Juppé vs. Fillon: The Divide of French Conservatism

Thursday night marked the final Republican primary debate before Sunday’s vote. Former Prime Minister François Fillon and Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppé qualified for the knockout-round in the first round vote last week. Juppé and Fillon do not only represent two types of charismatic leaders, they lay out two different visions of French conservatism.

Macron, The Man Who’ll Change French Politics?

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.  The former French Minister of Economy, Emmanuel Macron, is going to run for president in the French elections in April 2017. In late August 2016, he had resigned in order […]

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Egal wéieng Problemer et bei der Sanéierung vu Staatsfinanze gëtt, d’Betribsbesteierung ass ëmmer eng reegelméisseg Diskussioun. Egal vu wéienger Säit, souguer vun där déi mengt dass se méi niddreg misst sinn, d’Täuschung vun der reeller Natur vun dëser Steier gëtt ëmmer vergiess: Betriber bezuelen ni Steieren. Dësen Artikel lauschteren

What France Really Really Needs

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. The version on the ESFL Blog has been slightly edited. 10 years ago the The Economist created sort of an outrage and quite possibly the only front-page of […]

Universities Are Dead, Long Live Universities!

The essay writing service review website OmniPapers.com is organising an international essay contest under the topic of “The Ideal Higher Education Model For My Country”. Information on how to participate (until June 30th!) can be found here. This article was published (with an edited title) on BeingLibertarian.com.

Nuit Debout: why French students go sleepless

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. The unions in France are protesting François Hollande’s new labour law for several weeks now, despite the fact that it has already passed. Unlike masked protesters who […]

There is no free lunch… or water

Um Chamber-Site gouf eng Pétitioun deposéiert fir Restaurant’en ze obligéiere Waasser fir näischt unzebidden. Als Konsument géif dat schlussendlech manner Präisstransparenz heeschen.

Ce que coûte la guerre contre la drogue

La France est parmi les Etats les plus stricts dans la répression contre les stupéfiants, et du coup la question sur le coût réel de cette répression des substances illégales se pose dans plusieurs débats. Pour tous les amis qui font l’effort avec moi d’expliquer au public que la guerre contre la drogue est un échec, […]

One continent eroded by socialism is fairly enough

Judging from social media (which is of course by all means thoroughly representative), many of us young Europeans have the tendency to show support for Bernie Sanders for the 2016 presidential bid in the United States elections. Sanders is a self-declared socialist trying to run for the Democratic Party, favours increasing the minimum wage and big […]

Privilegienproblem

In den letzten Wochen zeigt sich auf zwei unterschiedlichen Ebenen in Luxemburg das Problem einer Gesellschaft, die große Angst vor dem Verlust ihrer Privilegien hat. Das betrifft zum einem das Resultat des Referendums des 7. Junis und den showdownartigen Streit im Bildungswesen. Der rote Faden in beiden Situationen ist das größte und gleichzeitig am meisten […]