Politics

Nikola Filipov: The third and final presidential debate was certainly the most constructive so far. There was a good reason for this: the moderator of the debate, Chris Wallace, was not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions, both to Clinton about Wikileaks and to the accusations of sexist treatment of women by Donald Trump. Within the framework of …

Mr. Traykov, I am writing you this letter because I am desperate. As a young politically engaged person who shares "right-wing" beliefs, I cannot help but be deeply disappointed by the state of the political scene in Bulgaria. That is precisely why I initially intended to vote for you, because in these elections you are presented as ...

We have collected the comments and first impressions of various EKIP authors regarding last night's debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The compilation will be supplemented throughout the day. Dimitar Karagegov: In the first part of the debate, Trump was tragic and I started writing about how much he failed. However, the second part, I think, was …

Private enforcement agents (PEAs) are even ahead of banks on Ms. Manolova’s list of enemies.[i] A closer look at her arguments reveals that “PEAs” are blamed for fees and procedures that are neither their fault nor their income, but are often one of the few options for debt collection. …

Rights are one of the most crucial political concepts in the modern world. They are the expression of Enlightenment humanism and often serve as the moral foundation of Western society. But is it possible for certain rights to be detrimental to the individual? Is it possible for a concept designed to guarantee freedom to lead to tyranny? This, …

The Constitutional Court cut off half of Slavi Trifonov's referendum, and the very next morning the TV presenter hinted for the first time about entering politics. As we already wrote a month ago, this was completely predictable - Slavi's political bid goes through a politically cut or truncated referendum, and not through a successful or ...

Jeffrey Tucker* Just days after Donald Trump won the Republican nomination, the mask (such as it had been up to then) fell off. He quietly began telling reporters that he could be “tricked” into raising taxes, raising the minimum wage, and printing enough money to cover the national debt payments with cheap …

Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe for the Polish weekly Najwyższy Czas! What is your assessment of contemporary Western Europe and the EU in particular? All political parties in Western Europe, regardless of their different names and programs, gravitate around the fundamental idea of democratic socialism. They use elections to legitimize the taxation of the productive parts of …

When you go up against Ahmed Dogan with a combat pistol and that pistol catches you, there are not many options for what you do – either you are a complete idiot or you are a paid actor. No matter which of the two is true, Dogan will go home with all possible positives. The same is true for …

The events surrounding and especially after Brexit have once again brought to the forefront the fundamental debate about what the right "recipe" for the European Union is – is a Europe of nation states better than a united and centralized Europe? On one side of this argument stand the Eurosceptic nationalist movements of the Old Continent – UKIP, …