Articles for category: Allgemein

The Enemy Within

It is an oft-forgotten fact that Poland has a coalition government. And it is oft-forgotten for a good reason: the largest of the coalition partners, PiS, carries a plurality of votes in the Parliament as well as the strongest popular support. For most of the time this allows them to suppress or ignore any dissenting voices within the coalition. The coalition arrangement however causes constant tensions.

Too Little, Too Late

On 30 September, the European Commission has finally presented its long-awaited first edition of the new Annual Rule of Law Report, assessing the situation of the rule of law in all member states. In cases like Hungary and Poland, where the rule of law and democracy have been deliberately dismantled over the years, this monitoring approach, however, will hardly help. The report is unfortunately too little, too late. Instead, the EU needs to strengthen its enforcement capacity by linking breaches of the rule of law with actual sanctions.

Thug Life

Über Outlaws, Regierungen und was passiert, wenn die eine sich in das andere verwandelt.

What Comes After Neoliberalism?

For some, the term neoliberalism has acquired "such toxic connotations that nobody concerned with their public reputation would identify with it". At the same time, though, no term better than neoliberalism is reputed to design the ideology prevailing worldwide since the 1980s.

Corona Constitutional #43: Hat jemand Stammbaum­forschung gesagt?

Während vor vier Wochen die gewaltsamen Krawalle in Stuttgart für mediale Aufregung gesorgt haben, ist es jetzt deren Aufklärung. Hinter dem Stichwort "Stammbaumforschung" verbergen sich bundesweite Recherchen bei Standesämtern, die die Stuttgarter Polizei anstellt, um einen etwaigen Migrationshintergrund der Tatverdächtigen feststellen zu können. Was das für die aktuelle Debatte um möglicherweise rassistische Strukturen in den Behörden aussagt und was für gute Polizeiarbeit wichtig ist, bespricht Charlotte Heppner im heutigen Podcast mit TOBIAS SINGELNSTEIN.