In Focus
/ For and Against

FOR A DIRECTLY-ELECTED EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT AGAINST A DIRECTLY-ELECTED EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT 1. SOMEONE TO REPRESENT ALL EUROPEANS There is currently no…

FOR EUTHANASIA AGAINST EUTHANASIA 1. RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION Human beings should be free to make decisions about their own lives, which includes…

FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 1. SOCIETY OVERMEDICATES Doctors are far too quick to prescribe drugs to patients and it’s becoming…

FOR DEMOCRACY AGAINST DEMOCRACY 1. CYNICISM IS OVERRATED ‘Cynicism is laziness masquerading as wisdom.’ The most common argument against democracy is that…

AGAINST BANNING GAMBLING FOR BANNING GAMBLING 1. AS GOOD AS ANYTHING As the popular adage goes, time you enjoy wasting is not…

FOR CONSCRIPTION AGAINST CONSCRIPTION 1. WAR-READY Europe is weak. Armies across Europe are struggling to find new recruits and are seeing their…

FOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES AGAINST CRYPTOCURRENCIES 1. A NEW ALTERNATIVE Critics of cryptocurrencies have to acknowledge that our current system is not so rosy….

FOR Government Surveillance AGAINST Government Surveillance 1. WE NEED TO BE KEPT SAFE We should not be naïve: the world is not…

FOR Globalization AGAINST Globalization 1. ONE BILLION PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY Between 1990 and 2010, the number of people living in extreme poverty…