Label: Liberté d’expression
The right to blasphemy: a counterproductive concept

The right to blasphemy: a counterproductive concept

LONG FORMAT ARTICLE, Antoine Bernhard | During the «Charlie Hebdo» massacre and the recent attack in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a theme invaded the political and media scene, especially in France: the «right to blasphemy». Its defenders invoke it in the name of secularism and freedom of expression, while Islamists use it as yet another reason to hate France and the West. Admittedly, the formula is effective. But what about its relevance?
The SVP censored again?

L’UDC à nouveau censurée?

At the very end of last week, the YouTube company deleted a video by the Zurich SVP denouncing immigration to Switzerland and its consequences for security and welfare. On learning of the company's decision, the party immediately denounced it as censorship.

Poland, the autocratic temptation

A new law on Poland's role in the Second World War is causing controversy. It is representative of a trend in certain countries within the European Union (EU) to defend «illiberal democracy» as an alternative model.