This articles is a (shortened) translation of my French article ‘Le Luxembourg pour les nuls‘, worked out for and published by the European Students for Liberty Blog. For many Europeans, the Grand-Duchy is a great question mark in the Western European landscape. It’s quite possible that if you’ve ever heard of it, people might have told […]
Europe has a long-lasting tradition of liberal thinkers, it being the birthplace of classical liberalism. Today’s self-proclaimed ‘liberals’ are a mix of corrupt politicians and activists attempting to be centrists, whereby losing all credibility.
This article was first published by Reaction. You can see my author profile here. Young, dynamic and unburdened by the past of her grandfather, Marine Le Pen’s niece Marion Maréchal-Le Pen will soon be the real deal of the far-right in France.
This article is the translation of the script of my radio column for Radio 100.7 in Luxembourg, which can be found here. The United Kingdom’s protectionist Corn Laws of the 19th century were a disaster for the local industry, despite have the exact opposite intention. Europe is walking its footsteps.
This article is a publication for the European Students for Liberty Blog, which regularly publishes liberty-related news stories. You can check out my articles on my blog profile here. With the election in France moving closer to its decisive moments, supporters of sensible drug policy reform can only look on a dim horizon.
The tobacco industry, at the beginning of the 1920’s, went against all social norms and suggested the incredible idea that women should also smoke. What followed is a more considerable change than people think.
Environmentalists are in a constant fight against nuclear energy as a technology to satisfy our energy demands. It is a beautiful manifestation of how they are willing to listen to scientists once it confirms their narrative, but reject them as soon as it contradicts their fact-free virtue-signalling. Conservation scientists agree: real environmentalists support nuclear energy.
An overwhelming majority of scientists agree that global warming is heating the planet, there’s no doubt about that. The repulsion that most people feel when it comes to climate science isn’t really about scientific reports, it’s about the conclusion that politicians and climate advocates take.
This article is a follow-up on the Liberty Faceoff from October 2016 for the European Students for Liberty blog. This piece will specifically answer the claims made by Daniil Gorbatenko in his position “There Is no Such Thing as Pure Islam That Should Be Feared”. The full version can be read here.
Switzerland has got a new president since January 1st. Do you know who it is? You shouldn’t! Switzerland’s politics is shaped by aggressive localism, non-interventionism and a grain of individual liberty. The fact that you hear more about Switzerland’s referenda than it’s political leaders is a good thing.
Bill Wirtz 