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March/April 2017


Italy’s economy is defying the laws of gravity, but for how long?


Fragile, whiny, and weak: How the right-wing brands its critics.


In eastern Ukraine, Russia is supposed to be part of the peace process, even as it interferes with the OSCE’s mission.


Germany’s Russlanddeutsche minority is no fifth column, but susceptible to the Kremlin’s propaganda.


Brexit and Trump voters wanted to go back in time. Are the Dutch and the French similarly inclined?


The OSCE monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine faces widespread distrust, but it could still succeed.


Brussels shouldn’t leave Brexit to the British; it’s time for the EU to define its interests.


London is likely to use its security assets as bargaining chips in the Brexit negotiations.


If the Trump administration turns its back on the world, others need to step up to defend the US-built liberal order.

The Franco-German alliance needs a reset.

How Marine Le Pen turned the Front National into a force with a chance at France’s presidency.


The former president of the EU parliament seems to have changed Germany‘s whole political scene. Is he a winner?


France’s presidential elections stand out as the most unpredictable and potentially earth-shattering event in recent European history.


Donald Trump’s victory was supposed to help Marine Le Pen. Does it?


Our March/April 2017 issue on the upcoming French presidential election is out now.

In our first transnational debate on European affairs, lawmakers from Italy and the Netherlands talk about what “European solidarity” means.