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Foreign and security policy

Italy, Albania, asylum and ‘European values’

The Italy-Albania migration agreement shows how the EU benefits from keeping candidate countries outside the union, where its laws don’t apply

By Lily Lynch

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Democracy and society

Once again, the Catalan question rocks Spain

The Spanish government begins its administration in a highly fractious political context. Many months of continued polarisation could follow

By Andrew Dowling

Reuters/Jakub Porzycki

Democracy and society

War now, elections later

Western allies are urging Ukraine to hold presidential elections. But President Zelenskyy has rejected such demands – for good reasons

By Denis Trubetskoy

Reuters/Rafael Marchante

Future of social democracy

‘His image was already quite tarnished’

Fabian Schmiedel in Lisbon on the resignation of Prime Minister Costa, snap elections next year and a possible shift to the right in Portugal

By Fabian Schmiedel

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Democracy and society

Is it time to turn down the volume on the migration debate?

Loudly opposing restrictive migration policies is counterproductive; a quieter, more honest approach might be better suited for shifting the debate

By Rob McNeil

Reuters

Democracy and society

How Russian life imitates dystopian art

Those living in Russia today wake up every morning to a new chapter of 1984. ‘This must be a nightmare,’ they tell themselves; yet it is all too real

By Nina L. Khrushcheva

Reuters/Francesco Militello Mirto

European integration

Take a deep breath

After one year in office, it is clear that the hasty condemnation of Giorgia Meloni as a ‘post-fascist’ might not only be unfounded but also pointless

By Marco Bitschnau

Reuters/Louisa Gouliamaki

Democracy and society

The technopopulist trap

Today’s fragmentation in Greece and beyond allows politicians to build their electoral strategies by claiming expertise and appealing to ‘the people’

By Emilija Tudzarovska

Reuters

Democracy and society

Is Poland turning over a new leaf?

After this weekend’s elections, Poland is facing a change of government. This could mean a fresh start for the country, but also for Europe

By Max Brändle

Reuters/Christoph Soeder

Economy and ecology

Germany’s true economic disease

In order to heal the country’s chronically sick economy, Germany must reconsider its unconditional faith in market forces

By Peter Bofinger