From 24 to 27 November, the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) held its 51st General Assembly (GA) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The GA was organised in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), as well as support from Dutch…
Continue reading Take Pride in Liberalism: IFLRY’s 51st General Assembly
Now I know what you’re thinking: why didn’t I hear anything about IFLRY wanting to join a festival in North Korea?! Well, that’s because this happened quite a while ago. If you’re currently active in IFLRY probably before you were…
Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. Back in March, the Netherlands elected a new Tweede Kamer — the lower house of the Dutch parliament. Soon after, Libel editors Eduardo Aviles and Krijn van Eeden interviewed…
Continue reading Interview with Willemijn Krans, International Officer of JOVD
Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. On the 6th of October, I interviewed Sam Hudis, the International Officer of the Young Democrats of America (YDA). It ended up being a long discussion, which is why…
Continue reading Interview with Sam Hudis of the Young Democrats of America — Part 1: The Elections
In November the Junge Liberale (JuLis), IFLRY’s German member organisation, will celebrate their 40th anniversary. For Libel, this seemed like a good occasion to interview former JuLis member and former IFLRY president Imke Roebken. Imke was president of IFLRY from…
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Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. Les Jeunes avec Macron (JAM) is a French progressive youth movement founded in 2015. It is the youth party of La République En Marche, the party of president Emmanuel…
Continue reading Interview with Ambroise Méjean, President of Les Jeunes avec Macron
All over the world governments have started to use contact-tracing apps to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the use of this technology is touted as an effective way to limit transmission of the virus, critics worry about the privacy of…
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Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. The Jonge Democraten (Young Democrats) are a Dutch progressive-liberal youth organisation, founded in 1984. The organisation is affiliated with the political party D66. For this interview I spoke to…
Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. Nikolay Artemenko is the Federal Coordinator of Vremya, a Russian youth movement that started in St Petersburg, and now has local branches in 19 different russian cities. He has…
Today, January 31st, 2020, is Brexit Day. As I am sitting here, behind my desk (which doubles as the kitchen table) in my flat in Whitechapel, East London, I cannot help but feel a bit bewildered: history is taking place…
