Liberte World

Polish foreign policy has finally become unexciting to an average spectator! For a while politicians graciously let go of demagogic wars, to which Polish diplomacy had fallen victim in the last couple of years. They have transferred their interest to other fields of politics – those on which they can currently gain more. Presumably this [...]

Will the new (old) Russian president be able to accept challenges that are created for him by the protesting nation and that contradict the ruling philosophy that he has pursued so far? Russia is changing – Russia that will happen to be ruled by Vladimir Putin is now completely different from Russia from the times [...]

A big reformer, a friend of Poland and of freedom, a symbol of female emancipation – these are just simple and overused clichés about Margaret Thatcher. The truth about her rule is far more complex. Traditionally, Women’s Day revives the debates that have been forgotten for most of the year. Some of them are trivial [...]

What is the European Union for Iceland? Opinions are divided on that matter. Until recently a satisfying choice for Icelanders was a membership in EFTA and since 1994 in the European Economic Area that guarantees their access to European home market without necessity of membership in the EU. Yet this access did not include fishing [...]

François Bayrou is an extraordinary candidate in every respect. Brought up in a small village, he was a farmer and a country teacher and is a practicing Catholic as well as father of a numerous family. On public meetings he recites poetry and shines with erudition; he doesn’t feel abashed while conversing with foreign journalists [...]

Although François Hollande, for  a few weeks, has been soliciting the support of European leaders or governments with perseverance, the doors of the main political offices remain closed to him. The same could have happened in Warsaw if it had not been  for the Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski. The latter met the French presidential candidate [...]

Elections in Russia have not lead to any serious consequences. Instead of any  surprise, there is disappointment and a feeling that the political situation in the country is rather immutable. One should also consider future relations between Poland and Russia. They may never improve although the current Polish government has already ensured that the relations [...]

Soldiers seized the presidential palace in Bamako – the capital of Mali. One of few stable countries in Africa collapsed regardless of the Arab Spring and the mass media. Similarly to other coups d’état in Africa, military trucks parked nearby the headquarter of the public broadcaster on 21st March at 5 p.m. Television signal disappeared [...]

It has always been said about Nicolas Sarkozy that he is a good president for the time of crisis. And that this is mainly why he still fights for re-election, despite the fact that many do not like him in France – in quiet times his hyperactivity and impulsiveness labelled him as a troublemaker. The [...]

We are over the key moment of primary elections, that is the “Super Tuesday”, when people from ten American states simultaneously vote. Most often, during that day (at the very latest) the decision is actually made who will be nominated for a candidate of their party for the presidential elections. And if not, there remains [...]