Interviews | 18.09.2020 'Self-criticism would have been important' Commission President der Leyen glossed over the EU's problems in her State of the Union speech, says Renate Tenbusch
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Europe | 28.05.2019 The new European Parliament The final results of the European elections 2019 are in. But what do they mean for the power balance in the EU?
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Japan’s feminist reckoning In World War II, the Japanese Army forced women and girls into sexual slavery. With ‘Me too’ gaining momentum, it’s time to reckon with the past