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Turkish Poor Pay Highest Price of President’s Economic Experiment

In cutting interest rates amid spiralling inflation, the Turkish government under President Erdogan has thrown economic orthodoxy out the window. The poor face getting poorer. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plan to turn around the Turkish economy has a new victim in Finance Minister Lutfi Elvan, who resigned on December 2. But …

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Democracy Digest: Hungary and Poland Suffer Setback in Battle over EU Funds

Hungary and Poland lost a key battle in their fight to avoid EU funds being withheld over concerns about the rule of law, but government politicians cling to hope there is still a chance to win the war. On Thursday, the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the …

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Somos ciudadanos, no usuarios

Necesitamos una coalición de democracias que establezca un marco de gobernanza en internet frente a las amenazas de Rusia y China y la arbitrariedad opaca de los gigantes tecnológicos que controlan la red “La democracia no ocurre por accidente. Tenemos que defenderla, luchar por ella, fortalecerla, renovarla”. Es lema de …

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