Political Critique Archive

Governmental policy is creating poverty and fighting the poor at the same time.

In the case of EU disintegration, Central Europe could draw inspiration from ideas of the Balkan federation. The cooperation of the Baltic countries, Visegrad, and Ukraine could serve as a backup plan.

A group of skinheads blocked the Hungarian opposition politician Mr. Nyakó from initializing a referendum.

Interview with Mateusz Kijowski – founder of The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, a Polish civic organization created in response to the Polish constitutional crisis.

„We want a permanent commemoration and not an artistic experiment”.

Probably for the first time since the end of World War II, it is not only rebellious youth, hasty social critics, and war correspondents in the eastern and southeastern reaches of the continent who speak of the return of fascism.

The Polish Ministry of Culture under Piotr Gliński is undertaking an overall, mainly artistic overhaul of Polish theatre. But is this not rather a case of good old political censorship?

Jaroslav Fiala speaks to philosopher Srećko Horvat about the new pan-European movement DiEM 25.

The question of the day is whether his plan, his supporters and his story will turn into a movement.

Thousands of teachers have taken to the streets, demanding a 250 Euro increase in salaries, as well as an overall budget increase for the education sector.