Hosting migrants isn’t only motivated by humanitarian reasons. In Germany immigration provides solutions to demographic and economic problems.
The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. History surrounding the Holocaust has become increasingly controversial in Poland in recent years.
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Jan Grabowski, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The Holocaust has become a contentious issue in Poland in recent years. And those challenging the government’s historical narrative have faced condemnation and lawsuits.
A QAnon supporter stands outside the White House.
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Germany’s dithering over whether to send tanks to Ukraine reflects deepening divisions in NATO over how involved it wants to get in the war. The West needs a clearer strategy.
A Turkish barbers’ shop in Berlin, where there’s a large Turkish community.
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With the discovery of several thousand new pages of Hegel’s lecture notes, fans are hoping his famously tricky philosophy may become easier to understand – this expert isn’t so sure.
The Port of Hamburg has become a contentious topic within the German government.
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Liberal schools of thought largely inform how Muslims are viewed across Europe, research finds.
Far-right political parties, often Eurosceptic, have long been at work building their influence in Brussels. On June 12, 2019, Italy’s Lega and France’s Rassemblement National announced that they would form the Identity and Democracy (ID) group within the European Parliament. At a press conference the next day, Marco Zanni of Lega (L) shakes hands with the RN’s Marine Le Pen.
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Christin Tonne, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
How political parties such as Fidesz, Brothers of Italy, and the National Rally form part of the European Parliament.
Giorgia Meloni gestures during the handover ceremony with outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi at Chigi Palace in Rome in October 2022. Meloni, whose political party with neo-fascist roots secured the most votes in Italy’s national election in September, took office as the country’s first far-right leader since the end of the Second World War.
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The so-called New Right is aiming for an ideological renewal of right-wing politics by focusing on cultural identity and the politics of belonging. Here’s why that’s so ominous.
In the face of soaring prices, households are benefiting from government measures to reduce their energy bills.
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To think about new ways of transmitting science and to really innovate how we teach, the first step is creating an appropriate dialogue format. From there, everything becomes possible.