ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in the short and medium term?…
Can Europe survive without Russian gas and oil?
The numbers Oil and petroleum products 34.5% Natural gas 23.7% Renewables 17.4% Nuclear 12.7% Solid fossil fuels (mostly coal) 10.5% Other 1.2% EU Energy Mix (Source: Eurostat, beginning 2020) What’s…
Editorial – ELfR newsletter 7 March 2022
Dear European Liberals,Dear ELfR friends and supporters! We are living in strange, difficult times. In fact the most dangerous moment since the end of WWII. After more than 70 years…
Russian Propaganda and disinformation
The fact that Russian propaganda in the USA, Germany and other countries deliberately attempts to inflame moods has been known and documented for years. Since 1999 a particularly large number…
Get the Children Out! Forgotten Heroes of the Kindertransport – European Liberals for Reform Webinar
January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. The date was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. With this annual…
Metropa The European Supermetro Network Vision to Become Reality? ELfR webinar
METROPA is an art and peace project that shows Europe as an entity on multiple layers; its clear and simple imagery anticipates the idea of a paneuropean metro network system…
Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation – ELfR
Q&A session with members of the opposition in Russia, discussing the current politcial situation, chances of change, how young people see the situation and their future, possibility of invasion of…
Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation: European Liberals for Reform Webinar
Russia is in a stalemate: Real politics are nonexistent, economic decline is evident, no trace of democracy is left. Opposition members have been killed, imprisoned or forced out of the…
Polish parliament targets TVN with media law
On Friday 17th December, the Polish ruling party PiS unexpectedly passed legislation restricting press freedom, targeting the independent TV channel TVN, owned by the US company Discovery. The law is…
How can we prevent future pandemics? – ELfR webinar on 07 December 2021
Speaker: Prof. Saikat Basu, Ph.D. of South Dakota State UniversityModeration: Theresa Zettl The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has hit us hard in our personal lives: Wearing masks, restrictions in socializing, cancelled…