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Generations of Germans have worked to create a positive national identity based on difficult self-reckoning with the Nazi era. The recent election attacks that progress.
AfD’s , Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel will enter the federal parliament.
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Angela Merkel must continue to resist the temptation to cede political ground to the populists.
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The chancellor wins again, but the rise of the populists will probably force the next administration to the right.
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The British PM finally acknowledged the need for a transition deal, which will play well in Brussels. But her vision for the future continues to amount to vague platitudes.
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The chancellor remains strong but right-wing populists are likely to enter parliament on Sunday.
The French “carte vitale” guarantees citizens and residents access to care, even in case of severe illness.
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The French health care system is rated as one of the best in the world, but it’s a shield that’s under increasing stress.
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The Madrid government is doing everything it can to stop the planned October 1 referendum from happening.
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Few thought she’d go the distance when she first came to power. That was more than a decade ago.
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After three rounds of talks, what has been agreed and what are the big sticking points?
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Angela Merkel is on course for victory but she will need to form a coalition, and there’s more than one way to make that happen.
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Before CETA fully comes into effect, it must be ratified by each EU member state. Greece might have cause to stop it.
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Too many economists have refused to take seriously the idea that Brexit could economically benefit the UK.
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With such a colourful political past, the British prime minister will be hoping for a show of substance in choosing the Tuscan city.
Though British officials have foiled far more terrorist plots than they’ve missed, the United Kingdom is on edge after its fifth terrorist attack this year alone.
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The September 15 London train bombing that injured 30 was the UK’s fifth terror attack this year. A security expert looks at why Europe has been seeing more frequent and bloodier jihadist assaults.
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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.