The Creeping Coup D’État in Spain
The Left-coalition government in Spain is, quite straightforwardly, abolishing democracy. We explore recent events to unpack this country’s dangerous trajectory.
The Left-coalition government in Spain is, quite straightforwardly, abolishing democracy. We explore recent events to unpack this country’s dangerous trajectory.
The wish for peace talks prevails among voters of every political party represented in the Bundestag.
“Germany is dangerously approaching a tipping point. If the majority of the population has a migration background, our country will change significantly,” CDU lawmaker Stefan Heck said.
Varadkar, born in Dublin to an Indian father and an Irish mother, took over as prime minister from Michael Martin as part of the agreement that formed the current tripartite coalition government.
Nikolas Stihl lamented that Germany is becoming increasingly unappealing as a location for entrepreneurs, businesses, and industrial manufacturing, so much so that could ultimately lead to the deindustrialization of the country.
The renewed obsession with the minutiae of Tolkien’s work gives me an excuse to revisit my favorite bit of Tolkien trivia: that the Polish king’s great victory was the inspiration for Tolkien’s Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Three personalities from the Center to the Right are likely to reach the second round: former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, General Petr Pavel, and economist Danuše Nerudová.
Explicit support for “gender representation quotas” was left in the final declaration, a topic that will soon ignite heated debates in the Romanian political scene.
At the top of their list of priorities is a tax reform with a more generous general exemption for all taxpayers and steeper marginal income taxes.
German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser wants to purge “anti-democrats” from the civil service. An amendment of the disciplinary law will place the burden of proving one’s innocence on the accused.
A coalition of 36 MEPs spanning the entirety of the Left-Right spectrum have signed onto an initiative which, among other things, calls for the immediate resignation of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who’s accused of playing a central role in a “gigantic Covid-19 scientific fraud.”
After a series of scandals, former conservative shooting-star Sebastian Kurz has fallen from grace. But instead of showing personal accountability, he became the latest example of an ex-politician landing softly in advisory boards of multinational companies and NGOs.
International Women’s Day saw a rift between feminists marching in Spanish cities, as some supported the government’s legislation on gender identification, whereas others preferred a biological definition of the female sex.
Foreign minister Bisera Turkovic said that the Ukraine war “is causing fear and concern in our region that this might now be the beginning of a larger trend in Eastern Europe,” and that “the Balkans is Europe’s Achilles heel.”
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Only bottom-up demands for accountability can strengthen Dutch liberal democracy.
By submitting a statement to be voted on in congress, VOX is forcing the ruling socialists to decide between agreeing that their government has a responsibility to secure the nation’s borders, and appeasing their radical coalition partners.
The Hungarian elections, which will be closely watched by the international public, will be held in the spring of 2022. The situation—just before the start of the official campaign period—at a glance.
The value-anchor idea is abstract in its nature, but that is necessary: the purpose here is not to develop a plug-and-play ready constitutional reform, but rather to establish a model by means of which such reforms can be developed.
If the vote were held today, the formation of a majority coalition between the CDU, SPD, FDP, and Greens would be impossible.
The “Lex Czarnek” takes the form of an amendment to the General Education Act. It not only addresses the issue of LGBT propaganda, but also changes the authority relations within the Polish education system.
Confidence in politics is dropping drastically and the Austrian elite begin to resemble the naked emperor, flaunting his new clothes.
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