Libertas

the official online magazine of LYMEC

The murmuring is slowly fading out. As the sunshine disappears, blue and white globes hanging from the roof of Open VLD headquarters start lighting up. Delegates are taking their places, phones and laptops are ready for voting, and the first speaker com...

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April 16 2024

Libertas is the official online magazine of LYMEC (European Liberal Youth).

Libertas is a platform for submissions from our member organisations and individual members on various political topics that are of general interest to European liberals. Its an international platform to share opinions created by young liberals for young people from all over Europe.

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On November 19 2023, the Argentinian voted to depart from the socialist governance of recent administrations and elected the libertarian MP (and former TV star) Javier Milei as President. A brash outsider and a controversial figure, Milei conducted his ...

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April 05 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes   The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released a report that paints a grim picture for the year 2023 as the deadliest year for migrants navigating the Mediterranean route since 2018. Despite the risks...

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March 15 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes   “Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”  When we hear the word “democracy”, the very first thing to cross our m...

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March 07 2024

This article was submitted as part of the LYMEC4EU Manifesto Challenge   Sunday, 9th of June 2024. EU Elections. In Germany, the right-wing populist AfD gains about 10% compared to 2019. In Austria, the right-wing populist FPÖ becomes the strongest poli...

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February 28 2024

Our society is ageing. Is that a bad thing? No, of course not. Our society is living longer and is healthy and active for longer. However, this has an impact on our social security and pension schemes. How so? In most European countries, pension schemes...

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February 19 2024