The only “common sense gun control” that its advocates are eventually going to agree on is to take your guns away. And you won’t get them back. How do I know that? That’s exactly what they did in Europe.
Emmanuel Macron is crowning himself King of Europe
“You as a political project are in denial.” Those words are now part of the EU lexicon thanks to Nigel Farage’s speech in the European Parliament following the Brexit referendum. Farage’s point: despite Brexit, the European Union was unwilling to concede that its process of centralization had gone too far.
420 is now less of a celebration in Europe than it is in the United States
For years, progress on the question of legal medicinal and recreational marijuana has sparked debate in the United States. For a long time, American legalization activists used positive cases, such as the one of the Netherlands, to argue for leniency on drug-related crimes. Today, the situation seems to be reversed.
European political parties need to draw red lines. Viktor Orbán is showing why.
For years, a political class offended at everything and begging for apologies on minor scandals has seemingly been fine with benefiting from the membership of parties with very questionable views. A recent speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes it clear that European political parties need to screen their memberships and stop the opportunism.
The European Union is increasingly becoming a super-state
Over time, the European Union has developed into more than just an economic cooperation between nations. The EU is a big and intrusive government that constantly acquires new powers. And like all superstates, its tendency to defend freedom against control is swindling.
Europe needs tax competition
Back in December, the finance ministers of the European Union agreed on a new common list of so-called “tax havens”, which compete with particularly lower corporate income tax rates. On this “black list”, a total of 17 states around the globe appeared amongst them were Mongolia, South Korea, Bahrain, Barbados and the United Arab Emirates. […]
[REPORTAGE] CSV-Memberschaft an der EVP: Sinn Engel a Reding oneens?
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 9. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Den CSV-Europadeputéierten Frank Engel kritiséiert reegelméisseg déi ungaresch Regierungspartei Fidesz, déi an der selweschter Fraktioun am Europaparlament sëtzt wéi seng Partei. Iwwer déi eventuell Konklusioun déi doraus gezu misst ginn […]
[REPORTAGE] Viviane Reding: “Amerika brauch lëtzebuerger Stool”
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 6. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Den amerikanesche Präsident Donald Trump huet Europa temporär vu sengen Steieren op Stool an Aluminium ausgeschloss. An der Europäescher Unioun ass awer kee sech richteg secher wéi et elo weider […]
European identitarianism is national socialism for hipsters
Marion Le Pen caused a minor scandal when when she appeared at CPAC last month. Matt Schlapp insisted that she was “a classical liberal.” Others suggested that the Le Pen family and the National Front represented something very different from classical liberalism. At the very least, Marion Le Pen is the standard bearer of a distinctly European form […]
Non, la Belgique et le Luxembourg ne sont pas des paradis fiscaux
Suite à l’annonce du commissaire européen chargé de la Fiscalité, Pierre Moscovici, de s’intéresser davantage aux pratiques des pays avec des modèles fiscaux plus avantageux, le Luxembourg et la Belgique sont pointés du doigt. Pourtant, les deux pays ne sont pas des paradis fiscaux, bien qu’ils présentent des avantages multiples face à l’Hexagone.
Bill Wirtz 