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Foreign and security policy

Can sanctions buy freedom?

Prisoner releases are reviving debates over whether engagement with Minsk can deliver meaningful change

By Artyom Shraibman

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Future of social democracy

Strong on security, weak on solidarity

A stronger Europe cannot be built on competitiveness alone. Von der Leyen’s agenda dangerously sidelines social cohesion

By Valentina Berndt

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Future of social democracy

When a home becomes a privilege

Solving the housing crisis is not just social policy. It is democratic self-defence

By Sophie Martiné, Pietro Ventriglia, Lisa Pfann

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Democracy and society

The search for a ‘We’

The right has a definition. Social democracy is still struggling to find an answer. Andy Burnham could change that

By Nick Garland

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Democracy and society

Experts call this normalisation

Four years of right-wing rule have shifted Sweden’s political centre. Can the left reverse the trend?

By Kristina Birke Daniels

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Democracy and society

What Alternative?

The far right’s election breakthrough in eastern Germany is about more than protest

By David Fleschen

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Democracy and society

If they’re too strong, you’re too weak

The Saxony-Anhalt election has once again shown that people vote for parties because they expect them to solve problems

By Nikolaos Gavalakis

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Democracy and society

A defining moment for Albania

Three months of protests have turned a flamingo into an unlikely symbol of a much bigger fight

By Ditmir Bushati

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Future of social democracy

A positive example for others to follow

The EU has a historic opportunity to improve workers’ livelihoods by setting an example in how it chooses to spend public money

By Oliver Roethig

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European integration

Should Icelanders vote ‘yes’?

Iceland is taking the question of EU membership back to the ballot box. For the country’s small economy, the stakes are high

By Willem H. Buiter, Anne C. Sibert