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Balkan boycott

Why the inconclusive referendum in Macedonia poses a challenge to progressive politics in the Western Balkans

Reuters

The left will decide Poland’s future

The rising star of Robert Biedroń could finally unite the opposition against the populist Polish government

By Sławomir Sierakowski

Public Domain

A missed opportunity

The utopian demands of the feminist citizens’ initiative in Austria make it far too easy for its critics

By Barbara Tóth

Reuters

Decided not to decide

After long debates at its party conference, Labour keeps all options on the table when it comes to Brexit

By Christos Katsioulis

Reuters

Sex and populism

There's reason to believe that high male-to-female ratios may fuel tensions between refugees and locals

Pexels

The end of solidarity

How the obsession with identity politics, tribalism, and victimhood is atomising society

By Robert Pfaller

Reuters

Without a second thought

Why Germany’s premature decision against military intervention in Syria harms the whole of European foreign policy

Reuters

Bombing is not a strategy

Why Germany should not take part in retaliatory strikes on Syria

By Rolf Mützenich

Reuters

Far from Orbán

Minister of Education Jernej Pikalo on Slovenia's new centre-left coalition government and its place in Europe

By Jernej Pikalo

Reuters

For whose benefit?

What the murder of rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko means for the peace process in eastern Ukraine

By Marcel Röthig