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Sonja van den Ende
Sonja van den Ende is an independent journalist from the Netherlands who has written about Syria, the Middle East, and Russia among other topics. She writes for several news outlets and studied Journalism and English (BA), and has also done a study in Global Media, War and Technology (BA). She is currently based in Moscow, Russia, covering the Special Military Operation and before that the war in Syria.
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Dissent is growing. Citizens are awakening to the totalitarian reality of an EU where they have no voice.
Europe’s future is uncertain: governments rise and fall annually, and Orbán’s “two tribes” narrative suggests looming civil strife or revolts against the EU’s technocratic authoritarianism.
The critical question is whether Sandu will take such a suicidal gamble – for both her country and herself.
Humanity remains doomed to repeat its gravest errors when it forgets its past.
Fascism has resurged in Europe, with neo-Nazis masquerading as nationalists – most notably in Ukraine, where a far-right regime tightens its grip.
Old European colonial powers sowed chaos, sectarian division, and unrest, as did the Ottoman Empire.
Europe is birthing the very totalitarianism it accuses Russia, China, or America of.
The scars endure in Odessa, Kharkov, Mariupol, and Volnovakha, where war has claimed countless loved ones.
The atrocities unfolding on Syria’s coast and elsewhere mark one of modern history’s most horrific sectarian crimes.
The European elites, radicalized and out of touch, are terrifying their populations with daily doses of war rhetoric and fear-mongering about Russia.