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Economy and ecology

Concrete fever

In an ever-hotter Europe, how we design our streets will become one of the defining political decisions of our time

By Javi López

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Foreign and security policy

The price is not high enough

Losses will not stop Russia. To achieve peace, Ukraine must ensure that the war is not merely costly, but strategically futile for the Kremlin

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

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Democracy and society

The many faces of Ceuta

Migration, geopolitics, social media and history all shaped the events in the Spanish exclave. Europe’s response must reflect that complexity

By Anna Terrón

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Democracy and society

The progressive blind spot

Why the left should not leave the critique of Islamic fundamentalism to the right

By Michael Roth

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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

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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

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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