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News
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Mixed Fortunes Expected as Britain Gears Up for Super Thursday
An unprecedented number of seats are up for grabs in local and regional elections in the UK on Thursday. Although it will be difficult to point out clear winners and losers, it is likely that the elections will have a profound effect on the political landscape for the years to come.
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Call for nominations – Raif Badawi Award 2021
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom will award the annual Raif Badawi Award for Courageous Journalists at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Who will receive the award this year?
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Hans van Baalen – A great European
Hans van Baalen, ALDE President and member of the Board of Trustees of the Freedom Foundation, passed away tonight. Like no other, he shaped liberalism in Europe and tirelessly carried the message of freedom to the outside world. From now on, as a liberal family, we must continue alone along the path he blazed. His commitment to a united Europe will remain unforgotten.
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Women Leading Protests – Female Voices For Democracy
Around the world, women are leading the fight for freedom and democracy. The documentary film "Women Leading Protests - Female Voices for Democracy" by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation looks at the stories of four women who have been involved in protests for democracy in various forms.
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Hybrid War in Czechia: The most severe violation of state sovereignty since the end of the Cold War
Czechia has become the victim of Russian state terrorism. The Czech response to expel 18 Russian diplomats was just the beginning of the biggest conflict between Moscow and Prague in the modern history of both countries, which escalated into an unprecedented expelling of up to 70 Russian embassy staff from the Czech Republic.
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Liberalism Under the Pressure of Illiberalism
The Republikon Institute from Hungary, with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, organized an online conference on the situation of liberal thinkers and liberal voters in the Central and Eastern European region. What can be said about the state of liberalism and liberal values in the V4 countries? Can liberalism function in an illiberal state and can liberal governments stand their ground in times of the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Media Freedom in the Shadow of Covid-19
The protection and promotion of press freedom is an ongoing task for liberals everywhere. To shed light on the issues surrounding media freedom throughout the Covid-19 crisis, the International Press Institute teamed up with the FNF European Dialogue Programme office and the European Commission over the course of 2020. - A recap.
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Democracy 2.0
The "Conference on the Future of Europe" (CoFoE) had been stalled on questions of leadership, structure and nature for months, until the Commission, the Parliament and the Council of the EU eventually signed a joint declaration. The new online platform, which was kicked off on Monday, raises hopes for European citizens' participation in the process, analyses EU Affairs Manager Jeanette Süß.
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Our Winning Comics
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Animate Europe - Animated Short Films
In 2013, we launched our biannual international comic competition Animate Europe. Throughout the past four editions we have asked comic artists and graphic novelists from all over the world to share with us their ideas about Europe. Its overwhelming success is a clear sign that artists have fascinating visions to share. Check out the winners' comics of our past comic competitions as animated short films!
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Liberal success stories in the Netherlands – What Liberals can learn from the Dutch elections
In the Netherlands, the Liberals achieved successes in the last parliamentary elections that Liberals in Germany can only dream of. Jeroen Dobber analyses what led the VVD and D66 to their electoral success and gives an outlook on what lessons could be adopted internationally to help liberalism to flourish.
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Rutte riding high - but watch out for the undercurrent
In the current parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, Prime Minister Mark Rutte is likely to successfully defend his office. But even if the forecasts superficially look like continuity, there is movement beneath the surface. Changes in the coalition composition could change the dynamics of the government, analyzes Jeroen Dobber.
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Business Meets Human Rights
Ten years after their adoption, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are increasingly incorporated into legal regulations. Yesterday, the EU Parliament voted on the Legal Affairs Committee's report on corporate due diligence. Better known as due diligence law, this is just another step towards a regulation at the European level.
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Neither right nor left - is the system of the 5th Republic outdated?
Executive-based, elitist and not very close to the people - there is no shortage of critical adjectives to describe the weak points of the French political system.
In contrast, the French presidential party La République en Marche (LREM) took office with the promise not only to transform France's economy into a "start-up nation", but also to turn around the political dynamics in the country as a whole, analyses Jeanette Süß. -
Keeping Channels Open
FNF EU and Partners launched a project in September 2020 to proactively generate ideas for keeping channels open between the UK, US and Europe - beyond Brexit. Together, this ever-expanding international network is brainstorming initiatives to promote constructive relations in several spheres – with the goal of fostering interconnectedness and resilience in this new era of populism and challenge to democracy.
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🤖 New report on #disinformation Check out the latest latest report of Infosecurity.sk on arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online by Slovak and international disinformation actors! . Project by Stratpol - Strategic Policy Institute and FNF Prague 👇 http://bit.ly/Infosecuritysk4
