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10.01.2019
How Orbán Manipulates Markets to Suppress Hungary’s OppositionDemocracy

In Viktor Orbán's self-styled illiberal democracy, power is maintained through patronage and cronyism built around public jobs and EU money.

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02.01.2019
A Green Angle on the Need for a Language VaultSociety, Media and Culture

2018 saw records of now-lost languages destroyed by fire in Brazil. Could a global vault prevent a similar disaster from happening again?

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30.12.2018
Reshaping Globalisation with A Green Trade StrategyFinance and Economy

Donald Trump's trade wars have triggered a long-overdue discussion on the downsides of international trade. What is the green response?

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27.12.2018
The Common Agricultural Policy: Promoting the ‘Polluter Gets Paid’ PrincipleAgriculture

A new investigation exposes how the CAP provides financial incentives for polluting farms to pursue harmful practices.

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19.12.2018
EU Ban on Neonics: Too Little, Too LateAgriculture

The most popular – and the most poisonous – insecticides are bringing us to the brink of a pollination crisis as EU legislation falls short.

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18.12.2018
Harassing the Poor: Orbán’s Fight Against the HomelessWelfare and Social Issues

Since October 2018, it has been illegal to live in the street in Hungary. Social anthropologist and housing rights activist Tessza Udvarhelyi explains why homeless people are such an easy target for populist politicians, and how the newest measures humiliate those who cannot afford a place to live.

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17.12.2018
False FlagDemocracy

A story of internet freedom and activism in a world where the EU's copyright proposals are law, and are enforced to terrifying effect.

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17.12.2018
Link Taxes and Upload Filters Will Not Fix the InternetSociety, Media and Culture

An interview with the Pirate MEP on what Article 11 and 13 of the EU's proposed copyright directive could mean for internet freedom.

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11.12.2018
From Corsica to Scotland: Autonomy in Europe as the Progressive AlternativeFuture of EU

In overlooked parts of Europe, nationalism or regionalism is the basis for a progressive politics looking beyond the status quo.

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07.12.2018
Climate Pessimism Gets Us NowherePolitics

Arguing that there is no way to stop climate change risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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