**Cet article a été publié initialement en français. Vous pouvez trouver la version française ici: contrepoints.org/2017/02/14/280920-brexit-bluff-de-theresa-may** Theresa May has thus decided: the UK will be facing a hard Brexit, by leaving the European single market – an area of more than 500…
Category: Europe
My Time at the Council of Europe
Besides the European Union, there is another European organization with a very similar name: the Council of Europe. This organization has more members than the EU – including for example Russia and Turkey, but its purpose is more narrowly defined.…
Former Danish Climate Minister: “The World Needs More Climate Change Knights” – Nickolas Pagonakis and Jonas Hall-Andersen
“In a time where the world experiences a drastic change in leadership, liberals must unite to deal with one of the most existential threats: climate change.” These are the words of Martin Lidegaard, the former Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
Youth MRF’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy
Виж по-долу за българската версия на тази статия. / See below for the Bulgarian version of this article. This report investigates the 46 one-day seminars that have been held on youth entrepreneurship all over Bulgaria and may serve to our…
How Finland’s Complicated Relationship With Russia Makes It a Peace-Builder Nation
Everything follows from the Finnish–Russian relationship, which is twofold. The story begins with the role of Russia in Finnish history. Although there have been some conflicts between the two peoples, many Finns have a lot of positive things to say…
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Towards a real solution in the refugee crisis: A focus on the future for refugees – Dominique Arntz and Lidewij Koene
The Netherlands is often seen as a country in which freedom, tolerance and human rights are celebrated and well-respected. Its citizens generally enjoy a very high level of well-being. But what about the refugees in the Netherlands? Do they benefit…
Are Too Many Swedish-Speaking Finns Moving to Sweden?
Not many people outside of Scandinavia know that there is a Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. About 300,000 people in Finland speak Swedish as their mother tongue, and they comprise about 5.5 percent of the population. Even if the minority is…
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The Turkish Coup Attempt From a Liberal Activist’s Perspective
On the 15th of July, something that few could have predicted happened: late on Friday evening, a faction within the Turkish military attempted to seize power in Turkey. The situation in Turkey was chaotic; soldiers closed off the Bosporus Bridge…
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The Refugee Crisis: From Short-Term Fixes to a Coherent European Strategy – Julian Slotman and Maya de Waal
The EU-Turkey deal was celebrated by politicians all around Europe as an example of successful European cooperation on a highly pressing issue. It seems to have been effective in discouraging illegal crossings from Turkey to Greece. But is this really…
Ecstasy Shop in Amsterdam: Jonge Democraten’s Campaign to Legalise MDMA
In spring last year, social liberal youth party Jonge Democraten (JD) opened up a pop up shop selling Ecstacy pills, in order to campaign for the legalisation of MDMA. Libel editor Krijn van Eeden interviewed JD president Wouter van Erkel…
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