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Galoppi, Stefan
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Tunisian election victors are democratic
Even before the announcement of Tunisia's election results the moderate Islamist Ennahda party initiated coalition talks on Tuesday. Despite the West's concerns about the likely victor there is no reason to assume Ennahda is any more undemocratic than its adversaries, the daily Kurier writes: "There is no reason to believe that highly secularised Tunisia, where women have a firm place in public life, will now be transformed into a morose theocracy. In any event, Ennahda's leader Ghannouchi adopted a moderate tone on the weekend and acknowledged the basic democratic values. As a democrat there is nothing left to do but respect the Tunisians' decision in their country's first free elections. ... Rotten, short-sighted compromises of the kind entered into with North Africa's autocrats for the sake of convenience must not be repeated."
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More from the press review on the subject » Elections, » Politics, » Tunisia
Extremists effortlessly spreading fear
The discovery of parcel bombs shows how easy it still is for terrorists to spread fear despite the global war on terror, writes the daily Der Kurier: "The worrying thing is that militant groups that feel a kinship with al-Qaida's ideology of hate find it increasingly easy to make themselves felt around the world. They don't even need to send off cohorts of suicide bombers any more. Now all it takes is manipulated toner cartridges to set off terror alarms in all corners of the world. ... Ultimately the most worrying thing is that for years overt and covert wars have been fought to disable the terrorists in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and other countries, largely unbeknownst to the public. And yet the danger hasn't been eliminated at all. On the contrary, the growing divide between the West and the Muslim world provides for an unending flow of people to the extremist networks. And they can then spread terror at the drop of a hat."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Global
Fires damage Putin's reputation
The devastating forest fires in Russia will damage Putin's reputation because people attribute them to bad political decisions, the daily Der Kurier writes: "As usual, Russia's head of government is trying to cast himself as the resolute man of action, but the huge forest fires are singeing his image. Because despite the smog and clouds of smoke many citizens can clearly see that mistaken policies like axing forest-guard jobs, neglected safety measures, sloppiness and corruption of the authorities are stoking the flames. They are what made this natural disaster completely uncontrollable. The trust in the all-powerful state is being deeply shaken. ... Prime Minister Putin is facing unpleasant questions given the helplessness of the poorly equipped and overstretched rescue teams. It will take as much effort for Putin's well-oiled propaganda machine to get this protesting genie (something Putin is not used to) back into the bottle as it will to clear up the mess left by the fires."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Russia
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