Mario Draghi prime example of EU technocratic leaders’ arrogance
Mario Draghi, Italian ex-Prime minister, conveniently forgets his past: yet it was he, along with other European technocrats, who promoted the austerity policies that have depressed growth and wages for years, contributing to the economic stagnation he now pontificates should be fought.
Can trans athletes compete in women’s sport? As long as it's for Italy
An Italian trans woman Valentina Petrillo is competing in this year’s August Paralympics. But, where are the centre-right politicians now? Only a month ago they were raging about the ‘Imane Khelif case’. Gender ideology and its harms must be contested consistently otherwise politicians lose all their credibility.
Sunset of the Ursula Majority, the bluff is called
Under the current conditions, the possibility is high that a possible reapplication of von der Leyen, with unchanged line-ups, will be scuttled by franchi tiratori. Either 'Ursula' leans towards a different majority or a new leader figure is found who embodies the sense of the new balances that have matured at continental level.
The Pope at the G7, an opportunity missed
The speech on Artificial Intelligence was full of useless technicalities and poor in terms of foundations for the desired ethical choices. No reference to God and Jesus, nor to natural law. But the person, morality and politics do not hold up without God.
Orban's European semester starts amid ferocious liberal attacks
From 1 July, Hungary assumes the six-month presidency of the European Council with a packed agenda. Many liberal socialists and pro-abortion corporations voice their opposition. Yet, support is rising as US and EU work to block its efforts.
EU: abstentionism appeals, but voting is advisable this time
As in all elections, citizens can abstain. But it is better to vote, with solid criteria, to change this European Union and defend non-negotiable principles. Here are three voting criteria.
Immigration scandal, 'bogus Christians' game system to stay in UK
Violence, murder, terrorism: tragic news events have lifted the veil on the phenomenon of 'bogus conversions' from Islam to obtain political asylum in England. Anglican Church under indictment.
Financial Times against Italian PM Meloni, recalls attack against Berlusconi
The Financial Times, the City of London newspaper, predicts a grim future for Italy’s Giorgia Meloni government. As it’s reminiscent of the same newspaper's condemnation of the Silvio Berlusconi government in 2011, one wonders, is the analysis impartial or dictated by a political agenda? Interestingly, the second hypothesis is not so far-fetched.
Northern Ireland, 25 years later peace is still fragile
Every year there are still a thousand sectarian crimes, and hundreds of churches, Catholic and Protestant, suffer attacks, while Parliament is politically paralysed. The Good Friday Agreement that ended 30 years of fratricidal war in 1998 has not yet delivered peace. The appeal of the leaders of the Christian Churches.
Lockdown, a political and unscientific decision
What did members of the government say to each other during the Covid-19 pandemic, when they ordered us to stay at home? They discussed political choices, even if scientifically dubious or openly wrong. This is what emerges from "private" conversations in both the United Kingdom and Italy.
The rise of Hitler 90 years ago and the price paid by Catholics
90 years have passed since Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor. From the start, the German Catholic Church foresaw the danger of National Socialism and then paid a very high price for its resistance: 310 German priests interned in concentration camps, 65 died during imprisonment, 36 executed or murdered, 790 arrested, 1510 fined, 6593 interrogated, to mention some. Numbers that conflict with today's German Catholic Church, amenable to the what the world wants and even more eager to conform to it.
Vaccines and tumours: repentant oncologist raises alarm
British professor Angus Dalgleish, luminary in the field of oncology and once an avid supporter of the development of anti-covid vaccines, has changed his mind about their efficacy. Faced with the evidence of the side effects and with great intellectual honesty, he denounces the resurgence of tumours and calls for all vaccine programmes to be suspended.
