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Barrelling towards the ‘Brexit’ cliff edge

The most frightening thing is not the UK government’s end-game strategy, Paul Mason writes. It’s that there isn’t one

By Paul Mason

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Why Viktor Orbán took the EU hostage

Orbán is right to worry about EU funds becoming conditional on the rule of law. It threatens his whole socio-economic model

By Gabor Scheiring

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100 days of Andrzej Duda: a test of character

The Polish president owes his re-election to PiS. But he will have to counter Kaczynski’s attempts to subordinate him

By Maria Skóra

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The European recovery is up in the air — again

Europe’s economies are being hit hard by the second wave. The EU’s recovery fund needs to be adjusted accordingly

By Björn Hacker

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The rule of law in Europe is not negotiable

We don’t need compromises and unfulfilled promises but political courage to stop rule of law backsliding in Europe

By Márta Pardavi

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A country to envy?

Thirty years after reunification, Britain still does not really know what it wants of Germany. But the tide might be turning

By John Kampfner

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New pact, old problems

The EU's new migration pact doesn't offer a truly novel approach. Nevertheless, it is certainly better than the status quo

By Marco Funk

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Italy might have to brace for a 'hot autumn'

With a divided government, an ailing economy and a consolidated right-wing camp, Italy remains Europe’s Achilles heel

By Tobias Mörschel

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Johnson’s folie de grandeur

London is not only misrecognising the EU in its ‘no deal’ brinkmanship on Brexit. It is misrecognising the UK

By Paul Mason

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Europe bails out its populists

In the hierarchy of EU problems, it would appear that violations of the rule of law have been relegated by the pandemic

By Sławomir Sierakowski