On the 18 January 1919 the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War began at Versailles. It resulted in five controversial treaties that rearranged the map of Europe and imposed onerous financial penalties on Germany and the other losing nations. These reparations gave rise to political resentments that lasted for decades.
As the likelihood of earlier election causes the left-wing governing coalition to despair, the League’s leader Matteo Salvini was summoned to his first hearing in a trial intended to make him ineligible to run again for office for years. This follows the same sinister pattern as was done with Silvio Berlusconi when he was the uncontested leader of the ‘centre-right’ bloc.
Following the Polish example, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that Hungary is dropping income tax for people under 25. Taking a leaf from its Polish allies’ economic policy, Hungary’s ruling conservatives plan to exempt under-25s from paying income tax, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Friday.
One aspect of narcissistic sociopaths is that they live in their own little world in which their desires and bizarre dysfunctions are normalised. They believe themselves superior to most people because they are predatory, and don’t suffer from annoying hang-ups like empathy and conscience.
Mass riots in Brussels January 13 evening revealed terrifying scenes in the Belgian capital. Police confirmed that 20 police officers were injured and two female officers were taken to hospital, one of them in serious condition. Police also arrested 112 rioters, of which 30 are supposedly minors.
The police, in the United Kingdom especially, notoriously and viciously crackdown on what they ~ not the law consider illegal. Recently, the world was horrified to see several burly cops manhandling a 92-year old man for protesting against a court decision without his having permission from the police.
A disabled woman assisted by Kester Disability Rights has been paid £7,000 in compensation by a service provider who refused her access to a retailing service because she was unable to wear a face mask.
In scenes reminiscent of medieval witch hunts and hysteria about warts and birthmarks, a Swedish distribution company with warehouses in France plans to force its workers to wear dog collars fitted with proximity sensors which would ring if they are too close in a bid, so it is claimed, to reduce Covid-19 infections.
Though the Rome regime believes much of Italy remains under strict coronavirus restrictions, restaurants and bars have opened their doors in protest. Customers drank, ate, sang, and in one viral video, apparently booted the police back out the door.
Ignored by much Western media, some 10,000 people marched through the centre of the Austrian capital Vienna on Saturday to protest against restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19, and to demand the resignation of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
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