It feels like ages since my last blog post! It’s my last month in London (how crazy is that?!), and a lot of things are happening. At the moment I’m in Belfast with my colleagues from Liberal International. We have…
Category: Europe
Direct democratic opportunities for Europe
As a Swiss Citizens, the European Union may look like a big intransparent political machine that decides from Brussel what European Citizens have to do and how strong a vacuum cleaner has to be. The different European institutions, such as…
Ida’s Blog #7: Happy New Year!
2020 – how weird and fantastic at the same time. I can’t wait to see what this year brings with it! I had a wonderful time in Finland, and in some ways it feels a bit sad to be back…
The Sliding Scale of Fascism and our Troubled Democracy
‘Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm roots in too many fanatical brains. It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth and strength’.…
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Ida’s Blog #6: Merry Christmas!
It feels both wonderful and weird to be back home in Finland. Wonderful because I finally get to see my family and friends again. Weird because – in a strange way – it feels like I’ve been living in London…
The Morality of Chinese Foreign Direct Investments
The People’s Republic of China is the second largest single economy in the world. Not just its GDP is impressive, but also Chinese growth rates outnumber almost every other economy in the world. There are Chinese cities – most of…
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Brexit Update: The Election That Changed Everything
It was the Russian radical activist Emma Goldman who once said, “If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal” – she could not have been more wrong. Britain’s vote to leave the EU on 23rd June 2016 changed everything. One…
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Why Foreigners Should be Allowed to Own Land in Ukraine
by Anastasia Vozovych and Dmytro Naumchuk Recently, in response to resistance to a new land reform bill, Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, proposed a referendum on the question of foreign ownership of Ukrainian land. While this issue is getting…
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Ida’s Blog #5: Brussels – Politics & Finnish Independence Parties
One of the things that I love the most about my internship is that it’s so flexible. The other week, when I was having a conversation with my boss, I told him that I’m really interested in the European Parliament…
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Interview with Katarin Wagner – HSBC Head of Corporate Sustainability
Can you give us a brief overview of your work regarding sustainability? I am responsible for corporate sustainability for HSBC in Germany, which is integrated into the sustainability management of the HSBC Group on a global scale. I have been…
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