EU Chat Control: Surveillance Masquerading as Security
Register now for Europe’s most important conservative gathering: Battle for the Soul of Europe — 3–4 December in Brussels: https://soulofeurope.coThis week, Jacob Reynolds is joined by Richard Schenk and Pieter Cleppe to tackle the EU’s revived chat control plan, the cold shower of COP30, and yet another Brussels values crusade against Hungary.Chat Control is backThe Commission has quietly revived proposals that would let authorities peer into your private messages. Encryption is being undermined and platforms are threatened with liability until they police speech for the EU. It is the surveillance state in all but name.COP30 ends in embarrassmentEurope’s leaders flew to Brazil to chant green slogans while the continent slides into deindustrialisation. China and India continue to raise emissions. The US has walked away. The EU keeps crippling its own industries and calls it leadership. Even developing nations pushed back against the Commission’s eco-fantasies.Another attack on HungaryThe Parliament returns to its favourite ritual. A new “rule of law” report built by activist NGOs and rubber-stamped by MEPs claims Hungary has violated EU values once again. As always, the target is national sovereignty and any government that refuses Brussels’ ideological line.Europe’s institutions are acting without restraint.From privacy to energy to democracy, this episode shows the scale of the challenge and the opportunity for a very different Europe.If you value open debate, like, comment and subscribe. The EU is tightening its grip on digital platforms and conservative voices need your support to stay heard.
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How COP and green ideology broke the Western World | Former EU Commission energy official
For 30 years, COP summits have promised salvation and delivered nothing but slogans, moral posturing and declining European industry. At COP30, the same ritual repeats: frightened rhetoric, impossible targets, and yet more pressure on ordinary Europeans to pay for an ideology that refuses to face physics.Jacob Reynolds sits down with Samuele Furfari, engineer, former senior Commission official, and author of The Truth About COPs, 30 Years of Illusions, to dismantle the green mythology that Brussels treats as holy writ.Why have CO₂ emissions risen 65% since COP began?Why do China and India thrive while Europe de-industrialises?Why is “renewable energy” a fairytale built on fossil fuels?And why is the COP system, after three decades, little more than a travelling theatre for globalists who preach sacrifice while flying private?If you want to understand why Europe’s energy policy is collapsing, and what should replace the climatist dogma, this conversation is essential.
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The EU’s desperate search for cash for Ukraine | MCC Brussels Podcast
Register now for Europe’s most important conservative gathering: Battle for the Soul of Europe — 3–4 December in Brussels: https://soulofeurope.coEurope Runs Out of Money for Ukraine, V4 Regroups, and the Parliament Tries to Police DemocracyThe EU’s crazy solution to fund the Ukraine warBrussels is scrambling to fund a war it can no longer afford. With budget deficits rising across Europe, EU leaders are eyeing frozen Russian assets held in Belgium. This move could blow up the Euro’s credibility and trigger a financial backlash from Beijing to Jakarta. Our guests explain why this is not strategy but panic dressed up as policy.The Visegrad Four return?Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia and Poland may be rediscovering their shared interests: sovereignty, energy security, and a refusal to accept Brussels-imposed migration quotas. A new patriotic bloc could be forming and Europe’s establishment won’t like it.Parliamentary democracy, EU-styleThe European Parliament is preparing a conference on “democratic resilience.” Behind the slogans: new mechanisms to steer national parliaments, sideline elected MPs, and empower unelected civic bodies that nobody voted for. It’s Brussels’ favourite trick: manufacturing the appearance of democracy while weakening the real thing.This week, host Jacob Reynolds is joined by Richard Schenk and Agnieszka Kolek to examine the stories shaping Europe’s future.Thanks to everyone who likes and comments. Your support genuinely cuts through an algorithm that is still stacked against conservative and patriotic voices. Keep sharing , and we’ll keep making the case for common sense.Follow MCC Brussels on social media:https://twitter.com/MCC_Brusselshttps://facebook.com/MCCBrusselshttps://linkedin.com/company/mcc-brussels/website:https://brussels.mcc.hu
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From Fields to Fury: The EU’s War on Farmers
Register here for the definitive conservative intellectual event of the year:👉 https://soulofeurope.coHost John O’Brien is joined by Herman Kelly, President of the Irish Freedom Party, and Richard Schenk of MCC Brussels to discuss:1. The War on FarmersThe EU’s new climate law is not about saving the planet, it is about control.A 90% emissions cut by 2040 means mass culls, fertiliser bans and billions in fines. Irish farmers are told to destroy their herds while global corporations collect green subsidies. Europe’s countryside is being sacrificed on the altar of ideology. This is not transition. It is managed demolition.2. The Fall of Free MediaFrom London to Berlin, public broadcasters have become pulpits for state ideology. The BBC, RTÉ and ARD are funded by taxpayers yet hostile to ordinary Europeans. Their neutrality is a myth. Their journalism is a sermon. Courts are now asking whether propaganda dressed as news can even be constitutional. The truth is simpler. We are forced to fund our own indoctrination.3. Borders Without NationsBrussels calls it mandatory solidarity.In reality it is a system that fines countries for defending their own borders. Mass migration is reshaping Europe, its culture, its safety, its democracy. The EU insists it is inevitable. It is not.The tragedy of the commons has become the tragedy of the continent.When everyone owns Europe’s borders, no one defends them.Europe’s ruling class is losing control of the story. Farmers, workers and citizens are writing a new one, rooted in sovereignty, sanity and common sense.Thank you to everyone who liked and commented. Your support cuts through an algorithm stacked against conservative voices.Keep sharing and we will keep making the case for Europe’s future.If you value open discussion on these issues, please like, comment and subscribe.It is one of the few ways to push back against algorithmic censorship.Follow MCC Brussels on social media:https://twitter.com/MCC_Brusselshttps://facebook.com/MCCBrusselshttps://linkedin.com/company/mcc-brussels/website:https://brussels.mcc.hu
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Mamdani and the Islamo–Left Alliance
Register here for the definitive conservative intellectual event of the year: https://soulofeurope.coHost Jacob Reynolds is joined by Richard Schenk and António Tânger Corrêa, Vice-President of Portugal’s Chegaand MEP in the European Parliament, to ask:Has the Western Left become a coalition of contradictions?From New York to The Hague, Europe’s elites are embracing an unholy alliance of radical Islamism and identity politics - an alliance that may already be collapsing under its own hypocrisy.New York: The Mamdami ModelA new mayor built on a coalition of pro-Palestinian activists, third-worldists and identity radicals. But is this the future of Western politics, or a sign of the Left’s desperation?The Dutch Election FalloutWilders’ populist right fell short, but Europe’s liberal elite can hardly celebrate. Voters are weary of endless coalitions and governments run by bureaucrats, not citizens.Chega’s Rise in PortugalChega has surged from one MP to the second-largest party in parliament. What explains its meteoric rise—and why do so many ordinary Portuguese feel betrayed by the “parties of the system”?Europe’s Legal LeviathanThe European Court of Human Rights has become a law unto itself, blocking democratic reform and national sovereignty in the name of “universal rights.” Is reform finally possible?Plus: the so-called “Hungarian spy ring” that wasn’t. Another Brussels morality play collapsing on contact with reality.Europe’s ruling class is losing control of the story. The people are writing a new one.Thanks to everyone who liked and commented. Your support genuinely cuts through an algorithm that’s stacked against conservative voices. It makes a real difference. Keep sharing, and we’ll keep making the case for common sense.If you value open discussion on these issues, please like, comment, and subscribe.It’s one of the few ways to counter algorithmic suppression of dissenting voices.
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