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A clever political staging

By nominating Ursula von der Leyen, the Council has needlessly driven the European Parliament into a corner

Reuters

Keeping your word

The EU should initiate accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania – because they are no guarantee of membership

Reuters

Migrants, militias and the Mediterranean Sea

Criminalising NGOs and relying on Libyan militias cannot make up for a European solution in the Central Mediterranean

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This time is different

Facism, nationalism, class struggle: simplistic comparisons of today’s politics with the early 20th century are mistaken

By Branko Milanović

Reuters

The centre hasn't lost populist right voters (yet)

Support for right-wing populists isn't that deep and coherent. That's why the centre shouldn't shift further to the right

By Jan Eichhorn

Reuters

Made in Europe

Europe needs a common industrial policy to carry out the ecological transition — and compete with China

By Peter Bofinger

Reuters

The European elections 2019

What the results of the European elections mean: dispatches from Rome, Vienna, London, Madrid, Warsaw and other capitals

Reuters

The new European Parliament

The final results of the European elections 2019 are in. But what do they mean for the power balance in the EU?

By Renate Tenbusch

Reuters

Can the right in East and West unite?

Eurosceptic right-wing parties made significant gains in the European elections. But their common interest can only go so far

By Daniel Hegedüs

Pexels

Output gap nonsense

How misleading statistics have led to terrible economic policy-making in the EU since 2008