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Bridge over troubled water

Why the German-French engine is likely to stall

By Cédric Koch

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Visa-free EU travel: passport to peace and prosperity?

Three more post-Soviet states are edging towards EU integration, with two now unfreezing national conflicts

By Olga Gulina

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Say it with feeling

Germany is Europe’s de facto leader. But it needs to change its style

By Claire Demesmay, Jana Puglierin, Julian Rappold

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Land of no return

A year on from Brexit, the UK is more divided than ever

By Sean Lang

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Divide and rule

Ethnic tensions in the Western Balkans are on the rise as the prospect of EU membership fades

By Filip Milačić

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No more penny-pinching

Germany needs to end its obsession with austerity and start investing in Europe

By Joachim Poß

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Making work work

The EU needs to back up its policy blueprint on workers’ rights with concrete legislation

By Maria João Rodrigues

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EU Assurance & Co.

Social welfare should remain in the hands of member states. But if all goes awry, the EU can help spread the risk

By Jan Cornillie

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“Unholy alliance”

Why Eurosceptics and free-marketeers oppose a more “social” Europe. And why they shouldn’t

By Thorben Albrecht

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Just who exactly is playing games?

Theresa May and political opportunism

By Andy Price