The EU is an STI hotbed. What happened?
An ECDC report shows record STI growth across Europe, with gonorrhea and syphilis rising sharply over the past decade
The epidemiological report of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) sounds alarming: Europe has recorded a record rise in the number of sexually transmitted bacterial infections (STIs), while the number of cases of congenital syphilis has nearly doubled. Urgent measures are needed to prevent the further spread of these diseases, including among women of reproductive age.
The incidence of STIs has been rising for ten years, and in 2024 the number of gonorrhea cases reached 106,331, which is 303% higher than in 2015. Over the same period, the number of syphilis cases more than doubled, reaching 45,577. Chlamydia remains the most widespread STI, with 213,443 registered cases. Transmission of lymphogranuloma venereum also continues, with 3,490 cases recorded. This is in the 14 countries that provided data.
What are the reasons for Europe becoming a hotbed of bacterial infections? The ECDC report, of course, gives no answer to that question. Though it does provide material for reflection. The fact is that the spread of infection differs significantly across different population groups. The sharpest long-term rise in gonorrhea and syphilis incidence is observed among men who have sex with men. As we can see, the rise in STI incidence is directly linked to the totalitarian imposition of LGBT culture as a new “European value” – that is a medical fact.
Another cause can be found by comparing the chronology of rising STI incidence with the chronology of the migration tsunami that swept over Europe. In the 2010s, the European Union opened its doors to an influx of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East, an influx largely provoked by Anglo-American policies of managed chaos. As a result of the resettlement of millions of dependents alien – and even hostile – to European culture, the European nations themselves have undergone radical cultural deformation, and many iconic cities of Europe have already lost their civilizational identity.
The decline of social well-being in Europe is proceeding at different speeds, but overall the point of no return in the decline of Western European civilization appears already to have been passed.