Europe Blog

December 4, 2016

Both City Lights and Stars

Picture source: Flickr One of my favorite songs, “Lights and cars” by Enter The Haggis, that, in my view, deserves to be much more popular than it is, has the following words in it: […]
December 3, 2016

Who Will Build the Roads? – Plans for Autobahn Privatization in Germany

A3 Köln – Frankfurt. Source: Flickr Over the past two weeks, the sites of many major German news outlets featured articles about the German government planning to privatize the famous Autobahn. Actually […]
December 2, 2016

Is our culture threatened by the free market?

Picture source: Flickr You only need to read the daily headlines to understand that globalization is accused of all evils. One of them, particularly put forward by Conservatives, is the weakening of […]
December 1, 2016

Trump and Hofer: The Populist Protectionist Right

Source: Flickr Many people were surprised that a right wing populist like Donald J. Trump won the U.S. Presidential election, but another shocking surprise might be happening on December 4th in Austria. […]
November 27, 2016

5 Things You Should Know About The French Presidential Elections

Picture source: Flickr 1. The Republicans might nominate a candidate running on slashing government spending On Sunday, the French Republican party held the first round of its open primary, in which 7 candidates […]
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