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A clueless Tory government and a degenerate EU bureaucracy are locked in a pointless conflict. There must be something more than this.
Michel Barnier visits the border in May.
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The European Commission has published its guidelines for talks on this thorny issue.
Hendrick Avercamp’s ‘Ice Scene’ (c. 1610).
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While today we sweat, early modern Europeans froze. Furs to the rescue.
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Talk of banks leaving London completely for other European cities is just that – talk.
Otto John, middle, in Berlin in 1954.
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The 1954 defection of West Germany’s first domestic spy chief and ardent anti-Nazi rocked the world – and then he returned to Bonn.
At a memorial honouring the victims of the recent Spanish terrorist attacks, a family embraces a Barcelona policeman who helped them during the mayhem.
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Despite the recent terrorist attacks in Spain, the European Union has dramatically improved its counterterrorism efforts. Here’s how.
Lufthansa waits in Air Berlin’s wings.
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Is national pride the only thing that can save struggling airlines like Air Berlin and Alitalia from market forces?
How can Europe best take care of its elderly?
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By 2050, over 36% of Europe’s population will be 65-plus, leading to a shortage of professional and informal caretakers across the region. Coordination on elder care may be the EU’s best bet.
A memorial on Las Ramblas following the attack.
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A toxic combination of history and social tension makes Spain fertile ground for extremist recruitment.
Spain plays a relatively inconsequential role in the fight against Islamic State.
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The location and targeting of Islamic State’s latest attack, on the Spanish city of Barcelona, deviates from the group’s previous efforts.
At least 16 people have died, and scores more have been injured, in a terror attack on Barcelona’s Las Ramblas strip.
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Barcelona 2017, London 2017, Berlin 2016, Nice 2016. In all of these cases the weapon of choice was a vehicle, driven at speed, into crowds innocently going about their daily business. Barcelona is just…
This is only going to get more awkward.
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Why are the Brussels negotiations stumbling along so badly? Because a fundamental step has been skipped.
The return of European brown bears to the Alps means that humans must learn about cohabitation.
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Bear-man conflicts have made news in the Alps but history tells a story of a possible cohabitation.
Things could soon get complicated.
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A breakdown of the UK’s position paper on the customs union.
The signs are there for those who care to look.
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Follow the money to see if Angela Merkel is on course for a fourth term as chancellor after the September vote.
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Failing to agree an aviation agreement could mean no legal basis for flights to operate at UK airports.
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A series of attacks on popular holiday destinations has authorities concerned.
Searching for respite from the heat in one of Rome’s fountains.
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Parts of Europe are having a devastatingly hot summer. Already we’ve seen heat records topple in western Europe in June, and now a heatwave nicknamed “Lucifer” is bringing stifling conditions to areas…
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Prime minister Viktor Orbán is quite open about his goal to build an ‘illiberal state’.
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The French president is calling for a series of conventions to shape future decisions. But these projects have a history of going awry.