding the Constitutional Court (CC) has somewhat subsided as a result of the departure of its President Andrzej Rzepliński, who had the unfortunate habit of commenting on the laws adopted by the…

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