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Economy and ecology

A moonshot in retreat

Once heralded as Europe’s man on the moon moment, the Green Deal now wavers under political compromise and legal uncertainty

By Daniel Harper

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Democracy and society

Offshore, off course

Europe’s push to shift asylum procedures to third countries risks outsourcing not only refugees, but also its moral and political responsibility

By Judith Kohlenberger

Democracy and society

Brave new restrictions

Has Europe’s crackdown on free speech become a bigger threat to democracy than ‘the extremists’ it seeks to contain?

By Jacob Mchangama

Democracy and society

The world record that nobody wanted

Over 542 days without a government in Brussels. Maybe it’s time for a conclave: lock them together, throw away the key and wait for white smoke

By Maïthé Chini

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Foreign and security policy

In the shadows of our time

While Trump reorganises Europe’s neighbourhood, the EU remains reactive. Its habitual passivity could relegate it to a permanent supporting role

By Sven Biscop

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Foreign and security policy

Moscow’s true fears

The current ‘peace plan’ is less about conflict settlement than about the Kremlin’s fears and its desire to control Ukraine

By Hanna Shelest

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Interviews

‘The willingness to compromise has risen steadily’

Felix Hett on the Ukrainian perception of Trump’s peace plan and the likelihood of its success

No to Techno-Authoritarianism

Work and digitalisation

No to techno-authoritarianism

Black Friday reminds us who pays the price for Amazon’s booming profits and the political deals driving them

By Oliver Roethig

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Interviews

'Moral outrage is not enough'

Raphaël Glucksmann on the crisis of social democracy, overdue self-criticism and the looming election victory of the right wing in France

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Interviews

‘The working class hasn’t gone anywhere — it’s just transformed’

Claire Ainsley on what the migration debate reveals about today’s electorate and the centre-left’s blind spots