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European integration

The EU's bad Friday announcement

The EU-UK vaccine row has repoliticised the Northern Ireland Protocol and damaged the prospects for its smooth implementation

By David Phinnemore

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Future of social democracy

What we learned from the 2021 Catalan elections

Amid a resurgence of the Socialists, pro-independence parties maintained their majority in the Catalan parliament

By Jonathan Parker

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Future of social democracy

Who represents the British working class?

At the last UK election, many 'red wall' Labour seats went to the Tories. But the new Conservative coalition is more volatile than it may seem

By Paula Surridge

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Democracy and society

Lukashenko’s fake exercise in democracy

After the ‘All-Belarusian People’s Assembly’ serious reform remains unlikely. But the democracy movement won’t disappear

By Christopher Forst

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Future of social democracy

The EU is about to make Facebook even worse

Big Tech media platforms are dangerous. But the EU's proposed competition laws won’t fix it — and could make it worse

By Steven Hill

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Portugal is not immune to right-wing populism after all

The Portuguese right-wing populist Chega is making inroads into Communist strongholds — with revisionist positions on racism and colonialism

By Tilo Wagner

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Future of social democracy

The next stage of Dutch populism?

The sentiments expressed in uprisings in the Netherlands — and fuelled by right-wing populists — strikingly resemble those from the Capitol riots

By André Krouwel

Reuters

Future of social democracy

The end of the Armenia's post-revolution honeymoon

Two years after the Velvet revolution, post-war disillusionment has put Prime Minister Pashinyan's political future in question

By Richard Giragosian

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European integration

Europe’s ‘long-Covid’ economic frailty

Last year’s agreement on an EU recovery package was widely celebrated. This year its inadequacy will sink in

By Adam Tooze

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Foreign and security policy

The EU's vaccine 'non-diplomacy'

The EU disregards the Chinese and Russian vaccines. But without financial support, that's a luxury Europe's East can't afford

By Denis Cenusa