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Foreign and security policy

A new dawn for European defence

The new military cooperation pact, PESCO, will increase the EU’s ability to act as one in matters of defence

By Ireneusz Bil

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Europe

Throw angst to the wind

Five good reasons for a minority government in Germany

By Paul Hockenos

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For Greece’s centre-left, Pasok redux won’t do

Newly elected Fofi Gennimata faces the monumental task of forming a movement to give Greece’s social democratic forces a common purpose

By Nick Malkoutzis

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Where now for Germany?

With government negotiations collapsing, Germany and Angela Merkel are suddenly no longer looking so stable

By Klaus Larres

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European integration

Going, going... but not quite gone!

Theresa May is in a stronger position than it appears

By Simon Usherwood

European integration

The EU’s ‘Social Pillar’ is well-intentioned but it lacks teeth

Why I’m calling on the EU to enshrine social rights into law

By Jutta Steinruck

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Opinion

Sleeping in separate beds

Divorce from Spain would be disastrous for Catalonia. But Barcelona needs a greater degree of independence

By Gero Maass

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Opinion

I’m Northern Irish, European, and I want to keep it that way

Journalist Andrew Lowry explains why Brexit is particularly hard to stomach for young people in the disputed region

By Andrew Lowry

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Babiš it’s you: where now for the Czech Republic?

Anne Seyfferth reports on the fall of the social democrats in the Czech Republic – and the man of the moment, anti-establishment billionaire Andrej Babiš

By Anne Seyfferth

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The dreaded ‘M-word’

When did Europe’s centre-left stop listening to voters’ concerns about migration?

By Michael Bröning