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Democracy and society

The Magyar recipe

A positive form of populism? Péter Magyar’s victory shows that if you want to beat illiberal forces, voters’ fears must be addressed, not dismissed

By Eszter Kováts

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Martin Cleaver

Foreign and security policy

Europe cannot be post-imperial selectively

Russia’s war exposes a blind spot in Europe’s historical memory: imperialism did not end with overseas colonialism

By Adam Kola

picture alliance / Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP | Tibor Illyes

European integration

Guess who’s back

After years of division, the Visegrád Group is moving beyond ideological battles to pursue common interests in Europe

By Pavlína Janebová

Democracy and society

Europe’s last indomitable village

While the far right has swept across Europe, it has failed to take root in Belgium’s south. Could Wallonia be a model for the rest of the continent?

By Daan Delespaul

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Beata Zawrzel

Foreign and security policy

Geostrategic paradox

NATO needs Türkiye more than ever. And yet Erdoğan, of all people, is becoming a growing problem for the Alliance

By Yaşar Aydın

picture alliance / AP Photo/Alastair Grant | Alastair Grant

Democracy and society

The man bringing back hope

People like Andy Burnham because he is different from other politicians in the UK

By Claire Ainsley

picture alliance / empics | Gareth Fuller

Future of social democracy

The mistakes that sealed Keir Starmer’s fate

Britain is set to get its seventh prime minister in a decade. Starmer’s technocratic politics proved ill-suited to an age of populist impatience

By Rohan McWilliam

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Wiktor Szymanowicz

Work and digitalisation

Less hype, more power?

In an age of AI anxiety, Europe’s obsession with rules may become a rare strategic advantage

By Lutz Frühbrodt

picture alliance/dpa/Lehtikuva | Heikki Saukkomaa

Interviews

‘We must adapt to a new reality without abandoning what makes us Social Democrats’

Miia Järvi reflects on the success of Finland’s Social Democratic Party and the lessons it holds for others across Europe

picture alliance / Reuters | Max Rossi

Democracy and society

Til politics do us part

A decade after civil unions, Italy still doesn’t allow same-sex marriage — a sign of a political system unable to keep pace with its own society

By Andrea Enrici