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The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe


France: Can a Wounded Nation Heal Itself?

Here is a quote by Nicolas Sarkozy from 2006, before he became French President: [S]ecurity is the responsibility of the State, I am against militias, I am against the private ownership of firearms,...

Started in The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
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Solzhenitsyn and the Russian Question

The death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn produced predictable reactions from Western commentators. Yes, they said, he was a moral giant for so bravely exposing the evils of the Soviet penitential system...

Started in The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
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Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn RIP, 1918-2008

The privilege of knowing those who forged our age is often the consequence of an accidental crossing of the paths. In my case, undeserved luck allowed me to encounter Alexandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn...

Started in The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
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A Dictator’s Tantrums

George Handlery on the week that was. The visiting kin of dictators are dangerous guests. Russia protects. Inventing the surge retroactively? How to save us from timely success in Iraq? Talk loudly...

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Wallonia Loves France (and France Loves Wallonia)

A quote from The Economist blog, 30 July 2008 49% of Walloons said [they would be interested in union with France] (up from 29% less than a year ago). [...] In a way, it is odd that Walloons are so...

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EU Loves Illegal Immigrants

A quote from the Honest Thinking website, 31 July 2008"The European Union's top court," reports the BBC, "has ruled that non-EU nationals married to EU citizens are entitled to live in...

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The UK: Cool American Politics

Regarded as something of an anglophile, Barack Obama has said that it is time to “recalibrate” the relationship between the US and the UK, and to end the “poodle status” of the latter. The...

Started in The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
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The Berlin Missionary

Democrats and star-struck adulators will remember Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin as something more than it actually was. “By this foreign policy speech will future ones be measured,” declared dKos...

Started in The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
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Obama’s European Love Parade

More than 200,000 Germans turned out in Berlin on July 24 to hear a carefully stage-managed Barack Obama tell them exactly what they wanted to hear: If he becomes US president, America will become a...

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Obama in Berlin: Wishy Instincts, Washy Preferences

George Handlery on the week that was. Obama in Berlin: what is in the package? Russia’s permission is needed to defend Europe. Negotiating by not talking. America as an ally. Leopards and their...

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