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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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Infosecurity.sk: Bi-Weekly Report on Emerging Disinformation Trends (March 30, 2021)
Project Infosecurity.sk organized by STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute, supported by the Prague office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, continuously monitors the activities of both Slovak and foreign disinformation actors, but focuses mainly on the former. This report represents a bi-weekly summary of arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online.
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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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What can the pension system of the future look like?
Like Germany, Spain has one of the oldest populations in the world. Demographic change, combined with increasing life expectancy and very high structural unemployment (especially among young people), means that fewer and fewer younger people have to finance the pensions of more and more older people.
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Infosecurity.sk: Bi-Weekly Report on Emerging Disinformation Trends (March 17, 2021)
Project Infosecurity.sk organized by STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute, supported by the Prague office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, continuously monitors the activities of both Slovak and foreign disinformation actors, but focuses mainly on the former. This report represents a bi-weekly summary of arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online.
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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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Podcast: The Defence Café
The Defence Café is the security and defence podcast of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Brussels (FNF Europe).
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Attack on the Capitol: A Consequence of Radicalisation Online
The recent attack on the US Capitol is no surprise in retrospect. Donald Trump has repeatedly called on his supporters to “stand by”. For days, social media had been mentioning 6 January 2021 as the date to carry out violence if Congress did not revise the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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EU-China: Human Rights Only Come Second for Conservatives
Largely unnoticed by the public – Brexit had been the dominant topic at the turn of the year – the EU Commission concluded negotiations on an investment agreement with the People’s Republic of China shortly before New Year’s Eve. The driving force behind the trade agreement, which largely excludes questions about Chinese human rights violations, was the German government, analyses Markus Kaiser.
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This is Not the End of Britain’s European Story
Another area beyond the control of the average British person has been the course of the Brexit negotiations and the shape of the final deal. This all begs the question – how do we proactively take action in the years ahead, rather than continuing to be a victim of circumstance, lamenting the damage to UK-EU trade and relations as powerless bystanders?
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New study: Between Polarisation and Modernisation
In France, Macron is often also referred to as a centrist - a political characteristic that for many decades has rather stood for unsuccessfulness, fickleness and a lack of profile in terms of content. But what is it really about in terms of content? Who are the traditional representatives of this political tradition and is a president who governs with members of the left, the right and the centre really a centrist?
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Debunking Disinformation
Check your facts the Animate Europe way! Debunking Disinformation: A Comic Book Toolbox is a new publication project that dives into common forms of disinformation – otherwise known as “fake news” – and takes us on a ride to discover its mechanisms ,
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Common Understanding for Common Values
Officially born in Maastricht in 1993, European citizenship is unique in its kind. Almost thirty years later, European citizenship remains a highly topical issue for a number of reasons. More specifically, however, recent developments, such as Brexit and attacks on the rule of law in some Member States, make a re-discussion of this form of citizenship ever more urgent.
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Digital Services Act: The New Foundation for Europe's Digital Single Market
Yesterday, the European Commission presented the long-awaited Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act.
Was it worth the wait? Digitalisation expert Ann Cathrin Riedel has the verdict for you.
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NEWSLETTER: From Poland With Love - March . ✏️ Undermining #MediaFreedom in 🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇮 🤖 Cyber threats & government transparency ⛪️ Negligence & punishment in the Catholic church 🍫 "Food Apartheid" in Eastern Europe . In his monthly newsletter, guest contributor Dr. Milosz Hodun (Projekt: Polska, European Liberal Forum) gives us updates about current news, events and all other things you need to know about #Poland. http://bit.ly/FPWLMarch21
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🎥 NEW VIDEO SERIES - Illiberalism in #Hungary . 🇭🇺 Follow us on a journey, starting with the state itself. The functioning of the Hungarian illiberal state is ridden with tricks, irregularities and workarounds, all contributing to the system's imponderability, where only one thing is certain: the leader. . The project with Indítsuk Be Magyarországot Alapítvány aims to show how life unfolds and everyday life is affected in an illiberal democracy. Watch the first episode to learn about the state level, and stay tuned for the upcoming two episodes! http://bit.ly/IlliberalismInHungaryEp1
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📖 NEW PUBLICATION - Good Sex Ed w/ Projekt: Polska . What does/should sex education look like in Europe and what happens when politicians/non-experts are in the lead of its organisation? . Find the publication at: http://bit.ly/GSEpdf https://www.facebook.com/projektpolska/posts/10160397642936037 #SexEd
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