[The Hungarian Conservative] Towards a Conservatism Where the Sun Never Sets

Late this March in Madrid, the Atlantic got a tad less wide for conservatives — courtesy of Hungary.

When Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor whose crowning in 1519 punctuated Spain’s feverish expansion through the Americas, set out to rule an “empire on which the sun never sets”, he knew he was hedging his megalomania with the endearing loftiness of an immortal phrase.

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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.