The New Leviathan Blog

Ethnicity: right-thinking limitations on the right of expression French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was found guilty Wednesday by the Paris Court of Appeal of provoking discrimination, hatred or racial violence for comments made in April 2004 about Muslims in France. At first instance, he had escaped any conviction, the Paris criminal court having "cancelled the proceedings" against him. On Wednesday, the 11th chamber of the Court of Appeal sentenced the p...Read More >>

For a decriminalization of tax law The head of state of Liechtenstein accused Germany of having "attacked its sovereignty" by accepting that its secret services pay an informant to transmit Liechtenstein banking data to them. “For us, such a thing would be unthinkable. We do not place tax interests above the principles of the rule of law.” “We categorically reject the way the German government is ...Read More >>

Return Europe to the Europeans There was, in reality, no institutional crisis opened by the double Franco-Dutch “no” in 2005. The EU has bodies, it has a budget until 2013, it can function. The only real crisis arose from the contradiction between the fierce desire of politicians to build a European state and the scathing denial that the people had inflicted on this desire. This so-called crisis was felt only by the political class, and had value only for them. The agreem...Read More >>

To detox from tobacco or from the State? Smoking at work, in high schools, shopping centers or even hospitals is now prohibited in France, but “nicotine addicts” can still “toast one” at the local café, at least for a few months. The ban initially concerns businesses, educational establishments, administrations, shops, shopping centers, health establishments, train stations, airports, sports halls, performance halls, etc., and all means of public transport. In eleven months...Read More >>