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Europe’s conservative (non) choice
PARIS — The race to lead the center-right European People’s Party in next year’s European Parliament election is nothing less than a battle for the soul of the Continent’s biggest political group. And,...
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Italy’s budget spat sideshow
Brussels and Rome are engaged in a war of letters over Italy’s budget-busting spending plans. The country’s populist government now has three weeks to respond to the latest missive from the European...
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Theresa May: What if she stays?
LONDON — Like many introverts, Theresa May is in love with the limelight. The British prime minister is often accused of being a robot — but she’s more like the shy girl at school persuaded to sing at...
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The long, painful end of Angela Merkel
BERLIN — How the mighty have fallen. Angela Merkel, the eternal chancellor of Germany, the uncrowned queen of Europe, took refuge Monday from her party’s catastrophic showing in state elections in...
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The dispensable chancellor
WASHINGTON — Angela Merkel’s decision to retire from politics has set off alarm bells across the West. Who will hold together what’s left of the liberal world order, once the “leader of the free world”...
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Move fast and break things: How Brexit is like Silicon Valley
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — For an entrepreneur watching Brexit from California, it’s hard not to notice a familiar pattern. In Silicon Valley, startups famously follow the so-called Transition Curve,...
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Europe unwhole and unfree
ZAGREB — When Serbia and Kosovo floated the possibility of a land swap as part of a historic peace deal, the proposal was not a new one. What was different this time around was the reaction from Europe...
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Bosnia struggles with return of ISIS widows
SARAJEVO — Like all proud grandparents, the first thing Lejla does when we meet for coffee, at a chain café in a northern suburb of Sarajevo, is pull out her phone to show me photos of her...
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Europe’s midterm results: More Trump
NEW YORK — Europe’s political class has been waiting for the U.S. midterm elections. Traumatized by U.S. President Donald Trump’s unpredictability and his rough handling of the transatlantic...
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With a short high-profile meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump possibly happening this weekend in Paris and a more comprehensive session later this month in Buenos Aires, many in...
View ArticleWhat a Democratic House means for Europe
BERLIN — What a difference a day makes. As the U.S. midterms break unified Republican control in Washington and pave the way for even more colossal acrimony between the American branches of government,...
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Europe’s conservatives need a leader not an apparatchik
NEW YORK — It is a common strategic mistake for armies to prepare for the previous war instead of the one that is coming. In 1939, the French were ready for a redo of World War I — but not for the Nazi...
View ArticleHow to save Italy: Don’t
I’m sick of these never ending euro crises. Aren’t you? The fight over how to manage the European Union’s single currency seems destined to go unresolved. That decade-long debate about the size of...
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Putin’s victory parade in Paris
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron wanted to turn this weekend’s ceremonies marking the centenary of the end of World War I into a stark warning against the return of nationalism — a phenomenon...
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China’s black box superiority
SHENZHEN, China — When I arrive at the 31-story Modern Industry Service Center in the Yantian district of Shenzhen, there is hardly a soul. The building is still being finished. A policeman takes me...
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Italy’s beggar’s nationalism
MILAN — One of the bestselling books in Italy right now is a novel based on the life of Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator who invented fascism. “M” by Antonio Scurati aims to be the first in a...
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Trump is getting the European army he wanted
PARIS — Donald Trump might be unhappy, but he can’t blame Europeans for listening to him. The U.S. president’s Twitter tirade on Tuesday targeting Emmanuel Macron— attacking the French president for...
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Brexit can still be stopped
This is a POLITICO debate. For the counterargument, click here. LONDON — As Theresa May announced her Cabinet’s collective approval of the withdrawal deal she negotiated with Brussels, she listed...
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Brexit cannot be stopped
This is a POLITICO debate. For the counterargument, click here. Ever since 2013, when David Cameron first mooted the idea of holding a referendum on leaving the European Union, Europe has watched...
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Don’t blame the East for Europe’s populism
On a recent visit to Slovakia, French President Emmanuel Macron said all the right things: The European Union, he claimed, is not divided between old and new members. “All contributed to Europe’s...
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