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During the global financial crisis, public pensions in Lithuania were cut to reduce further strain on the government budget. The Lithuanian government is now considering backpaying these pensions. Possible sources of public pension offset are...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. To realize where it is better – in Russian or European Union – easiest is to visit any “brotherly nation” like Kyrgyzstan, where you can still see Lenin’s big statue and hear to...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons In the weeks before the European parliamentary elections, the issue of fiscal harmonization across the European Union was again in the spotlight. Most political parties tackle tax evasion in their manifestos, and some...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons The results for the Estonian Reform Party were very positive as we won the elections in Estonia with 2 seats in the European Parliament (out of a total of 6 seats). Overall, ALDE got 3 seats in Estonia. This is a very...
The 2014 EP elections are over. Below, you can find further analysis of consequences brought by the Czech results. They are summed up into 5 points. Firstly, TOP09, a brand of Prince Karel Schwarzenberg, a popular politician from the Noble family...
Marine le Pen and Nigele Farage victories in the European Elections won the titles of most newspapers around Europe. However, Slovakia managed to grab some headline space as well. Slovak voters’ turnout reach EU all time low record – again. Only...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orbán won his second consecutive term in a landside election last month. The governing Fidesz party managed to retain its absolute majority as the result of arguable new election laws...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons In Hungary as well as in Europe the far-right is gaining more and more popularity. Hungary’s right wing extremist party, Jobbik is now the second biggest party in the country, with 20% of the votes behind them. With...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Leszek Balczerowicz Economic Freedom: Fundamentally Important and the Most Attacked* I dedicated this essayi to the memory of a great liberal thinker and a statesman, Luigi Einaudi. I start with noting the conceptual...
A study titled ”The attitude of the Hungarian extreme-right towards capitalism” was presented at the conference on ”Anti-capitalism, anti-Europe and extremism”, recently held by the Free Market Foundation and Political Capital Research...
