Democracy is on its knees. Those who have it ignore it and do not participate in it, those who do not have it die on the barricades demanding it in vain from increasingly inhuman and pragmatic regimes. The modern individual revels in his own selfishness, and does
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, overwhelmed by scandals, was finally abandoned by his party colleagues and, for several days, desperately tried to save his political career by refusing to resign as head of government. His argument: the votes for his party would be his personal votes –
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Has the time come, at last, for a united Ireland? The day after the vote that changes everything, hundreds of rain-soaked people, in silence, their faces bowed to the ground, but this time full of the sunshine of joy, greet the grave of Bobby Sands[1] , who
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In the middle of Central Europe is a small nation of great traditions: even when it was part of the Habsburg empire, Hungary has maintained an ancient language and culture, pride in its military traditions, and a congenital scepticism against all the great powers around it, from
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There is a fragment of Asia that absolutely wants to enter the European Union. It is Georgia, one of the most culturally important countries in the history and prehistory of the world, one of the countries crushed for decades under the heel of the Soviet Union. It
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The new Swedish immigration law is clear: stop the automatic family attainment system. If a family is granted asylum, its children must be integrated as soon as possible. Those who fail to do so go from the frying pan into the fire: the children are handed over
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It is one of the oldest stories in the world – so old that it was not believed until archaeologists proved it. For at least 3,200 years, on the shores of the Aegean Sea, two civilisations have been fighting for supremacy over what was then the main
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In the last ten years, six governments have led Italy. These six governments are responsible for causing a possibly unsolvable crisis in the Italian fishing industry: and they have done so out of incompetence and sloth. While Matteo Renzi’s dreams of new drilling died with the referendum
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The Schengen Agreement, which allowed EU citizens to move freely within the territories of the member states – a wonderful revolution, if we think that eighty years ago those states were at war with each other and Europeans were dying like flies crossing the borders, or just
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It is the arctic night of 2 December 2021, on the gloomy parade ground of the Ministry of Defence in Berlin. The flak-lit breath of the spectators evokes that of the battle-ready horses that in 1596 waited excitedly for the reins to finally be loosened and the
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