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• In Spain’s Election, the Socialists Win the Most Seats

  CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT on April 28th, with the vote-count in the general election all but over, the scenes outside the headquarters of Spain's two main political... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is Taking Her Time to Retire

  "WE ARE FAMILY!" blared the loudspeakers, as the grandees of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Why Emmanuel Macron Wants to Abolish ENA, France’s Most Elite College

  FIFTEEN YEARS ago this spring, students at France's elite postgraduate civil-service college were preparing to celebrate their graduation. Behind them lay the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Vietnamese Migrants Are Thriving in Poland and the Czech Republic

  "THE BUSINESS CENTRE", a sprawling warehouse in Wolka Kosowska outside Warsaw, has a distinctly East Asian feel. The air is filled with zither music and hagglin... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Germany’s Struggling Social Democrats

  FEW POLITICAL PARTIES have a history like that of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD). Founded in the late 19th century, the SPD heroically if briefly resisted... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• France’s Yellow-jacket Protests Are Smaller, but Still Fierce

  THE ROUNDABOUT on a ridge outside the Provençal town of Beaucaire is a pleasant enough spot. The sky is clear, the air is warm, and the view over the Rhône... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey is Soon Due to Take Delivery of Its Russian Missiles

  FOR TURKEY'S president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a deal is a deal. "There can never be a turning back," Mr Erdogan said on March 6th, referring to his country's... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ahead of Elections, Poland’s Ruling Party Offers Huge Handouts

  INCUMBENCY STILL has its advantages, at least in a country where the economy is booming. Poland's GDP grew by 5.1% last year, faster than any other country in... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• How Far Will Pope Francis Go in Rooting out Sexual Abuse?

  "WE HEAR THE cry of the little ones asking for justice," said Pope Francis on February 21st to 100 bishops from around the world and other leading members of th... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Italy’s Populist Government is Dreaming of Economic Growth

  

  FOR ITALY, 2019 will be bellissimo, its prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, said this month. The economy, he declared, could grow by up to 1.5%. With much of... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Gilets Jaunes Are Forming Not One but Two Political Parties

  

  THREE MONTHS ago, Jacline Mouraud, a hypnotherapist from Brittany, opened her laptop, pressed record and offloaded her grievances. Her coup de gueule (angry... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Social Media Makes a Joke of Poland's Ban on Surveys Near Elections

  

  "ALLOW ME TO quote the agri-food exchange prices at 18.00, obtained from a number of independent producers," began one tweet. "Tomatoes [up to] 33.7 [zloty]...... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Marine Le Pen is Hoping to Come Top in Next Year’s Euro-election

  

  LESS THAN 18 months ago, Marine Le Pen was beaten and exhausted. She had lost the French presidential run-off to Emmanuel Macron, after a wild-eyed debate... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• How the Brexit Talks Demonstrate the EU’s Underlying Resilience

  

  A PRODUCT of myriad compromises, an amalgam of generations' worth of visions, a form of government without precedent or parallel: the EU is a strange beast.... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey’s President Visits Germany. Hopes of a Reset Are Too Optimistic

  

  ALL they were hoping to do, said the organisers of an art festival in Wiesbaden, a small city on the banks of the Rhine, when they installed a four-metre... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• What the Far Left and Right Have in Common, in Germany and Elsewhere

  

  SITTING down with The Economist in her office in Berlin, Sahra Wagenknecht is restless: "Do we think that anyone can just migrate to Germany and have a claim... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Matteo Salvini, Italy’s De Facto Leader, is Instinctively Authoritarian

  

  WHEN the Northern League linked up with the Five Star Movement (M5S) to form Western Europe's first all-populist government of recent times, it was clear which... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Dutch Underground Bicycle-park Arms Race

  

  THE trilling of spokes, cyclists rounding the bend in unison: no, this is not the Tour de France. It is the new underground bicycle park at Utrecht Central... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• On the World’s Deepest Lake, Something New: Russian Eco-activists

  

  ON AN early winter morning, with temperatures below -20ºC and a fierce wind whipping off the water, Vasily Sutula, the stern, moustachioed director of a... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The European Commission’s Odd Way of Picking Its President

  

  WHAT is the best way to enrage a European diplomat? (This is not an attempt at a joke.) You could suggest that his or her government pay more into the European... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL