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France’s petrol ban is yet another socialist daydream
France’s new centrist government (it’s actually good old socialism, but we’ll roll with the mainstream term here) under president Emmanuel Macron, announced its new environmental policy. As the initiator of the Paris Climate Agreement, France wants to show itself ambitious in the fight against global warming. President Trump announced a few weeks ago that the […]
Can the German Liberal Democrats Boost Free Markets?
Uneventful. That is the word many political commentators use to describe Germany’s parliamentary election in September. Angela Merkel’s only serious rival, Martin Schulz, doesn’t stand a chance. Schulz’s Social Democrat Party SPD is polling at around 25 per cent, while Merkel’s centre-left CDU/CSU is coming in at 40 per cent in some polls.
Macron’s ‘Moralization of Politics’ Backfires Spectacularly
Not even two months after the election of new French president Emmanuel Macron, the executive in the République is hit by its first scandal: Macron’s allies from the Mouvement démocrate (Democratic Movement) are involved in a political uproar regarding party finances. The party is accused of “fraudulent employment,” meaning that it hired people as parliamentary […]
German Parliament Passes Same Sex Marriage with disapproval of Angela Merkel
Germany legalized gay marriage today following a vote in its parliament. In Western Europe, Switzerland is now the only country that allows gay civil partnerships but not marriages.
D’Steierparadäiser sinn nees do
Dëse Beitrag ass de Manuskript vu mengem Fräie Mikro, deen den 29. Juni um Radio 100,7 iwwerdroe gouf. Nolauschtere kann een den 100,7 Beitrag hei.
Is French Conservatism Dead?
In the recent French elections, Emmanuel Macron won both the presidency and a large parliamentary majority for his party. Few had expected a year ago that Macron, a former economic minister, could stun the nation and secure this incredible mandate. At the beginning of the campaign, it was actually François Fillon of the conservative Republican […]
Mi lesz a német alternatív jobboldallal?
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 […]