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Multicultural Italy. Lingotto, September 2019.

Everyday Politics in Italy

By Joel Schalit
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The kid was being followed. Walking up and down the aisles, speaking loudly on his iPhone in English, he was having trouble finding something he’d been sent to purchase. (More…)

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Just Another Neoliberal Party

By Josh White
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The UK election will be decided in marginal constituencies. One of those decisive areas is Kensington, where luxury apartments sit empty and the survivors of the Grenfell fire struggle to find housing.  (More…)

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Start-Up Populism

By Josh White
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The Brexit Party revolves around London millionaires. Former metals trader Nigel Farage is the face of the party, while Leave.EU founders Richard Tice and Arron Banks keep the campaign flush with cash. (More…)

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Ireland’s British Hangover

By Sean Quinn
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“I’ve applied for Irish citizenship.” Pre-Brexit, this would have been amazing to hear in a cut-glass accent by a late-middle-aged upper-class British woman. But Brexit was looming and she didn’t want any hassle commuting to her country home, in France. (More…)

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Bringing Russia closer to the EU. Laying the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Rügen

The Nord Stream 2 Tug of War

By Maxim Edwards
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Nord Stream 2 is going ahead. Last Wednesday, after two and a half years of delay, Denmark’s government gave permission for a section of the natural gas pipeline to pass through its exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea.  (More…)

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Love in a time of populism. Berlin, November 2016.

Last Train to Halle

By Joel Schalit
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I’ve never gotten the hang of taking trains in Germany. I avoid using them whenever possible. (More…)

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Taking Greenland Seriously

By Heather McRobie
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Greenland briefly bubbled up into the global consciousness this summer when Donald Trump’s offer to purchase the country was quickly dismissed as “absurd” by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. (More…)

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Bad and worse. Poland, 2012.

The Promise of Populism

By Karolina Zbytniewska
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A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of populism. Frequently used as a synonym for fascism, it is not as consistent as the press would have it. Especially behind the former Iron Curtain. (More…)

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Civil rights marchers. Madrid, April 2019.

Keeping It Real

By John Foster
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In a development that is very much emblematic of the state of politics in Europe, Spain is spiralling toward another round of elections to be held in the second week of November. (More…)

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