Irène Lhoste

Irène Lhoste is an Eastern European diplomat, currently working and living in Brussels. Born behind the Iron Curtain and experiencing the turbulent transformations of her society in the 1990s, Irène decided to devote her activity to devising public policies to improve the lives of everyday people. She worked as a civil servant and then diplomat for her country since 2000, and joined the European Commission as a civil servant in 2009. She is an alumna of the College of Europe, Bruges. Irène is a convinced European, persuaded that the survival and thriving of her nation and of the European continent reside in a project of unity in diversity, which respects the Judeo-Christian roots of European civilisation.

Rise and Demise of Power: The Betrayal of Ukraine

Irène Lhoste

Europe cannot possibly pretend to be unaware that it is prolonging the conflagration. It has been doing nothing but constantly eroding the nation and notion of Ukraine.

Let’s Talk About France: A story of mitigation

Irène Lhoste

A society that keeps pretending there is nothing to see here will get neither reconciliation nor redemption.

The European Union Technocracy, Bureaucrats and the Theft of Democracy—an EU civil servant’s account

Irène Lhoste

Brussels is amoral, not immoral. There is nothing wrong with adapting democracy to new eras and social forms; the problem is when we allow corruption to creep in under the guise of progress.