Even former high-ranking officials from the institutions of the European Union are beginning to speak out against the undemocratic regime of the unelected, untransparent, unaccountable European Commission — especially under its senior bureaucrat, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The number of executions in Iran has surged dramatically in 2026, accompanied by widespread human rights violations: torture, sham trials, and the systematic repression of dissent.
Iranian authorities have carried out hundreds of executions so far, and it is only August. There were more than 100 in June, with the total climbing past 420 by late July, according to Iran Human Rights and other monitors. Recently a gallows was erected in Isfahan’s public square. Many of these executions appear to be politically motivated, targeting participants in the January 2026 protests that challenged the regime.
The latest salvo in US President Donald Trump’s freewheeling trade war could have disastrous effects for Canadian business. But the new tariff threats may also open up trade opportunities elsewhere, with China and the EU in a strong position to benefit.
Trump’s planned 50% tariff on a range of imported goods ranges from wine to hockey sticks but does not include other key sectors such as energy, potash and fish.
It is expected to impact about 5%, or $20 billion (€17.5 billion) worth, of goods and “the impact could be devastating for the people in businesses involved,” Julian Karaguesian, an economics lecturer from Canada’s McGill University, told DW.
It was almost midnight in Brussels and the leaders of Europe were locked in their fifth hour of an emergency meeting with a single theme for discussion: how to manage a breakup with America.
The new year was only three weeks old and President Trump, after removing Venezuela’s autocratic strongman, had briefly threatened to seize Greenland from Denmark. Around a circular table in the European Council headquarters known as “The Space Egg,” heads of government were venting so emotionally about the 47th president that some of the nearly 30 leaders present would later call the session “therapy night.” There were no cameras or recordings and each of the presidents and prime ministers was told to come alone, no phones allowed, for a moment to speak candidly.
Good for Europe! All the best in your future dealings with Russia and China.
Once upon a time, there was a magic word that conjured up the liberal dream of passport-free open borders: Schengen.
It is actually the name of a village in Luxembourg where the agreements were signed four decades ago that created an area of free movement for 450 million people across 29 countries. Today, however, the dream has become a nightmare. Illegal migration on a vast scale from outside the EU has forced 10 governments to adopt emergency measures to control their borders with other member states. They include France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Only 11% of Europeans consider the United States to be an ally, a historic low, according to a survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) released on Wednesday.
Six months ago, 16% of people across 15 countries in Europe said they viewed the US as an ally, while in November 2024, when Donald Trump won the US presidential election, the figure stood at 22%.
The ECFR poll shows Europeans “embrace self-reliance and are clear-eyed about Donald Trump,” although they don’t expect the relationship to collapse entirely under the weight of the current challenges.
A majority of respondents said they did not think the US would come to Europe’s defense if it were attacked.
The Eurotrash pictured above have been unable and or unwilling to secure Europe’s borders against an ongoing mass illegal alien invasion.
France has virtually ceded control of the Banlieues to Islamists and criminal gangs.
They won’t protect their own people so why should the USA waste it’s time on them?
Carney is a likeminded Eurotrash wannabe who wants us to ally with these blowhard frauds.
NORMANDY, France — U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned about the invasion of Europe by third-world migrants in a Saturday speech commemorating the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. Hegseth spoke at the Normandy American Cemetery, where thousands of Americans are buried. All but one died storming the beaches on D-Day or in the subsequent Battle of Normandy during World War II.
“Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria,” Hegseth said. “Boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not.”
As prime minister, Mark Carney claims to be guided by pragmatism, albeit “principled pragmatism.” But his enthusiastic pursuit of deeper alignment with the European Union risks selling out Canadian sovereignty for romantic symbolism and a mountain of red tape.
In his now-famous speech in Davos, Carney said that “nostalgia isn’t a strategy.” Yet his approach to the EU reveals a deeply nostalgic view of Europe as a vibrant counterweight to North American realities. But the numbers say Europe’s economy, far from being vibrant, is in decline. Forecasts for this year project growth of one per cent or less. The EU is beset by stagnation, demographic decline, high energy costs and chronically poor competitiveness. Why would Canada seek even tighter alignment with a bloc that’s in decline when it already enjoys comprehensive trade access through the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and other multilateral channels?
No sooner were the words out of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mouth than one French news magazine dubbed them “a breath of fresh air from Canada.”
“It is my strong personal view,” the Canadian leader said, “that as the international order (is) rebuilt … it will be rebuilt out of Europe.”
Carney was speaking in Armenia earlier this month at a meeting of the European Political Community. A leader who has dubbed his country “the most European of non-European nations” flubbed his lines slightly but got his point across, enchanting his all-European audience.
Carney smells profit from a decaying corrupt continent. There’s a reason his kind likes “Free Trade” and hates tariffs.
A debate is emerging over the economic difference between Europe and America. It seems to be driven primarily by the American side, where it has ostensibly been inspired by the spotlight that President Trump has shone upon Europe in general. He has drawn American eyes to Europe both through tariff negotiations and his administration’s highlighting of the decline of freedom of speech in the European Union.
Recently, the Wall Street Journal made a notable contribution to the transatlantic comparison. In an editorial video, Mark Kelly, senior producer of the Journal’s editorial page, brought together viewpoints from a variety of contributors to try to determine what keeps America ahead and why the gap has increased in recent years.
I spent last weekend crossing half the globe with Prime Minister Mark Carney, to spend a few hours with European leaders in Yerevan, the stunning Armenian capital, before crossing all the way back to Ottawa.
Mr. Carney was the first non-European leader to be invited to a meeting of the European Political Community, a grouping that brings together the 27 European Union member states with allies and neighbors, including Britain and Turkey, as well as aspiring members such as Ukraine and Albania.
Officials in Brussels often joke about Canada joining the EU.
Some European leaders, including Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, have even started to entertain the idea.
It remains a pipe dream for now – but Mark Carney will at least get to play the part of a European leader in Yerevan on Monday.
The Canadian prime minister will become the first leader of a non-European state to join a summit of the European Political Community.
Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain a day after saying he was looking at reducing the number deployed in Germany.
The US president’s threat to Germany came after the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said America was being “humiliated” by Iran.
Trump has severely criticised Nato allies for not sending their navies to help to open the strait of Hormuz, a crucial commercial shipping corridor.
Some ideas refuse to die. One of these is the notion of a European “reversal of alliances” into the arms of Russia. The phrase refers to the unexpected decoupling from former allies, accompanied by an unexpected alliance with former enemies. In 1756, Austria, which had always been an ally of Great Britain, instead allied with its longtime foe, France. Meanwhile, Great Britain and its old enemy, Prussia, became allies — resulting in the Seven Years’ War.
You hear it in Europe from the “new right” and the far left — at conferences where people swoon over “multipolarity” and in the corridors of Germany’s Bundestag, where desperate industrialists plead for Russia’s Gazprom to reopen its taps.
If this reversal of alliances was possible in 1756, why not in 2026?
I’m sure Carney has bought in.
As an American living in Europe, I am frequently asked if my compatriots understand the extent of the damage being done to all facets of transatlantic relations by the Trump administration’s bullying policies. My answer is, sadly, no.
More and more Europeans no longer view the United States as a reliable ally. The reasons are not hard to find. The president has threatened to leave NATO, sidelined allies in negotiations over Ukraine’s future, imposed steep tariffs on the European Union and threatened to seize Greenland by force — prompting Europeans to prepare for the real prospect of military conflict with their oldest ally. One recent survey found that one-quarter or more of respondents in some countries — including France, Germany and Spain — see the United States as a rival or adversary. Another found that an absolute majority view Trump as an “enemy” of Europe and U.S. foreign policy as “recolonization.” Polls also reflect a growing belief that China is a more dependable partner.
