The Swedish people have voted. In fact, it’s arguably Sweden’s most consequential election in generations. In a country known for its liberalism and long-periods of governance by the centre-left, the second-largest party is now one with neo-Nazi roots. But that’s…
Category: Europe
Human Rights Violations during the War in Ukraine
Our names are Oleksandr Shchelkunov and Mykola Hubarenko. We are members of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine. Hubarenko Mykola in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Oleksandr Shchelkunov in the Department for the Protection of Human Rights. The main…
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Western Media Coverage and the Ukrainian Invasion
The Russo-Ukrainian war is a conflict that has been going on since 2014, beginning with the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and an uprisal of Russian separatists in the Donbas-region. At that time, international media corporations wrote about the…
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The European Union is not Important for the Daily Lives of Teenagers
The Netherlands has been a member state of the European Union since its start after the Second World War. The government of the Netherlands mentions that the country needs this strong European Union for three reasons: to gain safety in…
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Freedom of Speech Does not Need § 219a StGB
When it comes to Europe´s most restrictive abortion laws, Andorra, Poland, and Malta are among the countries that tend to make headlines. Yet even in a country like Germany, which is widely perceived as a liberal country, reproductive laws are…
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The Ethical Implications of Mandatory Vaccinations
The question of enforcing vaccinations is as old as vaccinations themselves. However, it is only since the – by now repeatedly disproven and non-peer reviewed – Wakefield study in the Lancet Journal was published that the anti-vaccination movement has really…
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New Caledonias’s New Start?
New Caledonia just held a referendum on independence. The results are in, and to say that the anti-independence camp dominated this referendum would be an understatement: over 90 % have said no to independence and seeing that this is the…
On Brussels: Old Challenges Reemerge
Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here. As Christmas rolls around again, many in Brussels had been hoping that the long-sought period of post-Brexit reflection could finally come to pass. This is not to be. On 22 November, Austria entered its fourth…
Advocacy, Democracy, Europe, Gender Equality, Interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations
Interview with Holly Clinton from Ógra Fianna Fail
How long have you been active in politics in general, and in Ógra specifically? I have been active in politics since 2014 and then I got involved in Ógra at the end of 2015. The start of 2016 is when…
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Belarus and Ukraine, Continent, Europe, Human Rights, Migration / Refugees, On Brussels, Series, Topics
On Brussels: The Eastern Front
Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here. The long-fraught relationship between the EU and Belarus has taken a new, darker turn — one with wide-reaching ramifications for both the EU and Minsk’s ally Moscow. In the summer of 2020, the EU, led…