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Pressefreiheit, Zensur, Medien
Media freedom
Amedeo Gasparini

Threats and Undermining of the Press: Media Freedom in Hungary, Poland and Slovenia

The state of media freedom in Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia is increasingly getting worse. Independent news outlets are rarer and limited, and the governments directly threaten journalists. Media freedom is suffering. What is the situation of press freedom in Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia today? How are the three cases similar? What is the European Union doing about it?

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Disinformation
Matej Spišák Denis Takács

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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Serbia
Thomas Roser

A step ahead or a Potemkin reform village?

Is Serbia`s new Media Strategy 2020-25, adopted a year ago, just a paper tiger or an important step towards safeguarding the threatened freedom of the press? The years of struggle for the document, and also the experience with the first Media Strategy adopted ten years ago, have confirmed above all that paper is very patient in the Balkans.

Die Spitzenkandidaten der verschiedenen Parteien bei einer Debatte im niederländischen Fernsehen
Netherlands
Jeroen Dobber

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.

Türkische Kinderarbeiter beim Pflücken von Baumwolle nahe der Grenze zu Syrien
Human Rights
Jana Sproul

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.

Viktor Orbán auf einer Konferenz der EVP in Salzburg
Fidesz
Toni Skorić

Turmoil in European Parliament – Orbán Forestalls the Expulsion from EPP Group

Shortly after the European People’s Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament approved an amendment to its Rules of Procedure that paved the way for Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party to be suspended from its ranks, the Hungarian Prime Minister announced that his party’s MEPs will leave the Group of the Christian Democrats. How does this decision affect Fidesz, the EPP, and the Hungarian opposition? Which party family in Europe could Orbán now join?

Is Democracy in the hands of social media
Populism
María José Salcedo

Is democracy in the hands of social media?

In our increasingly interconnected world, we are confronted with increasingly polarized societies. With this in mind, it is important to question how we consume content and how we shape our digital future in order to ensure that liberal and democratic values ​​are promoted in all areas.

Asian businesswoman
Female Forward

Practice Makes Perfect

There is a need to put forward a transformative agenda, which includes a re-politicization of a feminist process that practices an expanded and dynamic power analysis. It elevates feminist Leadership that refers to challenging the assumptions that masculinist leadership is essential, effective, and is the standard or norm.

Macron auf gaullistischen Abwegen?
France

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.

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Business & Human Rights
Markus Löning Claire Treinen

Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability

In April 2020, EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders announced his commitment to a legislation on corporate mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence in 2021. But just how far have we come in 2020 and what are we building on in 2021? Our experts at Löning - Human Rights & Responsible Business have the answers.

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