The United Kingdom has (finally) left the European Union, the union flag has been taken down and UK MEPs have packed their bags, said ‘au revoir’ to Brussels and hopped…
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I had a quick look through Hansard and discovered that I first started speaking on this subject 20 years ago in a debate on the persecution of Christians in Egypt.…
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(Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia) Ever since the elections in March 2018, almost all Italian parties have contradicted the platforms they stood on and the values they meant…
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On October 28th, 2019, Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian Presidential elections with 55% of the valid votes, 10 million more than his opponent, Fernando Haddad of the Brazilian Labor Party…
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Shortly before Christmas, The Economist published an article titled ‘The liberalisation of Ireland: How Ireland stopped being one of the most devout, socially conservative places in Europe.’ The piece provided…
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“It is not by speeches and majority resolutions that the great questions of the time are decided… but by iron and blood”, Bismarck famously said. These days, with much more…
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Now that Brexit has finally been done, it is vital that Boris Johnson’s new government quickly grasps all the policy opportunities that are there in the post-Brexit environment. They are…
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To prevent economic crisis, fix your culture not the free market
by Peter Šulekby Peter ŠulekIn the aftermath of every major economic crisis in recent history, there has been a debate over whether free markets have too large a role in society and whether they…
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When you enter the Danish Parliament, you feel the weight of history. Portraits and busts decorate the corridor with memories, whispering in the corners. Consider one bust in particular: that…
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