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European integration

Praemonitus praemunitus

In the context of EU enlargement, the Western Balkans have a great deal of experience to offer. What can the new candidates learn from them?

By Radmila Šekerinska

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Democracy and society

The cost of turning a blind eye

We should neither blindly support current emancipatory movements nor yearn for past ideologies and instead try to look beyond simplistic binaries

By Eszter Kováts

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Foreign and security policy

Trump-proofing NATO

NATO’s 75th anniversary is overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and a possible US withdrawal from Europe. Can the EU master these challenges?

By Peer Teschendorf

picture-alliance / dpa | Peter Popp

Foreign and security policy

Why Ostpolitik is needed right now

Revisiting this policy of reconciliation could help to develop a realistic, step-by-step foreign policy towards the ultimate goal: peace with Russia

By Hans Kundnani

picture alliance/dpa | Clara Margais

Future of social democracy

A political vaccine against the extreme right

Today’s most significant dilemma for democracy is how to raise revenue. The answer is simple: tax billionaires

By Magdalena Sepúlveda

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Thibault Camus

Interviews

‘The firewall of the Republican Front has held firm’

Adrienne Woltersdorf from Paris on the difficult government formation in France, voter frustration and conflicts within the left-wing alliance

picture alliance / Reuters | Andrew Kelly

Interviews

‘There’s a broad consensus in Denmark around migration’

Minister for Immigration and Integration Kaare Dybvad Bek on Denmark’s restrictive migration policy and its efforts to prevent parallel societies

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Economy and ecology

Snow delay and economic decay

Fighting climate change requires a redistribution of resources from rich to poor. Save your moral indignation — pay your taxes instead

By Lisa Pelling