Tag: democracy
Baerbock announces sanctions against Iran
protests In Iran and around the world, people are taking to the streets demanding an end to oppression. (Photo: AP) Berlin, Tehran Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has announced sanctions against…
The Fall of the British Pound
there are two country risks in Europe. The obvious is that of Italy after the election of post-fascist Giorgia Meloni. It is quite possible that she will soon declare Viktor…
Italy elects Mussolini’s faithful heir
right-wing extremism, nationalistic and inclined towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, sneaks into the upper house of European governments on velvet paws. A few months ago in France, combined forces managed…
Administration threatens chaos with baby boomer retirement
information in paper form An electronic data exchange is often not possible – only the paper form remains. (Photo: imago stock&people) Berlin A message that wants to get from one…
The stoppable rise of the right-wing populists
Giorgia Meloni The Italian politician stands for the rise of the right. (Photo: imago images / Italy Photo Press) The post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia (‘Brothers of Italy’) party led by Giorgia…
Petrified – the Federal Audit Office and the government
“Petrified” is a beautiful word because it’s so ambiguous. Perhaps that is why the Federal Court of Auditors likes to use it so much in its current report on state…
Is democracy tipping over? America’s (Night)Dream
Frankfurt America fears for its democracy before the midterm elections in the fall, in which around a third of the senators and all members of Congress will be reelected. It…
Trump refuses to comment on business practices
New York, Washington After the sensational search of his property in Florida, former US President Donald Trump remains in the sights of the judiciary. In New York on Wednesday, Trump…
Is artificial intelligence the better democrat?
For hundreds of years, philosophers like Thomas Hobbes and economists like Adam Smith have been asking: How can we make our society fair? How can we distribute the wealth we…
Capitol Storm Hearing – Trump just keeps lying
hearing The investigative committee in the United States is examining whether ex-President Donald Trump has instigated a coup d’etat. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Parliamentary committees of inquiry serve the self-purification of…
Selenski under pressure: Domestic peace is shaky
Vienna Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, national unity has been a raison d’être in Ukrainian domestic policy – but this agreement is now crumbling. Two conflicts make this…
The Bundeswehr has its 100 billion
This fulfills a promise made by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) three days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Together, the five parties have the necessary two-thirds majority to anchor the…
What sets the country apart from the rest of the continent
Montevideo Immediately after arriving in Montevideo, it becomes clear that you are entering a different South America: there are no crowds at the airport. The journey to the city center…
Democracy Watch argumentiert vor Gericht, dass die vorgezogene Wahl von Premier Horgan im Jahr 2020 illegal war
Breadcrumb-Trail-Links Nachricht Lokalnachrichten „Der Fall zielt nicht darauf ab, die Wahlergebnisse zu kippen oder für ungültig zu erklären“, sagte die Gruppe, sondern darauf, künftige „unfaire“ vorgezogene Wahlen zu verhindern NDP-Führer…
Putin celebrates his military, the EU its democracy
Brussels, Paris At 10:26 a.m., a triple “Hurrah” resounds from thousands of soldiers across Red Square in Moscow. A brass band sings the Russian national anthem, and a salute is…
The western model threatens to erode
Are we already living in the “twilight of democracy,” as Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum fears in her new book The Lure of Authoritarianism? In any case, the current Bertelsmann…
The US and the EU want to protect online freedoms against China and Russia
Brussels The emancipatory hopes that were once associated with the Internet have almost fallen into oblivion. The spread of freedom via Twitter and Facebook, the digital dreams of the Arab…
Clear text on Jew hate demo – This is not democracy, this is idiocy! – Domestic politics
Haven’t our politicians learned anything? Hundreds of Jew haters are running through our capital again. Bawl their hate speech against Israel! Insult journalists as “dirty Jews”. They were protected, once…
Macron’s victory is not a triumph
In view of this result, so many stones have fallen from Europe’s hearts that they could trigger a tsunami in the English Channel. The horror visions that something like Donald…
There is power in diversity
diversity Democracies can show what they can do against autocracies. (Photo: imago images/YAY Images) It was haunting, stirring words that Vitali Klitschko chose last week when he joined the Munich…