Clemens Schneider

Clemens Schneider is Managing Director of the German think tank “Prometheus – Das Freiheitsinstitut”.

Articles

Government

Moving to a sub-national EU of over 100 small states

Subsidiarity, as Cameron mentioned in his speech on EU reforms in November, is one of the core issues of toughening up Europe. Diversity and flexibility, competition and cooperation are part of the European genetic structure. Even Europe’s big empires, from Rome to Germany to Britain, were often concerned with avoiding centralisation and guaranteeing a variety of cultures, […]

Government

Public broadcasting in Germany: PayTV for everyone

If you thought the BBC licence fee was an internationally exceptional anachronism, you are in for a surprise. It is not UK but rather German public broadcasting that is the most expensive in the world. Currently the 23 TV and 63 radio stations have an annual budget of about €8.4 billion at their disposal. Per […]