The Covid-19 pandemic will have an indescribable, unbearable and devastating impact on the world. It will inevitably plunge the world into a deep economic crisis. Today the impact is already being felt at all levels: health, social, political and financial.…
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Covid-19 in Europe: Successes and Failures
Across most of the continent, the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have passed. What began with a single confirmed, imported case in France on 24 January soon spiralled out of control. By mid-March, the border control-free Schengen Area…
Right Now, Hong Kongers Are Facing Tyranny
Hong Kong experienced an unforgettable year when the government and the police begun violently suppressing the Anti-Extradition Movement almost a year ago. To make matters worse, amidst the current global health crisis, the Hong Kong government took advantage of the…
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Interview with Ambroise Méjean, President of Les Jeunes avec Macron
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…
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Through Iran as Rockets Flew
This article originally appeared DEMO, the magazine of Jonge Democraten. “Do be careful! As I understand it, all US citizens have to leave the country, and the Netherlands is an ally…” I had been in Iran for almost a week…
Contact-Tracing Apps: Different Countries Different Rules
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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The Blot of Europe
Moria – a small city on the Greek island Lesbos, a Hellenic idylle — is hosting the biggest refugee camp in Europe. Consisting of approximately 20,000 refugees, the camp at the border of Greece and Turkey has become both the…
Global GDP to Decrease by $43.274 Trillion in 2020, if Covid-19 Pandemic Persists for Half a Year.
The Global economy is likely to shrink if the Covid-19 pandemic persists strongly across the globe for half a year in 2020. For the past two decades, the global economy has become very adaptable in responding to major world economic…
On Brussels: a Bigger Problem than Brexit
Over the past few weeks, the response to COVID-19 has gone from being an internationally coordinated effort, to a series of largely domestic political and socio-economic issues. Ending the lockdown in Denmark is now very much a Danish issue, salvaging…
Drought in Times of Corona: Old Inequities Exacerbated
As the number of reported cases of COVID-19, or “Coronavirus”, continues to proliferate around the world, governments have enacted a number of policies intended to mitigate the worst impacts of the virus. These measures range from quarantines / lockdowns, social…
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