The idea of compulsory turnout reappeared in Miloš Zeman's Christmas speech. Our words and deeds often tell us who we are - and electoral duty is an instrument of populists, extremists, […]
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Euroscepticism and freedom: who's who?
Today, to some extent, everyone is a critic of the EU. Everyone is bothered by something, for almost everyone is "Europe in crisis", everyone is announcing the need for reforms or the inevitable end. The more […]
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The Senate is delaying Babiš, and that is good
Andrej Babiš doesn't like the senate - he will interfere. He says that no one is "interested" in the senate, that "it costs a lot of money" and that it is "useless". Also other politicians senate power […]
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Episodic dictatorship: why do we need an active civil society?
A popular thesis of many politicians with a penchant for authoritarian practices is that "civil society," associations, interest movements, and lobby groups should have nothing to say in the exercise of power to politicians who have been given a "democratic mandate." […]
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Freedom of choice and Syrian orphans
On the issue of Syrian orphans, there have been two main perspectives on the Free - one wants to "give fifty children hope for a better life" and the other "does not want to take part in unfair campaigns […]
Read moreSystemic corruption of politicians
Can there be a crystal clear politician, or can politics grind everyone? The last case of Minister Drobil apparently showed us that corruption is a systemic problem of state administration. How does the economy view it?
Read moreThe immorality of illegality
Putting something outlawed - illegally - is the easiest way for politicians to show that they are "fighting something."
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