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The collective tomb at Bréviandes les Pointes, near Troyes, where all the skeletons have had their genomes sequenced. INRAP

A 4,500-year-old collective tomb in France reveals its secret – the final stage in the formation of the ‘European genome’

A new study reveals the final stage in the formation of the European genome, which is still present in many people today.
János Bóka, Hungarian Minister for European Affairs, and Zoltán Kovács, Spokesman of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, present the programme of the Presidency of the Council of the EU. Hungarian Presidency

‘Make Europe Great Again’: far right Hungary takes over presidency of the Council of the European Union

Hungary’s Council presidency has already courted controversy, but its overall impact may be limited by the recent EU elections.
Macron heads to the stage to deliver a speech on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the World War II “D-Day” Allied landings in Normandy. Miguel Medina/AFP

Is Macron pushing France toward a ‘strange defeat’?

Macron has often referred to historian and ‘résistant’ Mark Bloch. As his dissolution of parliament opens the way to the far-right, might it be time he went back to reading him?
Quel rôle jouent vraiment les réseaux sociaux dans la polarisation politique ? Studiostoks / Shutterstock

Is social media fuelling political polarisation?

Do social networks and their algorithms really amplify political hostility and polarisation? Interdisciplinary research nuances this pessimistic view.
In France’s Drôme region, new wind turbines contrast with the aging Tricastin nuclear power plant, build in the early 1980s. Jeanne Menjoulet/Wikimedia

The problems with climate scenarios, and how to fix them

Climate modelling wields huge influence on governments and investors’ decisions. Yet, researchers point out a lack of precision.
A member of the German Democratic Party after the results posted giving a significant number of votes to the AfD, Germany’s far-right on 9 June 2024. John Macdougall/AFP

EU elections: far-right parties surge, but less than had been expected

Sunday’s vote show that the growing presence of far-right parties in almost all member states, but the increase wasn’t the groundswell expected and conceals differences.
Can these two ever see eye to eye on energy? Different strategies may have to do more with politics than nationality. Odd Andersen/AFP

In France and Germany, politics – not nationality – dictate energy preferences

The two countries have a history of quarrels on energy, in particular in relation to nuclear power. Yet a recent survey reveals much common ground on which to build future energy partnerships.

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