Holiday debates on immigration with French 'papys boomers'.
Every year, like many of us, I spend the summer holidays with my family. It's a time for endless political discussions. As someone who enjoys adversarial debate, I must admit that I'm often provocative. I particularly enjoy sparking discussions on immigration with my elders, as our opinions differ so widely on this issue.
Patrick Edery
Alejandro Peña Esclusa: “We must create a mass movement capable of defeating cultural Marxism”
In my previous article, “That wonderful feeling of normality”, I commented on the enormous variety of debates organised by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium.
Álvaro Peñas
Monthly Country Report: Hungary
On 8 June, the interior ministers of the 27 EU Member States approved by a qualified majority in Brussels a migration agreement that the European Commission described as "a historic agreement reached this evening between Member States on two key texts of the Pact on Migration and Asylum".
Ferenc Almássy
That Wonderful Feeling of Normality
The Mathias Corvinus Collegium held the MCC Feszt from 27-29 July, an event that in its third edition brought together thousands of people – more than 47,000 as compared to the 10,000 who had attended it the first time in Esztergom.
Álvaro Peñas
Indiana Jones and the Lost West
Indiana Jones 5 could be a grave for the Hollywood industry. Several films released by that industry have already flopped this year.
Marco Gallina
In France, police violence has become systemic since Emmanuel Macron came to power
If you ask a French person if they are going to demonstrate - a commonplace act in any democracy - it is not uncommon for them to reply that they prefer not to take any risks, so virulent has the policing of demonstrations become.
Patrick Edery
Country report: Germany, July - How the German government tried to undermine parliament
The traffic light government consisting of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals had wanted to push the "heat turnaround" through the German parliament by brute force.
Marco Gallina
No Money For Caravaggio
Many would give their eye teeth for the genuine Caravaggio that hangs in the Sanssouci Picture Gallery. It is the famous depiction of Thomas grasping the wound of the Risen Christ.
Marco Gallina
The Leyen Question
How firmly is EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the saddle? If one follows official accounts, then everything speaks in favour of the German seeking a second term in office and having broad support for it.
Marco Gallina
The Worrying State of Pluralism in the French Media
The French press likes to give lessons on democracy, European values and the rule of law. Yet France is certainly one of the democracies where the lack of pluralism, the almost totalitarian unanimity of the media, is most worrying. French journalists are very concerned about press freedom in Poland, but in that country, 2/3 of the mass media are against the government and fire red-hot bullets at it every day.
Patrick Edery
Selling the bear’s skin before it’s hunted
Two weeks ago, Alberto Núñez Feijóo saw himself as President and clear winner of the general elections in Spain.
Álvaro Peñas
Corruption in Portugal: The never-ending story
Portugal’s political news is not free from the spectre of corruption. Of course, there have been other important news items, such as the adoption of euthanasia, mentioned at the end of this article, but the succession of corruption-related news items occupies the front page of all the newspapers.