Sweden performs in the 2017 Eurovision grand final.
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As always, Eurovision 2017 blended pop and politics. Russia was missing from the Ukrainian-hosted contest, and the UK had healing words, post Brexit.
English: the EU’s new lingua franca?
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The English language will be one of the most important things the UK leaves behind in the EU.
Getting down to business.
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If the UK fails to maintain its global outlook, it could lose business to a globalist France.
Protestors hold banners saying ‘No to the stigmatisation of civilians’ at a meeting of the Hungarian parliament’s justice committee, prior to the bill’s approval.
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FROM OUR ARCHIVES (UPDATED) Hungary has passed a law monitoring the finances of foreign-funded NGOs, another blow to civil society in Viktor Orban’s increasingly “illiberal democracy”.
Better get cracking.
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The self-confessed europhile will need to respond to concerns about the EU if he is to succeed as French president.
Emmanuel Macron, who will soon become eighth president of the Fifth French Republic.
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Macron’s win showed France is internationalist, outward looking, pro-EU and free market-oriented; Le Pen’s rise revealed that it’s also nationalist, protectionist, anti-EU and suspicious of outsiders.
Macron votes.
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Being president of France won’t be easy for Emmanuel Macron. Without the support of an established political party, his legislative agenda may go nowhere fast.
An electoral poster of Emmanuel Macron, France’s centre-left presidential candidate, calling for unity.
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France’s two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France’s relationship with the EU.
Marine Le Pen at a political rally in Metz, France.
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What does it mean to be French? The two standing presidential candidates hope voters will agree with their version of the answer.
Not always a given.
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An argument over what will happen to an important EU charter post-Brexit has repercussions for social protections, including the right to health.
Macron at a rally in Chatellerault, France, April 28, 2017.
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Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform the eurozone if elected is easier made than implemented.
Jeremy Corbyn must work within the new reality.
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Labour must develop its pro-social and pro-working class agenda for an electorate that has been failed by globalisation and EU integration.
Emmanuel Macron was the winner of the first round of the French presidental election.
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The first round of the presidential election has left French citizens and politicians divided – and the top candidates’ four-way split doesn’t favour governance of the country.
Marine Le Pen has pledged to take France out of the eurozone.
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The prospect of a Marine Le Pen victory has financial markets spooked. For good reason.
Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have advanced to the second round in the 2017 French presidential.
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Le Pen and Macron offer two totally different visions for France’s future and its relationship to Europe.
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Turning 18 could be your ticket to a European adventure – literally.
EU agencies play an important role in food regulation.
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A network of EU experts helps monitor food safety, banking conduct and medicines. And no-one seems to have a plan for replacing them.
The official opening of the League of Nations, 15 November 1920.
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Both the EU and UK would do well to heed the lessons of the League of Nations when it comes to membership withdrawal.
Recent protests against the closure of Central European University, Budapest.
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A move that could shut an independent university in Budapest poses fundamental questions about European values.
Just speaking English isn’t going to cut it anymore.
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The importance of speaking other languages in a post-Brexit world.