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What does Germany want?

Germany's coalition talks will be tricky. And so remains accepting its role as a leading global actor, writes former US diplomat John Kornblum

By John Kornblum

Reuters

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The Norwegian left's new-found optimism

The left won a major victory at Norway's recent elections — with a programme focussed on tackling inequality, climate change, and regional disparities

By Axel Fjeldavli

Reuters

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Chile: from 9/11 to the end of neoliberalism

After the coup against Allende on 11 September 1973, Chile became the laboratory of neoliberalism. Soon, it may finally free itself from its legacy

By Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

Reuters

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Where is Italy heading?

While many are looking to Eastern Europe with concern, in Italy an unholy far-right alliance is forming to take over the government

By Tobias Mörschel, Michael Braun

Reuters

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The soft underbelly of British politics

A by-election in northern England has just provided proof of concept for one of the most effective campaigns to degrade and destabilise UK democracy

By Paul Mason

Reuters

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The Spanish Left vs. the rise of authoritarianism

Only a united Left, combining the best elements of social democracy and the green movement, can counter the threat to Spanish democracy from the Right

By Isa Ferrero

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What is the price of a life?

A decade after the economic crash and a year into a global pandemic, some of us are still more equal than others — and inequality is still on the rise

By Kate Pickett

Reuters

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Who will save the French Left?

France's presidential elections in 2022 are heading towards another showdown between Macron and Le Pen. Can a disunited Left offer an alternative?

By Chloé Morin

Reuters

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Hard Labour

Labour’s electoral debacle shows European social democracy’s coalition-building challenge. It needs both the small-town and big-city worker

By Paul Mason

Reuters

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The tectonic shifts in Poland's political landscape

The adoption of EU funds have widened the cracks in Poland's ruling coalition — and shown how the Left poses a challenge to the liberal establishment

By Ernst Hillebrand