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A Faustian pact

Bulgaria's example shows just how toxic a political alliance with the far-right can be

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Fighting the wrong battles

Why the European elections are about more than a simple fight between pro-Europeans and anti-Europeans

By Peter Scherrer and Dr Wolfgang Kowalsky

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More democracy is the answer

We need to strengthen the European Parliament not despite, but because of the Eurosceptics' rise

By Moritz Fessler

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Stabilising the Eurozone

A Europe-wide unemployment insurance scheme would make the EU more crisis-resistant

By Björn Hacker

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Social Europe is a myth

Why a more social EU sometimes needs protection against too much Europe

By Martin Höpner

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In the public interest

How a lobbying fee could end the excessive influence enjoyed by wealthy interest groups

By Suleika Reiners

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The real trade deficit

The EU has the power but lacks the will to ensure workers' and human rights in international trade

By Clara Portela

Wikimedia / Stiftung Haus der Geschichte

The far-right playbook

Fifty years on, the liberal 1960s student movement is the European far right’s best frenemy

By Paul Hockenos

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Tax paradise lost

It's time for Europe to show leadership when it comes to taxing multinational corporations in today’s digital world

By Tove Maria Ryding

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Balkan boycott

Why the inconclusive referendum in Macedonia poses a challenge to progressive politics in the Western Balkans

By Eva Ellereit