Thierry Baudet
Thierry Baudet (b. 1983) studied law and history and is writing a PhD on national sovereignty. He writes regularly for the Dutch and the international press and published a book on breakdown of nation states called The Significance of Borders.
Updated: 30 January 2013
We are often told that the EU has brought peace to Europe. However, this view is not shared by historian Thierry Baudet who provocatively argues that a process in which nation states give up their sovereignty inevitably results in conflict. That is why he recommends dissolving the euro and restoring national borders.
Geert Wilders's acquittal on hate speech charges may open up a new trend in Europe. Now that governments have stopped defending multiculturalism, critics of Islam can come back out into the open, writes a Dutch intellectual pleased with the decision.