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The Islamist parties emerged as the victors in Egypt's elections. But none will be able to go it alone in ruling the country - and it is still unclear whether the military council will willingly hand over complete power, says Ronald Meinardus.

2011-10-07T09:53:59+01:00 2011-10-07T09:53:59+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=20267&wc_p=1

“The People Demand. Liberal Features of the Egyptian Revolution” is the title of a documentary film sponsored by the Regional Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) and launched during a public forum at Rawabit Cultural Center in Cairo.

2011-10-04T12:01:19+01:00 2011-10-04T12:01:19+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=20228&wc_p=1

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) recently celebrated its 20. anniversary in Cambodia. 100 guests joined us at Meta House, Germany´s Cultural Centre in Phnom Penh, among them Ambassador Wolfgang Moser.

2011-09-26T16:53:22+01:00 2011-09-26T16:53:22+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=20171&wc_p=1

In March 2010, the Prime Minister of Malaysia launched the first part of Malaysia’s “New Economic Model” (NEM). Several actions by the government indicated that they are not as committed to economic liberalisation as they claimed to be when the NEM was first announced.

2011-09-14T17:26:45+01:00 2011-09-14T17:26:45+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=20072&wc_p=1

Nine months after the beginning of the Arab Spring the online conference "Facebook Revolution?" the Virtual Academy tries to take stock. Bloggers from Egypt, Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco and Syria will speak about their activities and motivations.

2011-09-14T17:02:55+01:00 2011-09-14T17:02:55+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=20071&wc_p=1

The Regional Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Sofia hosted an International Conference on EU Strategy in the Danube Region: How to improve prosperity, people-to-people contacts and economic freedom in a European Macro-Region.

2011-07-27T08:42:35+01:00 2011-07-27T08:42:35+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=19645&wc_p=1

Twenty-one young Libyan journalists, including three females, recently attended a Journalists and Citizen Journalism workshop which is the brainchild of Friends of Libya–Egypt, with collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

2011-06-30T12:41:57+01:00 2011-06-30T12:41:57+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=19329&wc_p=1

“Comrades, we are going to war. We are going to war for radical policy change.” The recent re-election of Julius Malema as president of the ANC Youth League and his increasing militancy are a cause for concern amongst liberal and democratic forces in South Africa.

2011-06-10T11:05:22+01:00 2011-06-10T11:05:22+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=19152&wc_p=1

Prof Ken Attafuah, the Executive Director of "The Justice & Human Rights Institute", held a presentation about the state of liberalism and liberal accomplishments in Ghana at an event organized by the Ghana office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

2011-06-10T10:46:07+01:00 2011-06-10T10:46:07+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=19150&wc_p=1

When thinking of stolen elections in Zimbabwe, most casual observers will think of the tremendous violence meted out by Mugabe and his junta to their opponents and the terror employed to swing the results in favour of the octogenarian and his cleptocratic clique.

2011-05-31T15:08:19+01:00 2011-05-31T15:08:19+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=19011&wc_p=1

After the final results of South Africa’s democratic local government elections were released by the country’s Electoral Commission and accepted by all parties. Every single South African newspaper ran headlines like: ‘ANC wins, but…’ and ‘ANC is left shaken’.

2011-05-30T09:26:38+01:00 2011-05-30T09:26:38+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=19000&wc_p=1

The FNF Africa Regional Office supports its political partner in Zambia in a large-scale training programme of its members in election poll monitoring, with a view to ensuring fair and free procedures in the upcoming tripartite election.

2011-05-23T12:49:14+01:00 2011-05-23T12:49:14+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=18938&wc_p=1

Bloggers from all parts of the Arab world came together in Cairo for a workshop entitled "Blogging for Freedom in the Arab world". The three-day event aimed at creating a network of Arab citizen journalists and providing spaces for exchanges of experiences and opinion.

2011-05-10T14:57:57+01:00 2011-05-10T14:57:57+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=18836&wc_p=1

More than 40 PCR members from all over Mali gathered in Bamako at the end of April. They attended a compact seminar on liberal values and ideas. The office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for West Africa in Dakar, Senegal, conducted the event exclusively.

2011-04-21T12:43:09+01:00 2011-04-21T12:43:09+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=18653&wc_p=1

“The vision and mission of Liberal International are similar to those of the Democratic Party”. This was stated by MP Atte Sugandi as the reason why the party now applied to become an observer member in "Liberal International".

2011-04-21T12:30:05+01:00 2011-04-21T12:30:05+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=18651&wc_p=1

A delegation comprising eight leading youth representatives of the Lebanese Future Movement visited Germany upon the invitation of the foundation to participate in a study tour on “Strategies for Successful Political Youth Work”.

2011-03-25T15:25:51+01:00 2011-03-25T15:25:51+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=18397&wc_p=1

In Brussels Ronald Meinardus, Regional Director for the Middle East and Northern Africa of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom shared his eye witness experience and explored whether the Arab revolutions are a chance for liberalism.

2011-03-08T08:10:20+01:00 2011-03-08T08:10:20+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=18224&wc_p=1

A new chapter begins: African liberal youth politics has a new name: “The Organization of African Liberal Youth – Liberals Energizing Africa’s Democracy (OALY-LEAD)”. 22 participants of OALY-LEAD from 14 African countries converged in Johannesburg.

2011-01-31T10:13:56+01:00 2011-01-31T10:13:56+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=17995&wc_p=1

As the unrest situation in Egypt continues, foundation's political analyst Ronald Meinardus in Cairo says it is unlikely the Mubarak will go easily and that the West must rethink its policies regarding leaders in the Arab world.

2011-01-20T16:33:31+01:00 2011-01-20T16:33:31+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=17944&wc_p=1

After the downfall of Tunisian dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and the gradual consolidation of the political situation on the ground, international attention is shifting to possible implications the unprecedented Tunisian events may have for the region as a whole.

2011-01-05T13:33:46+01:00 2011-01-05T13:33:46+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=17802&wc_p=1

Although three of the five mayoralties went to the governing Kuomintang Party (KMT), the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won more votes. The local elections in november were seen as an important indicator for the Presidential elections of 2012.

2011-01-05T13:26:25+01:00 2011-01-05T13:26:25+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=17801&wc_p=1

This Summer’s election victory of Benigno Simeon ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III as 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines has been compared to the success of President Barack Obama when he won in 2008. Both ran under the banner of change and against an extremely disliked predecessor.

2010-11-22T11:56:59+01:00 2010-11-22T11:56:59+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=17455&wc_p=1

A recent report of the FNF think tank partner CDE (Centre for Development and Enterprise) explains why South Africa needs to recruit large numbers of skilled migrants if it is to reduce its skills shortage, thus accelerating economic growth.

2010-11-17T16:47:22+01:00 2010-11-17T16:47:22+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=17424&wc_p=1

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) bestowed its Friedrich Naumann Medal on one of the most remarkable Liberals in South Africa: Helen Zille, leader of the Democratic Alliance and Premier of the Western Cape Province.

2010-11-10T12:44:55+01:00 2010-11-10T12:44:55+01:00 http://www.freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=1322&wc_id=17344&wc_p=1

Liberal politicians and intellectuals from Turkey and the Arab world assembled on the outskirts of Istanbul for the first Turkish-Arab Liberal Dialogue Forum. Recent developments in Turkey and Ankara’s foreign policy initiatives have aroused much interest also in the Arab world.