Macron’s Surge: What’s it Worth?

At third place in the polls, tête à tête with conservative candidate François Fillon, a staunch europhile, and a dear of many enthusiastic young voters, Emmanuel Macron is the supposed incoming star in French politics. Even libertarians in the République are getting excited. But Macron’s free-market ideas might fail very quickly given the French political reality.

Протекционизм, война с наркотиками и другие причины, почему не стоит поддерживать Ле Пен

This article has been translated into Russian for the online magazine Reed, and can be found here. The English original was an article of mine published by the Foundation for Economic Education. (Reed intro) На кандидата в президенты Франции Марин Ле Пен часто вешают ярлык расистского и исламофобского политика. Член «Европейских студентов за свободу» Билл […]

6 Non-“It’s Racism” Arguments to Reject Marine Le Pen

On the road to the French presidential elections, Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign is oddly similar to that of Donald Trump: confrontation with the media, nativism, and accusations of xenophobia. To avoid creating sympathy for the far-right candidate by throwing labels at her, let’s give substantive reasons to oppose her. Here are six reasons to […]

Kritik um Mindestloun dierf keen Tabu sinn

An der Lëtzebuerger Politiklandschaft ginn et eng ganz rei Sujet’en déi als Tabu gëllen: Dorënner Saache wéi den Index, d’Krankeversécherung oder de Mindestloun. Besonnesch beim Mindestloun misst den Debat allerdéngs animéiert sinn, well et vill Grënn ginn en net ze ënnerstëtzen.

Na UE, os piores chegam ao topo

This article has been translated by Jorge Miguel Teixeira, and has first been published by Tempos Livres. The English original of this article was an op-ed of mine published by the Washington Examiner. Enquanto cidadão luxemburguês que nos seus primeiros dezoito anos de vida viu um e apenas um primeiro-ministro, posso dizer-vos que a voz grossa […]

באיחוד האירופי, הגרועים ביותר מגיעים לפסגה

This article was translated into Hebrew by Idan Eretz. The English original of this article was an op-ed of mine published by the Washington Examiner. בכל 18 השנים הראשונות של החיים שלי כאזרח לוקסמבורג, היה רק ראש ממשלה אחד: ז’אן-קלוד יונקר, שעתה מכהן כנשיא הנציבות האירופית, הרשות המבצעת של האיחוד. כשאתם יודעים את זה, אתם […]

En la UE, los mediocres llegan a lo más alto

This article has been translated into Spanish by Luis Pablo de la Horra. You can check out his author profile on the website of the Foundation for Economic Education here. The English original of this article was an op-ed of mine published by the Washington Examiner. Como ciudadano luxemburgués, durante los primeros dieciocho años de […]