The 1985 “Schengen” agreement was hailed as the gateway to an eternal utopia of open borders throughout a Europe of 29 countries and 450 million people. Noting the rising number of countries defying EU regulations and restoring national border controls, Lauren Smith in The European Conservative wonders whether the whole Schengen experiment is unravelling under the stresses of uncontrolled illegal migration, crime and social decay.
By Any Means Necessary
In the New York Post, Rich Lowry connects seemingly scattered dots including the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk, political protests, attacks on federal buildings, vandalism of Tesla EVs and dealerships, gunfire directed at federal immigration agents, and relentless vilification of conservatives by leftists (including the Democratic Party’s top leadership) to assemble a thesis that the “resistance” to Donald Trump’s second term comprises a dispersed campaign of domestic terrorism.