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No to a European army!
Speech by Ralf Dekker MP to the Dutch Parliament, 18 March 2025 Chairman, Forum for Democracy has argued here on many occasions that the European response to the geopolitical tensions which have arisen in the context of …
By Ralf Dekker
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Can We Avoid Wasting the Unique Opportunity Offered to Us by Trump’s Presidency?
This speech was given at the Istropolis Summit, Primaciálny palác, Bratislava, March 7, 2025. I don’t intend to analyse and critically evaluate the details of Trump’s policies announced or introduced in the first days …
By Václav Klaus
World
A plea for realism
Speech given in the Second Chamber of the Netherlands’ Estates-General, 5 March 2025 During the previous debate on the Ukraine conflict, Forum for Democracy tabled a motion calling on the government to look to the …
By Ralf Dekker
World
The ARC Conference: Reinventing liberalism
A couple of weeks ago, a small delegation of Forum for Democracy travelled to London for the second global conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. We were joined by 4000 other people from all over the …
By Vincent Vos
World
Trump & Putin's Peace Plan: What will the EU do?
This speech was originally delivered by Dutch MP Ralf Dekker, in a plenary debate on the Ukraine-conflict on 18 February 2025. Chairman, Formally, the Cold War came to an end around the year 1990. However, the deeper …
By Editorial Team
World
Ralf Dekker on Europe's view of Ukraine and NATO
This speech was originally delivered by Dutch MP Ralf Dekker, to the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs on 13 February 2025. Chairman, For the first time in three years, there has been renewed contact between …
By Editorial Team
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NATO is going to Lose the War in Ukraine
Speech by Ralf Dekker to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Second Chamber of the Netherlands Parliament. 5 February 2025 NATO is going to lose the war in Ukraine to Russia. The war is actually already lost but there …
By Ralf Dekker
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The Worst of Both Worlds
Speech by Ralf Dekker MP in the Second Chamber of the Netherlands’ Estates-General, 29 January 2025 Chairman, The Trump revolution has begun. Executive orders and statements are raining down from the president which run …
By Ralf Dekker
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Will China continue to grow?
No one denies that China has great influence on the world economy. However, after the Covid pandemic and the Russo-Ukraine conflict, many people including scholars and experts have started to question the continued …
By Prof. dr. h.c. Hei Sing Tso
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Britain’s Shame
Elon Musk torpedoed the British Grooming Gang scandal back into the global spotlight at the turn of the year. In all the ensuing uproar, many things have been said. Now, that the dust has settled a little, let us take a …
By Brent Hadderingh
World
Why we Need to Change Policy on Ukraine
Remarks to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Second Chamber of the States-General of the Netherlands, 22 January 2025 Chairman, It was with joy that Forum for Democracy observed the inauguration of Donald Trump as …
By Ralf Dekker
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Expecting the Unexpected
Notes for Shafik Gabr’s Davos Dinner “Expecting the Unexpected” (1) * Annual “Expecting the Unexpected” dinner, Central Sporthotel, Davos, 20th January, 2025. Many thanks for the invitation to this already traditional …
By Václav Klaus
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