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[The American Conservative] When the EU Funds Hate

The bloc’s humanitarian pietism, coupled with opaque budgeting and lax vetting of grant applicants, has opened a window of opportunity for Islamist groups.

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Andreas Rieger’s upbringing foretold the opposite of radicalism. The son of a CDU alderman in rural Baden-Württemberg, he was brought up Catholic, read law in Freiburg and seemed destined to join the ranks of Germany’s soft-spoken judicial establishment — until a visit to Granada, Spain, in 1990.

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Jorge González-Gallarza
Jorge González-Gallarza

Written by Jorge González-Gallarza

Writing from Paris, Jorge's work has featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The American Conservative, The National Interest and elsewhere.

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