Populist leaders claim to solve complex problems with simple solutions. In practice, they sow confidence-wracking uncertainty.
It feels like “more of the same” as opposed to progressive politics. Yet there are too many domestic issues that need to be addressed and too many international issues looming large.
When it comes to climate change and sustainability, the Programme for Government contains a lot of positive commitments – until you look at the direction set for individual sectors of the economy.
The reversal of a decision to shut down the NDRC is the most visible aspect of a shift towards indigenous start-ups and scale-ups in the Programme for Government, despite a lack of other concrete details.
The far-right’s leading position in Austria illustrates the global trend also emerging in Germany and could shed light on possible European futures.
The coalition is prepared to modernise the way the State tackles big projects, but not to allocate priorities among the ever-expanding list of needs.
Time passes. The world moves on. Yet the report of the Moriarty tribunal should not be diminished by time. It still stands as the authoritative version of events, even if it is politically convenient to ignore it.
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