ENRICO FODE The redefinition of liberal values in Chinese propaganda When, in February 2022, the world suddenly awakened to the reality of Russia’s authoritarian regime and got acquainted with its propaganda, many were surprised by […]
STOP ALL FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE A manifesto for an inclusive and comprehensive EU gender-based violence policy for all. In the lead up to International Women’s Day, 8 March, and the expected publication of a […]
The numbers Oil and petroleum products 34.5% Natural gas 23.7% Renewables 17.4% Nuclear 12.7% Solid fossil fuels (mostly coal) 10.5% Other 1.2% EU Energy Mix (Source: Eurostat, beginning 2020) What’s striking is the strong presence […]
Despite global criticism and tough sanctions, Moscow continues its attack on Ukraine. From the perspective of Western governments and experts, five possible scenarios emerge for the coming weeks and months, as summed up by Adam Plowright and Didier Lauras for AFP. […]
We, the founders of European Liberals for Reform, namely Ben Burgers, Piotr Azia and Theresa Zettl would like to nominate the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
To us, Volodymyr Zelensky shows a heroic behavior by supporting his country and its inhabitants and not having taken the first opportunity to save himself by fleeing.
When Russian state propaganda claimed he had fled in the first few days of the conflict, Zelensky swiftly took to Twitter and fired off a video of himself, outside a famous Kyiv building, to prove that he had not. When the US offered to whisk him out of the country, he shot back with the brilliant one-liner: “I need ammunition, not a ride.”
The Ukrainian president is as prudent as he is courageous. He knows that his charisma alone cannot protect him and his family from the Russian hit squads that are hunting them down. He also knows that despite all the sanctions, all the kind words and promises of weapons, he ultimately stands all alone against the very real Vladimir Putin and the Russian military, therefore we think a nomination for an extraordinary Sakharov Prize is appropriate and reasonable.
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In Germany, the discussion has focused very much on what Germany no longer wants, namely electricity from nuclear power and electricity from coal-fired power. However, if Germany does not succeed in transforming their energy system in such a way that they can replace these power generation capacities with renewable energies, then this will lead to Germany importing precisely this electricity, i.e. nuclear power from their western neighbors and coal-fired power from their eastern neighbors.
The war in Ukraine highlights Germany’s dangerous dependence: Not only natural gas is imported from the east, but also oil and coal. Power plants, factories and domestic heating systems are threatened with standstill if supplies are cut off.
Russia invaded the territory of a sovereign nation on 24 February 2022, causing massive casualties among the civilian population and huge damage to cities and the country’s infrastructure. As the Russian troops advance into Ukrainian […]
The city of Brest becomes protagonist again, 30 years later. We are not talking about the Breton port town but about a Belarusian city near the Polish border. It is no coincidence that it was […]
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