One hundred years ago the outbreak of World War I marked the end of the liberal era. The policies of free trade, peace by disarmament, and liberal constitutionalism seemed to have failed.
One of the earliest victims of the war was a theory...
November 13, 2014 2:14 pm / 20 comments
In cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Slovenian think tank Svetilnik organized the 6th Liberal Colloquium titled “Liberalism: Future for Slovenia”. The event, which was held between September 26-28, 2014 at...
November 7, 2014 1:43 pm / no comments
The process of European unification was one of the great political achievements of the 20th century. It gave Europeans – and with it, Germans – freedom, peace, and prosperity.
It continues to be the aim of a liberal Europe to...
October 28, 2014 10:49 am / no comments
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The article is based on a discussions held in Sofia on 22 April, 2014 and organized by the Institute for Market Economics and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, in cooperation with the Libertarian club at the Sofia University....
July 4, 2014 9:48 am / no comments
Witch-hunting was born at the end of the Middle Ages. People accused of witchcraft – conjuring evil spirits and the devil or even being blamed for poor harvests and bad weather – had ecclesiastical penances imposed upon them....
June 5, 2014 10:07 am / no comments
Social, political and economic regulations are a result of the fact that not all of us are equipped with natural predispositions to the satisfactory degree. We are not even equipped equally. Therefore, we must compensate this inadequacy with...
May 1, 2014 10:07 am / 3 comments
The justice debate is all around us: sometimes it is about justice, sometimes about social justice. But no matter which term is used, the focus always appears to be the same: social justice in our society. A second, closer look shows which...
April 23, 2014 4:15 am / no comments
Thank you, Felicita, Susanne and the ELF bureau, for inviting me to deliver this speech. Tonight, I could tell you a story about the traditions of liberalism in the various member states of the European Union. After all, each country has its...
December 15, 2013 12:43 pm / 25 comments
Project Parallel liberalisms, based on research by Republikon Institute, aims to define liberal voters of Hungary – who these liberal voters are and where they stand. Today it is a valid question, since recently the number of parties trying...
June 22, 2013 8:21 am / no comments
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)
and
Republikon Institute (Hungary)
have pleasure to invite to a conference
“Liberal Opportunities in East Central Europe. Chances of a Liberal Comeback“
WHEN:
June 4, 2012,...
May 23, 2012 1:12 pm / no comments