Feel invited to our next online event about “Basic income in Europe” on Wednesday, 19th of July, 2021 at 20:45 CET on Webex.
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Carbon madness and electric cars
ANDERS BASBØLL I bought an electric car. Tax payers are subsidising me. And it is all wrong. I ran for Parliament in 2005. I wrote in a leaflet, that solving climate change is easy. (not to be confused with cheap).
Read moreFree movement of workers
By Lianna Meelker-Amirkhanyan
One of the virtues of the EU /European Union/ is the FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE/WORKERS besides the free movement of the goods. When you live in one of the Member State, you are free to move to work within 27 countries.
Read moreV4 where are you heading?
By Martina Bednar
Western Europe is often looking on by the member states which joined after 2004 with concerns and also prior to that with some level of skepticism, due to historical and cultural differences. However, this makes also Europe so different. A continent which was fighting each other for centuries trying to unite despite of all economic and cultural differences.
But where is the Visegard 4 (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) heading?
Read moreCentral Europe, The EU and myself (remember the future)
By Máté Bozóky
“Today is 23rd October 2089. I’m 88 years old. I am looking at the raising flags of Hungary and the European Union from my room’s window on Kossuth Square, in Budapest. I haven’t thought that I would be living on the 100th anniversary of the political changeover, but here I am to tell you a story, our story.”
Máté Bozóky won with this essay a competition organised by the European Hungarian Society and it was published in NÉPSZAVA, the biggest Hungarian newspaper.
Read moreEvent invitation: Time management – how to use your time wisely
Feel invited to our next online event on Wednesday, 14th of July, 2021 at 20:45 CET on Webex.
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Read moreHungary – Development of Parliamentary Democracy since 2010 – European Liberals for Reform webinar
Webinar took place on 07.07.2021 Speaker: Máté Bozóky Moderation: Theresa Zettl We all have seen the tremendous change in democracy and the rising abandonment of democratic values in Hungary in the last decade. We would like to give you an
Read moreDomestic violence – the challenging pandemic during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Theresa Zettl
It is expected that Europe will be hit by a fourth wave of Covid-19 by the beginning of autumn. As a result of movement restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of Coronavirus, domestic violence has become more frequent, more severe, and more dangerous in homes.
Are lockdowns a dream come true for abusers?
Read moreAthens as an “illiberal democracy” – populist governance during antiquity
By Vladan Lausevic
Something many people can recognise from history lessons in primary schools: The case of Athens as a democratic city-state is recognised as the first institutionalised democracy in human history.
However, Athens was also an example of a populist government without ruleoflaw and human rights.
What are the similarities and differences when compared to modern liberal/constitutional democracies as in the EU ?
Read moreEvent invitation: Hungary: Development of Parliamentary Democracy since 2010
First online event of European Liberals for Reform on Wednesday, 7th of July, 2021 at 20:45 CET on Webex.
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