Viviane Reding, est candidate pour les élections législatives en octobre. Après trente ans d’activité politique au niveau européen, quelle serait la politique nationale de l’ancienne commissaire et figure du CSV? Trois grands problèmes dérivent de sa philosophie politique.
The case against compulsory voting
Together with a handful of countries including Belgium and Brazil, Luxembourg has laws on the books that make participating in parliamentary elections mandatory. Luxembourgish citizens, before they vote on 14 October, will receive a convocation de vote, or a ‘call to vote’, which explains to them that all citizens who did not already vote via […]
Are young candidates worth the hype?
You’ve seen them by now: large posters filling the cities and countryside of the Grand Duchy, proudly presenting the numerous faces running for parliament. And, as with every election cycle, the political parties are bragging about the presence of ‘young’ candidates (less than 35 years of age) on their ballots. Media outlets then calculate the […]
Quoted by CNS News
I was quoted by the American news outlet CNS News on the topic of Nazi protests in Chemnitz, Germany. You can read the full article here.
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.
New to Luxembourg? 5 things you need to know about the upcoming elections
On October 14, Luxembourgers will take to the polls to elect a new parliament. To those newly arrived in the Grand Duchy, the myriad political posters with unfamiliar faces might look confusing. Here are the five things you need to know about Luxembourg’s election.
National voter disenfranchisement can’t be solved with transnational democracy
In recent piece for Politico Europe, Italian Jean Monnet professor Alberto Alemanno backs down on the (already dead) idea of transnational lists for European elections. According to him, current problems of European democracy can be solved through more internationalised elections. He’s very wrong.
[REPORTAGE] Europaparlament: Zivilrechtscomité well Sanktioune géint Ungarn
Dësen Dossier gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 21. Juni ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. Artikel 7 vum Lissabonner Vertrag gëtt dem Europäesche Parlament d’Méiglechkeet eng Prozedur géint ee Membersstaat ze starten, deen kloer géint Prinizipien vun der Rechtsstaatlechkeet verstéisst. De Zivilrechtscomité vum Europaparlament mengt dass d’Recht […]
Every purchase is a vote: the daily democracy of the free market
Advocates of government interventionism continuously try to make consumers appear as the victims of large corporations, who are being enslaved by consumerism and predatory advertisement. However, it’s actually consumers who together make the decisions of what is being sold in the first place.
[REPORTAGE] Politesch Changementer an Armenien
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 25. Mee ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. Korruptioun, Stëllstand a politesch Machtspillereien: Dogéint haten vun Ufank Abrëll bis Ufank dëses Mounts iwwer 200.000 Leit an der armenescher Haapstad Yerevan demonstréiert. Dem Präsident Serzh Sargsyan gouf virgeworf d’Verfassungsännerung fir säin […]