
The Merz Affair and Germany’s War on Free Speech
In a democracy, citizens must have the right to express their frustration with those who govern them.

In a democracy, citizens must have the right to express their frustration with those who govern them.

The effort to ‘AfD-proof’ Saxony-Anhalt is only the latest in a series of measures taken over recent months and years to weaken and marginalise the populists.

There is no doubt Brussels intends to export this “Tusk model” to other member states, said Boglárka Bólya, Hungarian Ministerial Commissioner for EU Affairs.

Having failed to pass new laws, the Polish PM has simply decided to ignore the current laws—and create penalties for those who seek to follow them.