Viktor Orbán turns Hungary into a tax haven
The government has announced an economic package to deal with the country’s acutely low wages or, more likely, to profit multinationals and keep Orbán in power.
Dialogue
Trump’s White House and Paris Climate Agreement: Is Europe up for the challenge?
The election victory of Donald Trump can paralyse global climate and sustainable development policy for years. But it is not just for to the US to decide whether it actually comes to this.
‘It’s gonna be great fun!’ Politics in the age of post-truth
If you’ve ever wondered what post-postmodernism might look like, 2016 gives you a pretty damn good idea.
An open letter to my immigrant father who voted for Trump
You are Jewish and you are an immigrant and you have an accent and they will never accept you. You will never be one of them.
President Voldemort: This is not over
Around 57 million Americans expected to see Hillary Clinton shatter the glass ceiling. We’ve been fooling ourselves by thinking we’ve all come further than we have.
The unaccountability at the very top
The former Portuguese PM and European Commission President, José Manuel Durão Barroso, emerges as an accomplice of the great atrocities of the war in Iraq and its lingering consequences.
Hyperlinking under attack in the EU
Is the new linking legislation going to break the internet? Traditional media are pressuring lawmakers to introduce link censorship laws in the EU.
Farewell Charlemagne: Europe in regions
Some people believe that Europe is undergoing a process of Balkanisation, although the continent’s regionalisation might in fact be something positive, combining unity and diversity.
The US presidential election drama
- Editorials , World , USA
For many months now the world has been watching the unfolding drama of the US presidential campaign, starring Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The American elections are of global relevance, as the USA remains the single most powerful country with a unique combination of economic, military, diplomatic but also cultural and normative strength. We have…
