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Democracy and society

There is no appetite to make Europe more welcoming

Political pressure is high to finalise the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. But it won’t be the silver bullet to the EU’s asylum troubles

By Leïla Bodeux

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

What a feminist approach to the Middle East conflict could look like

One of the principles of feminist foreign policy is to lay down arms to enable humanitarian aid

By Lydia Both

Reuters

Democracy and society

An unexpected Trump-shock in Dutch politics

A political earthquake has occurred in the Netherlands: distrust and social unease have brought about the win of a notorious populist

By René Cuperus

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Belarus’ potash industry is going through the mill

Belarus produces 20 per cent of the world’s potash fertiliser. The declining export was said to threaten global food security. But did it?

By Lev Lvovskiy

Reuters

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

Reuters

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