On Sunday, French voters headed to the polls to vote in the first round of the parliamentary elections. A month after the election of its new president Emmanuel Macron, succeeding the socialist François Hollande, the country chose to grant the new executive the necessary seats in the National Assembly in order to enact legislation. Macron’s […]
This article has been translated into Hungarian by the Danube Institute. It can be read here. The original was an article of mine published in The American Conservative. Some parts of the article are indirectly addressing me because it has been rewritten. 2017 őszén a német választópolgárok a szavazóurnák elé fognak járulni, hogy egy új […]
She looks as unruffled and collected as ever: Angela Merkel’s relentless success is much in the line of German politics, which eulogises experience and calmness in the face of major challenges.
Le 11 et le 18 juin marqueront une étape importante dans le parcours politique d’Emmanuel Macron: les Français décideront d’accorder ou non une majorité parlementaire au nouveau Président de la République française. La consigne de vote libérale est assez évidente.
In the United Kingdom, voters headed to the polls on Thursday to elect a new parliament. In a major upset, the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Theresa May has lost its absolute majority, all while remaining the strongest party in Westminster. With only 319 seats instead of the 326 needed for a majority, May is […]
He was the SPD’s new hope. Their chance of taking over in Berlin. Martin Schulz, the 62 year-old former president of the European Parliament, was the one to beat Merkel. He was a fresh face – he’d never run for parliament in Germany – and had proved to be a witty voice in the […]
This article has been translated into Czech for FinMag. The original can be read here. As this translation dates back to April, some number and situations might have changed since. Marine Le Penová je v druhém kole. Její kampaň se nápadně podobala kampani Donalda Trumpa: konfrontace s médii, odpor vůči přistěhovalcům, xenofobní výpady. Nechci ale […]
On the 7th of May, I had the pleasure to talk to Sky News live in Paris about the election of Emmanuel Macron. You can check out the whole video down below:
This article was translated into Russian for Reed Media. The original can be read here. 14 мая 2017 года бывший инвестиционный банкир и министр экономики Эммануэль Макрон вступил в должность президента Франции. Во время предвыборной борьбы его даже называли «самым либеральным кандидатом в президенты за всю историю», но на своем посту он столкнется с давними […]
When British Prime Minister Theresa May called for snap elections on June 8, everyone was predicting she’d pull off a landslide victory. The UK’s Conservatives are surfing the wave of the aftermath of Brexit by consistently standing behind their promise to leave the European Union, something their political rivals have failed to do.
Bill Wirtz 