EU Madness > EC insists that cultural suicide is the right thing to do

 

European Commission Blocks Attempt of Europeans

to Halt ‘Non-Western Migration’

Jul 26, 2026 4:00 pm By Hugh Fitzgerald

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The European Commission has now become an enemy of Europe. It has refused to register the “Save Europe Act,” which is an attempt, supported so far by 580,000 citizens of Europe, to end migration from “non-Western countries” — which is meant, everyone understands, to prevent more Muslims from entering Europe. More on this shameful move can be found here: 

EU rejects anti-mass migration citizen initiative,

saying it goes against EU values

by Carl Deconinck, Brussels Signal, July 23, 2026:

Belgium – Brussels – Schuman – Berlaymont – Seat of the European Commission, EmDee, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

The European Commission has refused to register the “Save Europe Act”, a European Citizens’ Initiative calling for a moratorium on new immigration from non-Western countries and a fundamental reform of the EU’s migration and asylum system.

The initiative was launched by Austrian activist Martin Sellner and Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Its organisers say it has already gathered more than 580,000 signatures.

The Commission ruled that the initiative failed to meet the legal requirements for registration as a European Citizens’ Initiative.

It said the proposal’s call for a moratorium on immigration from “non-Western countries”, including for study and family reunification, and its reference to the “ethnic and cultural continuity” of Europe’s “native peoples” would amount to discrimination based on race or ethnic origin.

The Commission does not believe that Europeans have a right to defend their values, their culture, their civilization, from migrants — Muslims — who do not, and cannot possibly, share those values, that culture, that civilization. It describes the attempt to keep more Muslims out as “discrimination based on race or ethnic origin.” But that is wrong: Muslims are neither a “race” nor an “ethnicity.” Islam is an ideology, like Communism or Nazism, and Europeans want to prevent the demographic conquest of their countries by those who subscribe to that ideology.

The Commission also objected to the initiative’s claim that Europe was facing a “demographic exchange” caused by non-Western and non-European migrants.

Why does the Commission object? Is it because that claim of a “demographic exchange” is false, or is it because it is true? There are now 44 million Muslims in Europe. More than a million now enter Europe each year. And while European fertility rates are, at 1.6, far below the replacement level of 2.1, Muslims in Europe have a fertility rate of 2.9. Thus, the percentage of people in Europe who are Muslim inexorably rises.

Under EU rules, a European Citizens’ Initiative must comply with the EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Commission said the Save Europe Act was “manifestly contrary” to the values of the Union and therefore could not be registered.

The most important of values is self-preservation. It is this which the European Commission refuses to consider.

The decision means that the campaign cannot use the formal European Citizens’ Initiative mechanism, which allows citizens to ask the Commission to propose legislation after collecting at least one million signatures from at least seven EU member states….

There is now a popular uprising in Europe, a demand that the European Union call a halt to “non-Western migration.” 580,000 signatures have already been gathered to support this demand. The bureaucrats in Brussels have rejected the effort. They claim that such a policy would constitute discrimination based on “race” or “ethnicity.” They are wrong. Islam is not a race, nor an ethnicity, but an ideology inimical to Western values. Now, as one of the organizers of this effort, Eva Vlaardingerbroek, has made clear, they will continue to raise hell — “see you in court” — with ever-swelling numbers of signatories to their petition. Europeans want to preserve Europe from those who would transform it. What is wrong with that?

How can the EC justify allowing the astonishing growth of an ideology that would take Europe back to the 7th century? It's madness.

In the name of race and ethnicity, they insist on allowing an ideology that is incredibly racist and completely intolerant of anyone who doesn't keep the Muslim faith, and indeed, the right version of the Muslim faith.

Islam in Germany > Another vehicular jihad in the fatherland, Perp - violent ISIS adherent, now dead

 

Germany: Muslim migrant who drove car into gay parade has long and violent criminal record

Jul 26, 2026 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer7 Comments

“Ballout is known to the police for offenses including grievous bodily harm and aggravated extortion. He is also believed to be a supporter of the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS).”

And yet he was still running around loose and able to commit vehicular jihad. Celebrate diversity!

The Islamic State issued this call back in September 2014: “So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….”

Abdul Ballout, Berlin Police

CSD Terrorist Abdul Ballout Allegedly an ISIS Supporter

translated from “CSD-Terrorist Abdul Ballout (21) soll IS-Anhänger sein,” by Burkhard Uhlenbroich and Frank Schneider, Bild, July 26, 2026 (thanks to Medforth):

Berlin – Following the terror attack during the Christopher Street Day (CSD) event in Berlin, police are searching for a suspect using a photograph and are conducting checks at all German borders. Abdul Ballout, 21, allegedly struck several people with a car in the Tiergarten area around 10:00 PM on Saturday. One woman died in the attack. According to information obtained by BILD, the 21-year-old is a German citizen of Lebanese descent. He was born in Berlin in 2005.

According to BILD, Ballout is known to the police for offenses including grievous bodily harm and aggravated extortion. He is also believed to be a supporter of the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS). The 21-year-old was released from juvenile detention only last May.

Under no circumstances should you approach the wanted person if you encounter him; avoid direct contact. Abdul Ballout may be armed and dangerous! Contact the police emergency number (110) immediately.

“The man is known to the police and is associated with the Islamist scene in Berlin,” police spokesperson Florian Nath had previously stated. The suspect was reportedly released from juvenile detention only in May 2026. It remains unclear whether he was driving the vehicle. The car—which was empty and, according to a police spokesperson, heavily damaged—was seized at the scene of the incident…

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Germany: Vehicular jihad attacker was in ‘deradicalization’ program, but gave only ‘calculated answers’; He's now dead!

Jul 26, 2026 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer2 Comments

Here is yet more evidence that “deradicalization” programs do not work and cannot work. “Deradicalization” programs are an abysmal failure everywhere they have been implemented.

The whole premise of “deradicalization” is that Islam is a religion of peace that jihadis misunderstand, twist, and hijack. Since that is a false premise, and warfare against unbelievers is actually taught in the Qur’an and Sunnah, “deradicalization” focuses on other issues, such as “anger issues” that the jihadi may have, his feelings of “alienation,” and the like.

But since none of that changes what the Qur’an and Sunnah say about warfare against unbelievers, it doesn’t “deradicalize” the jihadi at all. A British psychologist behind a “deradicalization” scheme has also admitted that there’s no guarantee that jihadis can ever be “cured.” And Jonathan Hall KC, who was at the time the UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there was “no magic bullet or special pill” that could help to change convicted “extremists.”

From the Jihad Watch archives:

Austria: Vienna jihad murderer had gone to deradicalization program, was not considered a terror threat

UK: Libyan migrant who went on stabbing spree in Reading was in government deradicalization program

UK: London jihadi stabbed man at deradicalization event, victim’s father hopes killing won’t be used as a “pretext”

Gitmo prisoner reveals: Saudi “deradicalization program” is really a jihad training program

11 ex-Gitmo prisoners flee the Saudi “rehabilitation program” and join up with terrorist groups

Jaw-dropper: 25 former Gitmo detainees “return to militancy” despite Saudi rehab program!

Graduate from Saudi jihadi rehab program killed in Syrian jihad: “killed a large number of Christians before his acceptance by God”

Flight 253 jihadist wasn’t cured by Saudi anti-jihad art therapy

Former Guantanamo detainee now top al-Qaeda ideologue — “He was transferred to Saudi Arabia in 2006 where he was placed in a national rehabilitation project.”

Indonesian government admits that its jihadist rehab program is a failure

Malaysia: Muslim cleric active in deradicalization program promotes hatred of non-Muslims

France’s only jihadi “deradicalization” center is closing — it was voluntary, and it was empty

Australia: Multi-million-dollar taxpayer-funded “deradicalization” helpline “failing to gain traction”

Condolences in the aftermath of the Berlin Pride attack 2026, Wildtierreservat, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

He Chose Terror Over Deradicalization

translated from “Er entschied sich für Terror statt Deradikalisierung,” Frankfurter Allgemeine, July 26, 2026:

The suspected attacker—who allegedly killed at least one woman and seriously injured several people on the sidelines of the CSD (Pride) parade—had for some time been on the radar of state security, police, the courts, and the justice system. He had come to attention due to his radicalized Islamism in connection with the preparation of terrorist offenses. According to the police, the suspect was known to them and is associated with the Islamist scene in Berlin. Several media outlets reported that he harbored sympathies for the terrorist militia “Islamic State.”

According to Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), there is a conviction involving a suspended prison sentence, though it is not yet final. The accused, Abdul Ballout—whose full name Dobrindt disclosed—had been sentenced to one year and ten months of imprisonment, suspended on probation. The public prosecutor’s office had lodged an appeal against this. The suspect had previously come to attention “due to a high volume of criminal offenses,” Dobrindt said.

As recently as May, Ballout had been in state custody. He was reportedly in the preliminary stages of a deradicalization program and had already attended two sessions with experts in extremism prevention—during which no plans for an attack were mentioned, according to reports.

NDR, WDR, and the *Süddeutsche Zeitung* reported that the suspect had first come to the authorities’ attention at the age of 16. In May, he was reportedly sentenced to a juvenile term of one year and ten months for preparing a terrorist offense. He was released on probation subject to the condition that he participate in a deradicalization program.

Several media outlets reported that Ballout had taken part in two discussions with the organization Violence Prevention Network. However, staff members reportedly had doubts about whether to accept him as a client for counseling. *Focus* magazine quoted the organization’s managing director as saying that Ballout gave “calculated answers” during the conversations. A decision on further cooperation was not due to be made until after another meeting scheduled for this Monday.

According to media reports, the alleged perpetrator was under surveillance at times, and his phone was reportedly monitored as well. He had also reportedly attempted to join the “Islamic State” in Syria. How he managed to make preparations for the attack undetected despite these circumstances is one of the questions now being raised.

On Sunday evening, Ballout was shot dead during a police operation in Berlin-Spandau.

He has now discovered that there aren't any virgins waiting for him in Hell?  

The Media is the Message > CBC doubles down on its far-leftness

The CBC continues to gaslight conservatives, even after its near-death experience 

The CBC has learned nothing since it stood on the precipice and stared down its annihilation at the hands of a Conservative government.

Last month, Pollara released its annual Trust in Media survey, revealing the CBC’s net trust score among Conservative voters is now just +9, compared to +78 among Liberal voters—the widest trust gap of any Canadian outlet. Conservative trust dropped 13 points in just three years.

Graphic credit: Janice Nelson

Not only that, the CBC remains utterly uninterested in exploring why it continues to fail at connecting with conservative-minded Canadians—some 37 percent of the electorate. A recent Senate report, lasting two years and calling 60 witnesses, concluded: “allegations of [CBC] bias are serious and undermine trust in the public broadcaster.” This was after some testified the CBC was “very Liberal in their views, promoting Liberal politicians,” and did not cover “moderate conservative views.” It recommended the CBC submit to periodic independent news audits tracking fairness and balance. The CBC’s response to The Hub as to whether it would consider this oversight? No comment.

Instead, the new post-election CBC mantra appears to be “Keep your head down, business as usual, nothing to see here.” But many Canadians can see—and will continue to switch off—unless the broadcaster admits its bias and offers ways to fix it. The CBC has not just lost conservative viewers who don’t want to pay for its billion-plus budget, or those who no longer feel represented on its airwaves, it’s lost conservative Canadians who are being actively antagonized by its coverage.

“The CBC is not contributing to consensus reality,” concluded Canadian writer Stephen Marche. “It is an ideologically captured institution that is listened to by an increasingly fewer number of people exactly because it does not reflect Canadian reality.”

By the skin of their teeth

During the election just over a year ago, I was receiving anxious messages from CBC hosts wondering if they would have a job in a few weeks. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s team had announced plans to eliminate all funding for its English arm, turning its Toronto HQ into housing. When President Trump repeated his “51st state” remarks,  and the polls shifted, I had hoped the Poilievre threat would at least act as a wake-up call for a broadcaster that was losing the country. Instead, the CBC saw the perfect opening. In the midst of the trade war, with help from the Liberal Party, it portrayed itself as an indispensable piece of cultural heritage.

“A new Libn Canada. In this kind

By the skin of their teeth

During the election just over a year ago, I was receiving anxious messages from CBC hosts wondering if they would have a job in a few weeks. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s team had announced plans to eliminate all funding for its English arm, turning its Toronto HQ into housing. When President Trump repeated his “51st state” remarks,  and the polls shifted, I had hoped the Poilievre threat would at least act as a wake-up call for a broadcaster that was losing the country. Instead, the CBC saw the perfect opening. In the midst of the trade war, with help from the Liberal Party, it portrayed itself as an indispensable piece of cultural heritage.

 

“A new Liberal government will never cower to President Trump’s attacks on Canada. In this kind of crisis, protecting Canada’s identity is part of securing Canada,” said Mark Carney on the campaign trail, announcing new support for the public broadcaster. “The CBC is a pillar of our cultural identity and a cornerstone of our sovereignty,” explained the Ministry of Canadian Identity and Culture in an internal briefing note. “When you have not-so-friendly neighbours talking about [a] 51st state, it’s really important we focus on how we maintain that strength and that distinctiveness of our common culture,” added new CBC CEO Marie-Philippe Bouchard. The CBC wrapped itself in the flag (a flag they had admonished the past five years) and surfed the Elbows Up wave.

Same old, same old

Subsequently, the CBC doubled down on broadcasting almost exclusively for the progressive, educated, urban elite.

It helped fund a fake TV show that paid American pranksters to humiliate unsuspecting conservatives, lost a host, Travis Dhanraj, who said he was told not to book Conservatives, and gave an exclusive fawning softball interview to noted far-Left activist and terrorist sympathizer Hasan Piker.

All questions about a perceived bias were summarily dismissed.

“The notion that we are politically oriented is really against everything that we believe and the independence that we so importantly preserve,” Bouchard assured the public.

There were some bright spots. A new five-year strategic plan alluded to focusing on “non-users or dissatisfied users.” There would be more money spent covering Western Canada and rural areas; a push to include a “more diverse set of points of view.” They would air a single documentary decrying the growth of progressive illiberalism on university campuses.

But when asked whether the organization planned to reach out to Conservatives to overcome an audience deficit, Bouchard said this was not something she considered to be an issue.

Heads down. Nothing to see here.

Taking ownership

The Carney government may still include CBC/Radio Canada in its cost-cutting efforts. Following an injection of an additional $150 million, bringing its annual public funding to a record high of $1.6 billion, there are questions around whether they will make that top up permanent and follow through with their promise of making funding statutory. Canadians should ask themselves if its behaviour should be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars. The public broadcaster is now also being tasked by the government with rooting out “disinformation”—correcting others for their biases.

If the CBC wants to find bias, it should start with itself. Other outlets have at least begun the difficult work of admitting their institutional Left-leaning bias and promised to do better. The New York Times executive editor admitted they went “too far” during the media “excesses” of recent years and affirmed that “the newsroom is not a safe space.” A former Washington Post executive editor admitted that the number of conservatives reading their paper had fallen to “single digits” due to their condescending tone. The Globe and Mail penned an editorial taking accountability for misreporting the residential school graves story.

But the CBC appears to still be on stage one of the five stages of grief: denial. It’s long past time for them to get to acceptance. Its own ombudsman has described how the public appears to have “lost faith” in public broadcasters, following allegations of bias. Viewers, she writes, are starting to ask not how public media can be made more accountable, but “why it even exists.”

It is essential that the CBC, which will soon employ more than one in three Canadian journalists, come out and say what everyone else can see: it has a conservative-shaped hole in its journalism.

“Accountability…We’re not very good when questioned ourselves,” admitted CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fenlon at a 2023 panel on trust in media.

If only the CBC practiced what it preached.

The time has come for the public broadcaster to admit its glaring blind spot

Harrison Lowman