Europe
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Europe’s populists
Marine Le Pen poses a greater threat than Giorgia Meloni
At least to the European Union and the transatlantic alliance
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High tension
Paris and Berlin compromise on reform of the electricity market
But the row isn’t over yet
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Charlemagne
The EU’s response to the crisis in Israel exposes its limits
Whose foreign policy is it anyway?
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From corruption to production
How a 31-year-old hopes to fix Ukraine’s state-owned defence giant
It won’t be easy, but nothing in Ukraine is
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Tusk’s triumph
Poland gives pro-European liberals a big win
But the road back to the rule of law will be long and hard
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Russia’s counter-counter-offensive
Now Russia is fighting to gain territory in the east of Ukraine
The battle for Avdiivka
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Charlemagne
How rugby became a darling of Europe’s chauvinist right
The sport’s main attraction is that it isn’t football
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Out of sight, out of mind
The EU’s endless search for a migration fix
An internal deal comes together while a cross-Mediterranean one falls apart
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Winners and losers
Which EU country is winning our economic pentathlon?
We’ve ranked countries on five measures
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German state elections
A boost for Germany’s right
Bavaria and Hesse re-elect Christian democrats and rebuke the country’s ruling coalition