The Worrying State of Pluralism in the French Media
The French press likes to give lessons on democracy, European values and the rule of law. Yet France is certainly one of the democracies where the lack of pluralism, the almost totalitarian unanimity of the media, is most worrying. French journalists are very concerned about press freedom in Poland, but in that country, 2/3 of the mass media are against the government and fire red-hot bullets at it every day.
Patrick Edery
Selling the bear’s skin before it’s hunted
Two weeks ago, Alberto Núñez Feijóo saw himself as President and clear winner of the general elections in Spain.
Álvaro Peñas
Corruption in Portugal: The never-ending story
Portugal’s political news is not free from the spectre of corruption. Of course, there have been other important news items, such as the adoption of euthanasia, mentioned at the end of this article, but the succession of corruption-related news items occupies the front page of all the newspapers.
Álvaro Peñas
Gonzalo de Oro: "If VOX does not defend the Catalans, no one else will"
Interview with Gonzalo de Oro, VOX councillor in Barcelona City Council and coordinator of the VOX municipal group.
Álvaro Peñas
Interview with Marie d’Armagnac
The protests that have shaken France in recent days have their roots in decades of flawed social and cultural policies that need to be investigated in order to understand how such a potentially explosive situation came about.
Francesco Giubilei
The Catholic Church in Germany is in a worse situation than in 1517
The Archbishop of Cologne is one of the most important representatives of the Catholic clergy not only in Germany, but worldwide.
Marco Gallina
'Don't Just Criticise, Create!': Interview with Andreas Lombard - Member of the Executive Board of the Thomas Hoof Group
Dear Mr Lombard, most readers undoubtedly still know you as the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Cato - Magazin für neue Sachlichkeit" (Cato - Magazine for New Objectivity), which you helped to achieve a real cult status in the German media landscape between 2017 and 2021.
David Engels
It's Not a Revolt, Sire, It's a Secession
At the beginning of July, we witnessed further rioting and looting across France. Although President Macron, with the nerve and arrogance only he is capable of, pretended to find this event surprising, everyone had been expecting it, at least since 2005 and the last large-scale riots in the suburbs.
Ferenc Almássy
China and the Prigozhin campaign
How the uprising of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin must be evaluated is a chapter in itself. On the day of the alleged mutiny, events rolled over so quickly that one hardly noticed who did not speak out. While Putin was on the phone with Kazakhstan and Turkey, and the Belarusian Security Council as well as Iran reacted quickly, it was noticeable that one of the Russians' partners remained silent: namely, the People's Republic of China.
Marco Gallina
Country Report: Germany, June 2023: The “Ampel”-Coalition wants the heat pump at any price - and is causing political instability
The German government is increasingly slipping the reins. For months it has been arguing about its latest project: the "heat turnaround" (“Heizungswende”). The project is modelled on the “energy turnaround” (“Energiewende”) that forced Germany to phase-out of nuclear power and scooped up "renewable energies" with the watering-can principle.
Marco Gallina
Country Report: Spain, June 2023 - Right-wing coalition government closer than ever before
The regional and local elections of 28 May marked a change of course in Spanish politics
Álvaro Peñas
Country Report: France, June 2023 - What do the riots in France reveal about the world ahead?
The whole world was stunned by the images of violence in France triggered by the death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, who was shot dead by a police officer after refusing to obey his command.