Fares and Hamada, two little boys that have so much in common. They share the innocence of every child. They just want to play on a playground with their friends, go to school, learn new things, explore and be happy.…
Continue reading Innocence Lost in Syria – Ahmad Al Rachwani
Over the last years, Turkish media has been repressed and manipulated by the government. A number of events have made this clear: In 2013, when the Gezi Park protests took place. The only tool the opposition could use to get…
All too often I see Northern European liberals and conservatives blaming the people of Southern European states such as Greece for their current economic misery, and suggesting that if Greece lowered wages enough and deregulated enough, economic recovery would be…
Continue reading Northern Europe’s unfair Euro advantage – Christian Holm
Why the EU needs to step up its 2030 game: In December, world leaders gathered at Le Bourget, Paris, for the UN climate negotiations, COP21. After both tense and intense negotiations, the international community managed to put together – for…
Continue reading We’ll always have Paris, but it’s not enough – Anna Abrahamsson
The United States and The European Union are currently negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, commonly referred to as TTIP, that aims to create the world’s largest free-trade zone. The ideas behind TTIP are straight forward, to simplify trade…
Continue reading We should be demonstrating for TTIP, not against – Anders Rehnberg
The European Union and its member states have made huge strides in the past few decades with regards to the development and implementation of human rights. Its adherence to fundamental human rights is most clearly reflected in its active attempts…
Continue reading Normative Power; Europe and Same-sex marriage – Jorge de Jesus
In the past decade, Europe has seen it’s citizens become more vocal about the institutional nature of the EU. Next April a consultative referendum will be held in the Netherlands about the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement. Ruling political parties and mainstream…
Continue reading Millennial Europe: the Referendum Era – Ralph Aerts
In her introductory speech for the Women’s Rights Award 2016, Anne Brasseur, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, underlined how important fighting for Human Rights is. “Betraying and losing our values is betraying and losing…
On December 6th, 2015 a nationwide referendum was held in Armenia. People voted for or against constitutional reforms. “No” got only 32% of the vote and “yes” got 63%. Notably, there were significant differences in outcome within the country, “No”…
This article is written as a diary piece, giving a personal view on the busy schedule of an IFLRY President. The article follows IFLRY President Christian Scharling on his latest trip to Strasbourg for the induction course of the Advisory…
Continue reading IFLRY conquering world politics: #1 Council of Europe – Christian Scharling
