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Europe

A blank slate

As Germany's Justice Minister, Heiko Maas introduced tough laws against hate speech. Will he be as bold in his new role of Foreign Minister?

By Nikolaos Gavalakis

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Foreign and security policy

Time for change?

Russia faces some big decisions about its future in the wake of Putin’s landslide re-election

By Evgeny Gontmakher

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Foreign and security policy

Juncker’s dangerous defence strategy

The European Commission wants to dictate defence policy in the EU. We mustn’t let it.

By Ana Palacio

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Europe

All to play for

In these troubled economic times, Italy’s general election was always going to be a tense affair

By Ernst Hillebrand

Brussels Binder

Europe

Bound no more

Fed up of watching male-only discussion panels, a group of think-tankers launched the Brussels Binder – a database of female experts.

By Corinna Hörst

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European integration

Good neighbours

The Eastern Partnership with the EU’s neighbours is about much more than accession to the bloc

By Knut Fleckenstein, Julia Wanninger

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Europe

Europe’s values won’t defend themselves

The EU needs to pour more money into defending human rights, democracy and the rule of law

By Jan Jakub Chromiec, Adam Traczyk

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Future of social democracy

Putting the people back into politics

Germany’s social democrats will need to change course if they don’t want to end up in political oblivion like their European sister parties

By Andreas Nölke

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Sex, the Church and the EU presidency

A convention on preventing domestic violence is triggering a backlash in Bulgaria

By Helene Kortländer

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European integration

Urgent delivery

The EU must make good on its social promises - and quickly

By Luca Visentini