editorial partner Liberte! Friedrich Naumann Foundation

Society

Why Should Hungarians Care?
Politics, Society
Why Should Hungarians Care?
Recently, the operations of the newspaper Népszabadság in Hungary were suspended. So what\'s the big deal? It was a left to centre newspaper anyway, you will read some other newspaper instead. It generated giant losses, and its numbers have plummeted – you will hear, so the private owners were right to kill it off.
Whose Interest Is Public Interest?
Society
Whose Interest Is Public Interest?
Since personal interest is a mandatory attribute of a human life, i.e. humans a priori aim to meet their needs and follow their passions, it is unbefitting to assume that public interest exists away from the nature of human beings, for someone and in order to achieve something.
Why Is Populism Spreading Across Europe?
Society
Why Is Populism Spreading Across Europe?
We could say that populism is a natural effect of the lack of democratic accountability. If the promises and values which are at the heart of a democratic system seem to be broken by the established parties in power, here come the new movements, yelling against old politicians who betrayed their people, and promising to change the corrupted system, if they are elected.
Female Politicians in the Public Eye
Politics, Society
Female Politicians in the Public Eye
Integrity Lab looked into the attitudes of the Hungarian society towards female politicians by a nation-wide representative research in order to better understand this phenomenon with special regard to the differences between voters of right and left-liberal parties.