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Germany’s center parting
BERLIN — Germany’s centrists are stepping out of their comfort zones. For years, the ruling Christian Democrats and their coalition partners, the Social Democrats, have championed nearly...
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In “Time for Europe’s longest-serving ruler to go” (POLITICO, February 22), the author suggests that the way out of Montenegro’s predicament would be to look inward and select a replacement for...
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What’s behind Europe’s surge in anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is back in Europe. Cries of “dirty Jew” during Yellow Jackets protests in France, anti-Semitic posters condemning Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros in Hungary, a row over...
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Sleaze scandals stalk Ukraine campaign
KIEV — It’s certainly not how Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expected to kick off his final month of campaigning. Last week, just over a month before Ukrainians head to the polls on March 31 to...
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How Brexit will save Britain
LONDON — It’s often said that the British don’t “do” revolutions. Barricades and communes might be all well and good on “the Continent,” but over here we handle things differently. What need of Madame...
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Europe’s greatest showman
LONDON — Emmanuel Macron’s love letter to Europe was pure theater — and pure Macron. Perhaps more than any other politician, the French president has a knack for grabbing hold of the European news...
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Poseur, poet, politician: France’s other boy wonder
PARIS — There’s something Tintin-like about François Ruffin. The comic strip hero invented by Hergé is a reporter-adventurer. Ruffin, 43, describes himself as a “reporter-politician” — a self-appointed...
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Why the West loves Poroshenko again
President Petro Poroshenko was no one’s idea of the face of Ukraine’s future. Now he looks like the last hope. As the date of the March 31 presidential election nears, Russia has upped its efforts to...
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Brexit’s villains on trial
LONDON — For some Britons, the date the United Kingdom leaves the European Union — whether that ultimately falls on March 29, 2019 or a few months later — will be a day of national liberation and...
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Poroshenko isn’t the West’s ‘last hope’ for Ukraine
The recent opinion piece “Why the West loves Poroshenko again” (March 8) is disappointingly one-sided. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is not the “last hope” for Ukraine’s future. If other...
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The West’s dangerous lack of tech strategy
COPENHAGEN — In the 19th century, global power belonged to those who controlled the seas. In the 21st, it will belong to those who rule over our digital highways. If the West fails to take swift...
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The case for no-deal Brexit
LONDON — Who’s afraid of a no-deal Brexit? These days, almost everyone. With the help of shareholder bosses of major corporations and politicians who never wanted Brexit to happen, most people agree...
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Algeria joins the Arab Spring
For years, Algeria appeared impervious to the protests sweeping across the Arab world. No longer. The country is experiencing one of largest waves of demonstrations in its history. Protests started...
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Build democracy into AI
NEW YORK — The year is 2019. The technology that will determine the future of humanity is concentrated in the hands of just nine entities. Their decisions are not driven by what is good for you or me —...
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Mark Rutte’s last stand
THE HAGUE — Mark Rutte painted his last election victory as a battle between the “right” and “wrong kind of populism.” Thousands of journalists were there in 2017 to watch him win. Two years on, the...
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Europe’s real test in China: Human rights
History is unlikely to remember the details of whatever position the European Union takes on trade, security or climate change during its summit with China next month. What it will record about the...
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How the EPP lost its way
Manfred Weber’s misfortune is to have become the candidate for president of the European Commission of a political party that no longer exists. In theory, Weber is the Spitzenkandidat of the European...
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Yemen crisis won’t be solved by UK arms exports halt
LONDON — Nothing in Yemen has been left untouched by war, not even the presidential palace in Aden. When I visited this fortified building a few weeks ago, you could see the pockmarks from bullets and...
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France’s new two-party system: Center vs. Extreme
PARIS — Something dangerous is happening in French politics. Forget French President Emmanuel Macron’s difficulties. Forget the Yellow Jackets. Forget the various flavors of far right and far left....
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Ireland’s feminist revolution
DUBLIN — Feminism is the force of the moment in Irish politics. So where are all the women? The repeal of a strict abortion ban by overwhelming popular mandate last year was a major leap forward for...
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