What happened before the video? Since our last general elections in fall of 2017, Austria has had a government consisting of the conservative Austrian People’s party (ÖVP) and the right-wing nationalist Party (FPÖ). This government has been rather controversial. People…
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Interview with Nicola Beer, newly elected to the European Parliament
Nicola Beer is the EU election front runner of FDP (Free Democratic Party, 10.7% in national parliament), the ALDE & LI MO (member organization) in Germany with 65k members and partner of 3 different coalition constellations in state governments. The…
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The Beginning of the End for Erdogan – All You Need to Know about the Turkish Elections
Why do people sometimes stand up against tyranny, and sometimes simply put up with it? The answer to this question has so many factors that it is hard to come up with a single answer. Still, I believe the main…
Progress: Who, when and most of all why?
Sehe unten für die deutsche Version dieses Artikels. / See below for the German version of this article. “is defined as a change in condition – mostly understood in a positive way. Progress and innovations promote each other,“ as Wikipedia…
Sticks and Stones May Break my Bones, but Couches won’t Keep me Home
Sehe unten für die deutsche Version dieses Artikels. / See below for the German version of this article. After taking part in the Junge Liberale’s (JuLis) support during the election weekend in Berlin, its delegation to support D66 during the…
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The German Election Debate: Why What Wasn’t Said Matters
On the third of September, 16 million Germans watched a TV debate between incumbent German chancellor Angela Merkel from the Christian Democrats (CDU) and her contestant Martin Schulz from the Social Democrats (SPD). The debate took place three weeks before…
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At Long Last… The Lebanese Prepare for Parliamentary Elections
Last October, the Lebanese parliament elected a new president ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum that had crippled the functioning of the government. Just over six months later, Lebanon was drifting into yet another political crisis that could leave the country…
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Musings From a Novice Campaigner
If, one year ago, you had told me that I would be campaigning alongside Liberal Democrat candidate Bobby Dean in my university’s home constituency of Lewisham and Deptford, I would have been inclined to laugh in your face. One year…
Democracy Through A Sieve Of Autocracy
Almost four weeks after the Presidential elections in Serbia, (which were held on the 2nd of April) tensions among Serbians are still very high. On the second of March 2017, the President of the Assembly of Serbia announced the Presidential…
“Bonjour, c’est Emmanuel Macron” – A brief look at Macron’s campaign
The first round of the French presidential elections will take place tomorrow and the way things stand at the moment, the competition will be between Marine Le Pen (Front National), Emmanuel Macron (En Marche!), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (La France insoumise) and…
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