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Can the right in East and West unite?

Eurosceptic right-wing parties made significant gains in the European elections. But their common interest can only go so far

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The free market is not the answer

We need a new economic order that serves the public interest. A plea for a more democratic economy

By Jochen Steinhilber

© Stefan Vanfleteren

'Deliberative democracy makes citizens happy'

David van Reybrouck on how a small community in Eastern Belgium puts randomly selected citizens at the heart of politics

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Playing by your own rules

Why Europe should have long stopped selling arms to the Near and Middle East

By Herbert Wulf

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Realistic and fair immigration

The leader of the Danish Social Democrats on an immigration policy to unite Denmark

By Mette Frederiksen

ze2019.com

A new style of politics

How social media creates politicians' images and influences elections: the case of Volodymyr Zelenskiy

By Georgii Pocheptsov

Pexels

Output gap nonsense

How misleading statistics have led to terrible economic policy-making in the EU since 2008

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'The wall has not completely disappeared'

15 years after the EU’s enlargement towards Eastern Europe, then-Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Špidla takes stock

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How the market is betraying advanced economies

Without reinventing the role of governments in shaping the economy, it's difficult to imagine a prosperous future

Reuters

Why do Central European nationalists love Israel?

Populist leaders in Central Europe view Israel as the model of how a small state could be sovereign and heroic

By Ivan Krastev