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Online Exhibition: Journeys - Inspiring Stories of Migration in Europe
Few topics have been as divisive in recent years as migration. FNF Europe and MEP Jan-Christopf Oetjen (Renew Europe) sought out to change the narrative. We invited people to share their stories of migration with us at "Journeys: Inspiring Stories of Migration" and now it is time to share our online exhibition with you!
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New Publication: Taxation Matters
In 2020, the European Dialogue of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Brussels and the EPICENTER Network carried out a competition to find new, innovative ideas, on how tax policy regimes across Europe can become more competitive and driven by key liberal values of efficiency, neutrality, and fairness.
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Envisioning a nuclear-save world: nuclear arms control, disarmament and deterrence
Thirty years after the signing of the the START Treaty, US-Russian negotiations still lie at the heart of the global rules-based order to control and reduce nuclear weapons. Although recent talks between the two powers are a good sign, other actors have to step up their efforts to address the growing threat of nuclear proliferation.
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The World Health Organisation says vaccination is one of the most affordable health solutions
The World Health Organisation has stated that vaccination is one of the most cost-effective health interventions available. Efficient vaccination programmes provide protection and save millions of people from illness, disability and death; however, they also have the power to control and even eradicate disease.
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Liberal Voices on Circularity
On its course “from strategy to delivery”, the European Commission presented its new “Fit for 55” climate package last week. The target is to cut CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030. The goal is ambitious, analyses Nele Fabian, as she recaps our first Liberal Sustainability Week on the Future of Consumption.
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Franco-German Defence Cooperation
A number of major dossiers on the future of defence cooperation in the EU are on the agenda of the next German government (federal elections scheduled for September this year). Looking at the different defence policies in Germany and France, the fundamental debate between inclusiveness and the ability to act in European foreign and defence policy becomes apparent.
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CO2 Border Adjustment: How is the EU Going to Save the Climate?
On 14 July, EU Vice-President Frans Timmermans presented a comprehensive package of proposals to implement climate policy in the EU. Entitled "Fit for 55", the package contains 13 laws to help achieve the Union's climate goals. What does the package include, what can be expected on the implementation track, and can the timetable be kept?
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Animate Europe “Restart! – The Streets of Europe” Award Ceremony: And our winner is…
The 5th Animate Europe award ceremony took place on the 12th of June at the prestigious Lyon BD We are very proud to announce Torben Siebert as winner of this year’s Animate Europe comic competition round!
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Second Round of French Regional Elections Puts Conservatives and Socialists Into Office
The second round of France’s regional and departmental elections, held on 26 June, confirmed virtually all the trends that had emerged since the first round a week earlier. Jeanette Süß analyses what lies behind this electoral behaviour at local level.
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A Win for the Established
The regional elections were widely seen as prognostic for the next presidential elections in 2022. However, these predictions did not come true after the first round of this Sunday's regional elections in the 13 regions of France, analyses Jeanette Süß.
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Cracks in the ‘blue wall’?
Boris Johnson has had a torrid week. On top of that, the Liberal Democrats last Thursday delivered him a sensational by-election defeat in a Conservative constituency in South East England normally considered to be part of the ‘blue wall’ Conservative Party heartland. What this means for Boris Johnson, analyses Sir Graham Watson.
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Sustainability Week 1: Consumption & Production
The European Dialogue Programme (EDP) of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom launches a series of three digital Sustainability Weeks, to be held during the second half of 2021, which will be dedicated to aspects around sustainability and the economy with a particular focus on circular economy models.
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"We will not tolerate the dismantling of the rule of law and the oppression of the LGBTIQ community in Hungary"
Viktor Orban's new legislative package equates homosexuality with paedophilia. For next year's elections, Orban's government needed another bogeyman against which it could mobilise populistically. But sexual identity is protected in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The European Commission must immediately initiate infringement proceedings against Hungary, demands Moritz Körner in an interview.
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Coming Up: Animate Europe Award Ceremony
This year, our fifth Animate Europe competition set out to collect another round of comics that inspire conversations about the ideas and values of Europe through storytelling, and we are excited to present you this year's finalist.
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Scotland still in Nationalist hands
The Scottish Parliament elections showed that power in Scotland is firmly in the hands of the Scottish National Party. Although the SNP won the election with its independence campaign, Scotland is deeply divided. The country is divided into three camps, Sir Graham Watson analyses in a guest article.
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🤩 It's finally here: The online exhibition of Journeys: Inspiring Stories of Migration, in cooperation with Jan-Christoph Oetjen & Renew Europe! Follow our participants on their Journeys, though their stories, pictures and audios and help us change the narrative around migration in the EU. https://bit.ly/JourneysLaunchArticle
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🚀 Thirty years after the signing of the the START Treaty, US-Russian negotiations still lie at the heart of the global rules-based order to control and reduce nuclear weapons. Although recent talks between the two powers are a good sign, other actors have to step up their efforts to address the growing threat of nuclear proliferation, analyse Theresa Winter & Jeroen Dobber 👇 https://www.freiheit.org/envisioning-nuclear-save-world-nuclear-arms-control-disarmament-and-deterrence
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NEW PUBLICATION - Taxation Matters! . 💸 In 2020, the European Dialogue of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Brussels and the EPICENTER Network carried out a competition to find new, innovative ideas, on how tax policy regimes across Europe can become more competitive and driven by key liberal values of efficiency, neutrality, and fairness, and now we are ready to share the great winners and ideas with you! 👇 https://bit.ly/TaxationMattersPublication
