The LSAP’s plan to reduce “social envy” will create more of it

For Luxembourg’s upcoming parliamentary election, there will be firsts for nearly every party. The centre-left CSV will bring out some fresh logos as well as Claude Wiseler, a lead candidate who battled through a leadership contest where, in the past, candidates seemed self-evidently put in place. The liberal democrat DP will be running with the […]

Luxembourg’s dwarf-party conundrum

Ten parties are running in Luxembourg’s parliamentary elections on 14 October. Eight are running in all four of the country’s electoral districts, while two of them – Demokratie and Déi Konservativ (the Conservatives) – are only on the ballot in one or two districts.

L’OMS veut la mort du tigre, du coq et de l’abeille

Les «défenseurs de la santé publique» se tournent vers le seul danger que personne n’a vu venir : les héros dessinés sur les boîtes de céréales. Et oui, Tony le Tigre, Cornelius le Coq, ou Pops l’Abeille voudraient tous du mal à nos enfant, mais, pas de panique! L’Union européenne, l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé […]

Γιατί είναι τόσο δημοφιλές το κράτος-παραμάνα;

Απαγόρευση στα πλαστικά καλαμάκια, φόροι στα αναψυκτικά, απαγόρευση των ντιζελοκίνητων αυτοκινήτων, καταστολή του καπνίσματος, περιορισμοί στην κατανάλωση αλκοόλ: Ο κατάλογος των περιορισμών των ατομικών ελευθεριών των ανθρώπων συνεχώς αυξάνεται. Γιατί όμως είναι τόσο δημοφιλές το Κράτος-Παραμάνα;

What should a commitment to free speech on campus entail?

This essay is a contribution to an essay competition launched by The Economist. You can find more info here. Last September, a website promoting the concept of students reaching out to get themselves a so-called “sugar daddy” promoted itself around the campus of the Free University of Brussels, in Belgium. The ad, printed on a […]

Welsh minimum alcohol pricing won’t work

There should, however, be no ambiguity about one point: the consumption of alcohol does bring health risks that all consumers should be aware of. Educational practices should promote and enable responsible drinkers without falling into blatant paternalism the likes of which will infantilise the Welsh consumer of their consumer choice.