Social issues

France Blocked For 4 Years

President Emmanuel Macron has just deliberately destroyed his constitutional authority

by Thierry Meyssan,* France

(6 April 2023) The crisis that France is going through today is not just another episode in an eternally agitated country. It is about a deep crisis of mode which will be solved only with the beginning of a new society. The country will go through several years of blockage, before embarking on a complete transformation, a revolution that will last at least a generation.

How integration of migrant children can succeed

by Marita Brune-Koch

(4 April 2023) Almost every day you can read or hear in all the media about major problems in schools, about a decline in pupils’ performance (especially in Germany), about violence against fellow pupils and teachers, and about serious teacher shortages.

Covid-19 pandemic

Testimony of Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs,* Chairman of the Lancet Covid-19 Commission To the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

(28 March 2023) After more than three years of the Covid-19 pandemic, and more than 18 million deaths worldwide according to one authoritative estimate (IHME, 2023),1 we still do not know the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. We do know, however, four things:

France

Let’s help each other to live, not to die

(14 March 2023) (sv) The French association "Alleviate but don't kill" makes an appeal to the whole of society in view of the Civic Convention that has been meeting in France since 9 December 2022 on end-of-life issues (see box).
France

Euthanasia and assisted suicide must not be considered as care

(14 March 2023) (sv) Representatives of 13 professional nursing associations in France have taken it upon themselves, with a view to possible changes in the law, to reflect on the consequences of legalising assisted suicide and euthanasia (see Box 1) on daily nursing practice and to inform legislators and the population about the results. – We print here the abridged version of their statement, which received wide attention in France. It deserved this attention in many Western countries where the ban on killing has already been challenged or abolished.

Russia

A new life: four student portraits

A report on young people who, despite the conflict in Ukraine, decided to make a success of their lives

by Maria D.*

(7 March 2023) No one knows in advance what life will bring, and therefore, you can hardly prepare for unpredictable twists of fate. At present, the whole world is watching the great drama unfolding in the Slavic area.