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Voter suppression comes to Europe

Populist and illiberal governments are increasingly exploiting expats' lower turnout for their own benefit

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Leaving Europe

With his EU citizenship ending, it’s not the passport Paul Mason worries about. It’s the values it was supposed to represent

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A normal president for Croatia?

The newly elected Croatian President, Social Democrat Zoran Milanović, looks with pragmatism towards the future

By Türkan Karakurt

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'We have to remain sceptical'

Dependent on regional parties, Spain's new left-wing coalition stands on shaky grounds. Gero Maass reports from Madrid

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Austria's political experiment

The new Austrian government coalition aims to combine right-wing populism and green politics. Can that really work?

By Barbara Tóth

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'I was required to meet an Austrian Identitarian'

Researcher Julia Ebner went undercover to understand radicalisation and the Internet's role as a catalyst for hatred

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A Bismarckian welfare state for the Western Balkans?

What Bismarck would say about social protection in times of a changing world of work. A thought experiment

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Reigning in the EU’s financiers of austerity

A democratic assembly should replace the powerful brokers of the Eurogroup, Thomas Piketty and other thinkers argue

By Paul Hockenos

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'Driven by the same fear'

What's going on in France? Luc Rouban on common causes of left and right-wing protests and the role of Macron

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‘An unpredictable player’

Established parties are still struggling to deal with Germany's right-wing populists. A conversation with Wolfgang Schroeder