On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom left the European Union. Ten years later, a majority of Britons regret this choice, Brussels displays its goodwill, but the conditions for a return are exactly what the "Leave" campaign had rejected. The lasting divorce sheds light on the deep fractures within the European project.
Jun 23, 2026 9 6
On June 23, 2016, 51.9% of Britons voted to leave the European Union. Ten years later, neither the British nor Europe are celebrating. The assessment raises a deeper question: what do we want from Europe?
Jun 23, 2026 8 2
A quote shared by *Le Salon Beige* reminds us that a Europe detached from the Gospel risks committing suicide. It takes on particular significance at a time when COMECE is training its young Catholics in European institutions.
Jun 26, 2026 9 6
A Swiss diocese of St. Gallen official document encourages its faithful to work toward the election of a woman pope. This is not a marginal opinion: it is a frontal contradiction with the definitive pontifical teaching of 1994.
Jun 25, 2026 9 2
On July 1st, Ireland takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. The Irish episcopate sees this as a "unique opportunity" to remind Brussels of the Christian values that founded the European project. Yet Ireland is also the country of the referendum on same-sex marriage and abortion.
Jun 24, 2026 8 2
June 23, 2026 marks the tenth anniversary of the referendum that took the United Kingdom out of the European Union. The Commission claims to be ready for a rapprochement. But the conditions set are those of a return, not a partnership. François-Xavier Lemoyne analyzes the terms of a reconciliation that has yet to choose its name.
Jun 24, 2026 9 2
The European Commission received an official delegation from the Taliban government in Kabul to discuss the repatriation of Afghan migrants. A move that implicitly legitimizes a regime under which Afghan Christians directly suffer persecution.
Jun 23, 2026 10 2
On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Ten years later, the assessment is severe: increased poverty, sluggish growth, political instability. Brussels is opening the door to a rapprochement, under conditions. François-Xavier Lemoyne draws lessons from this decade for the future of Europe and for Catholics.
Jun 23, 2026 9 2
Zelensky was in Evian for the G7, hoping to convince Trump to pressure Moscow. Meanwhile, Russian drones struck eastern Ukraine, and a Russian ship provoked in the English Channel. The gap between conferences and the field does not close.
Jun 23, 2026 6 0
After Orbán's fall, the new Hungarian majority initiates dismissals in institutions. Brussels welcomes the normalization. For the Hungarian Catholic Church, a period of uncertainty begins.
9 h ago 11 6
The President of the European Commission attended the first LGBT parade organized in Budapest since Viktor Orbán lost power. François-Xavier Lemoyne analyzes this institutional signal from Brussels and its implications for European Catholics.
Jun 29, 2026 8 6
The Catholic identity of Manchester's mayor, a frontrunner for the leadership of the Labour Party, is now under the spotlight of the British political scene. A phenomenon revealing a religious recomposition in Europe.
Jun 27, 2026 9 8
