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René ter Steege

The writer is a Dutch journalist covering immigration in Europe.
by | Apr 2, 2025

On the day an opinion poll predicted that Marine Le Pen would thrash any political opponent at the next presidential election, a judge in Paris virtually banned her from taking part. The president of the court handed down a harsh…

by | Feb 28, 2025

When, once again, innocent French people were attacked by yet another knife-wielding North African, the country’s shock and sorrow soon gave way to anger at the suspect’s native country, Algeria. France was still reeling from the killing spree of Brahim…

by | Jan 7, 2025

Jean-Marie Le Pen has died, aged 96, on the same day that France solemnly honored the victims of the Islamist terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ten years earlier. Charlie Hebdo had once tried to have Le Pen’s…

by | May 12, 2024

The specter of the beheaded teacher Samuel Paty continues to haunt France’s public education system, which the prime minister deems under threat from Islamist infiltration. Each provocation by Muslim students reminds teachers in France of the fate of Samuel Paty,…

by | Apr 14, 2024

Even at the top of the right-wing National Rally in France, the great replacement of the autochthonous French seems unstoppable. On the hustings for the European elections, its successful young leader, Jordan Bardella, proudly presents himself as “a Frenchman of…

by | Dec 3, 2023

Dutch citizens are fighting a losing battle against the anti-racist version of the celebrations of Saint Nicholas, but the huge election victory of anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders has given them a shot in the arm. Abandoned by the political establishment,…

by | Aug 28, 2023

Those cheeky, ungrateful and xenophobic Poles really went too  far this time around! In their resistance against immigration, they have resorted to “blackmail” against the European Union (EU), according to the left-leaning Dutch newspaper NRC. Which also accuses critics of…

by | Jul 7, 2023

The inflammable cocktail of immigration, crime, real or alleged racism, hard-handed police tactics, and fiery left-wing politicians is again exploding in France’s face. Never before, however, has the c-word — “civil war” — been bandied about so openly. RELATED: As…

by | Jun 18, 2023

Since the beginning of June, a 13 foot high bronze statue of a sloppily dressed black woman in sweatpants and sneakers towers above Rotterdam’s Central Station. In its short life, it has already managed to sharply divide the people of…

by | Mar 8, 2023

You wouldn’t know it judging by the huge and angry crowds in France protesting against the rather tame government plan to raise the retirement age, but some citizens are in favor of it. In interviews, members of this small and…

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