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1. English Translation Tomáš Brolík: When lazy rudeness and lies find out that borders do exist. (The Macinka case, the Krakow case) Rudeness and dishonesty, when publicly displayed, share one common feature: careless laziness. This is understandable because rudeness and lies make everything easier. Everything is simpler when we give up trying to be good people and start deliberately and one-sided...

1. English Translation There is no coup in Poland. They are just paying a high price for having destroyed their judiciary themselves. Several constitutional judges are accompanied by police to take control of their institution. After this news, the president turns his plane, which was heading to a state visit on another continent, lands at home, and in the middle of the night storms into the court...

1. English Translation Daniel Hůle: The Symbol of 4:36 By voting at 4:36 on Saturday morning, Tomio Okamura created a symbol that now lives its own life. For Okamura, it is living water. Just two weeks ago, after the municipal elections, he was considered finished, and there was talk about his successor. Today, for some coalition rowdies, he embodies strength. However, the law does not bring what...

1. English Translation Jiří Pehe: Babiš cannot win the clash with civil society Prime Minister Andrej Babiš commented on the resistance of civil society against the government coalition’s efforts to cancel the funding of public media through license fees in a remarkable way. According to him, the planned demonstrations are caused by the post-November cartel and a "hate activist group," which he me...

1. English Translation Martin Bútora: What Fico Could Learn from Husák In Slovakia, another wave of COVID vaccination is slowly starting. At the same time, the doctor Peter Kotlár still holds his position. He is a member of parliament for the Slovak National Party and also the "government commissioner of the Slovak Republic for reviewing the management process and resources during the pandemic." T...

1. English Translation Olga Lomová: Again on the Long March! On October 22 in Beijing, a ceremonial gathering of party leaders took place to honor the 90th anniversary of the completion of the historic Long March. At that time, communist units fled from their mountain bases in southeastern China ahead of government troops, and after more than a year of traveling, they arrived in the north in Shaan...

1. English Translation Petra Hůlová: Trends from New York Before flying to New York, I was worried about all the changes here with Trump. Recently, my best friend was banned for life from entering the USA because her children were not allowed to attend school on the visa she had for work some time ago. Until she faced the immigration officer, neither the school nor the authorities had any problem...

1. English Translation Petros Michopulos: The Glass Jaw of Andrej Babiš The prime minister, who governs with two extremist parties (yes, I also consider the Motorists extremists because no one but extremists would call for the abolition of the Constitutional Court), has decided to show sharp teeth to voters and prove that he is a tough guy. He does not want to be overshadowed by either Macinka or...

1. English Translation Ivan Mikloš: Searching for Rationality in Trump’s Politics Almost no day passes without Trump doing or saying something foolish, nonsensical, harmful, but mainly self-centered. In other words, he regularly shocks, but no longer surprises. His weakness for dictators is strikingly obvious, and it is clear that he not only admires them but also envies them. Although it is true...

1. English Translation Marek Torčík: What forms of resistance still work In March 1811, hundreds of textile workers gathered in Nottinghamshire, England. They protested against low wages and unbearable working conditions. They opposed new machines that took away their livelihood and produced goods that threatened their craft with below-average quality. That evening, some protesters in the town of...

1. English Translation Nora Fridrichová: The Punished Victim of Psychiatrist Cimický Psychiatrist Jan Cimický was sentenced to prison. It took five years. Five years from the moment Jana Fabiánová was the first to publicly speak about what he had done to her in the past. After her, other women came forward. Without Jana, they might still be silent. However, she was also punished. Much earlier than...

1. English Translation Jana Matesová: The state is not a company, but if it were, voters in a democracy would be shareholders. Voters are not subordinates of the government; they are not employees. You cannot take their money away just because they gave you the right to manage it, due to a lack of unconditional loyalty. Voters are not clients of a company either. Voters are shareholders. If, from...

1. English Translation Selfishness Above All "America First," America above all, was the slogan of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. Some people even outside the USA understand this approach. "They are fulfilling their election program, what is wrong with that?" some discussants write to me on social networks. "Every politician should put their country first." Yes, it is certainly good to put yo...

1. English Translation Šárka Homfray: Saving on the state means saving on legal certainty When we go to an office, whether in Prague, Hradec Králové, or a small village, we expect the same rules to be applied equally. A new study by the Public Defender of Rights, which focused on some specific situations arising from the application of administrative law, shows that the practice of individual offi...

1. English Translation Ivan Gabal: Global Contexts of Czech Local Energy The evaluation of energy sources and the direction of energy policy in our country still carry the ideological imprint of the last century. The consumption of gas, diesel, or even coal is a pride of industrial traditions and supporters of cars with combustion engines, while renewable energy from wind or sun still has the scen...

1. English Translation Věra Jourová: What does this remind me of... Today, a few lines about so-called inclusion in schools, meaning the support of children with special needs to achieve standard quality education. Just a language note at the beginning. I have the impression that many things for which we have not found a Czech word are put by part of society, including politicians representing thi...

1. English Translation Lukáš Jelínek: Escape through the Center Good news is never enough. Therefore, it is surprising that the main message from this year's municipal elections almost went unnoticed: citizens removed extremists from an unexpectedly large number of councils. The trend across Europe is the opposite. This was recently reminded to us by the state elections in Germany and the selectio...

1. English Translation Ondřej Kundra: Plzeň Senator Aschenbrenner Could Not Accept His End The outgoing and unsuccessful candidate in the elections, Plzeň senator Lumír Aschenbrenner, could be remembered by voters as a politician who always performed his role in the Senate with dignity, stood for freedom, and fought against populism. He had already proven this in the past in Plzeň, where he oppose...

1. English Translation Petr Bittner: The New Soundtrack of the Old Christian Democrats The Christian Democrats announce a change. After the municipal and senate elections, it seems that in cooperation with the Mayors, they have found a way to sell this change to a sufficient number of voters. The commentator world, looking at the (not only) personnel confusion of the democratic opposition, has bee...

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