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Lee Hockstader

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Europe, appalled, watches as Trump becomes Putin’s poodle

02.03.2025 100

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Germany, dodging a bullet, now faces a hostile U.S.

25.02.2025 20

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What’s behind Vance’s stunning decision to embrace Germany’s AfD?

19.02.2025 100

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Trump sabotages his own idea for lasting peace in Ukraine

31.01.2025 40

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A Russian insisted on ‘living in truth.’ He paid the price.

17.01.2025 8

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Europe is learning a lesson about Elon Musk

PARIS — Europeans are quickly learning a lesson that Americans internalized years ago: They ignore Elon Musk at their peril. Until recently,...

08.01.2025 4

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Europe, on the brink, faces a pileup of threats for 2025

01.01.2025 30

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As Putin presses his hybrid war, Europe presses the ‘snooze’ button

PARIS — When will Europe tire of playing the chump as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates his shadow war of sabotage, assassination and...

17.12.2024 30

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Trump’s fingerprints are all over France’s government crisis

PARIS — Donald Trump is not, at last check, a French politician. But his signature approach to politics — as a guardrail-crashing agent of chaos...

11.12.2024 40

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Postcard from Paris: Notre Dame hosts its first post-fire Mass

PARIS — The immense volumes of Paris’s brand-new, 860-year-old cathedral are a transcendent marvel, repaired, restored and rebuilt to a high gleam....

08.12.2024 7

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Notre Dame’s miracle and France’s meltdown: A pas de deux for the ages

PARIS — The Notre Dame Cathedral, a sprawling construction site for the past five years, is a quick stroll from where I live, and it is an...

03.12.2024 10

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A NATO survival guide for the Trump era

BRUSSELS — NATO’s brand-new secretary general, Mark Rutte, stands 6-foot-4, so he can look Donald Trump straight in the eye. He’s a deft...

26.11.2024 30

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Sapped and struggling, Europe is unready for a Trump trade war

PARIS — Spend a little time in Europe, and it’s easy to be dazzled by the veneer of progress that has been made in wiping away borders and...

18.11.2024 9

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The Trump contagion is already in Europe — and it’s spreading

07.11.2024 6

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The European housing shortage is fueling populism’s ascent

BARCELONA — Oh, to be young, footloose and lucky enough to live in Barcelona, Europe’s vibrant, lovely “it” city. It also helps to be highly paid,...

05.11.2024 3

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Biden has a 76-day window after the election to get Ukraine right

23.10.2024 3

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Emmanuel Macron, Ehud Barak and the curse of ‘brilliance’

PARIS — Einstein was a genius. Precious few politicians are. Yet bold national leaders prone to audacious gambles are often credited with...

21.10.2024 8

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In Europe, speeding while wealthy can mean big fines

09.10.2024 2

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A rape trial with 51 defendants challenges French sexual mores

03.10.2024 1

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The rising stakes in Europe’s welfare vs. weapons debate

PARIS — Many of Donald Trump’s pronouncements on foreign affairs are off-kilter, but he is right that Europe needs huge increases in military...

25.09.2024 4

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The losing strategy of underestimating Russia

19.09.2024 10

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Macron’s Faustian bargain could be a dire turning point for France

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron last week handed a noose to the nation’s hard right, a movement animated by bigotry, and empowered it to...

10.09.2024 30

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Why immigration in Europe has become so incendiary

05.09.2024 10

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Germany’s Third Reich dog-whistlers are a fringe party no more

PARIS — The ethnonationalist party at or near the top of the polls ahead of German state elections starting Sunday is scaring the wits out of...

29.08.2024 5

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Germany is wobbling on Ukraine — and the rest of Europe is watching

LEIPZIG, Germany — This broad-minded university town in eastern Germany was the cradle of a “peaceful revolution” that toppled the Berlin Wall and...

28.08.2024 20

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The Paris Olympics’ success will be a hard act for L.A. to follow

Los Angeles’s problems of crime and homelessness far outweigh the challenges Paris faced. Actor Tom Cruise accepts the Olympic flag from Los...

15.08.2024 10

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‘B-girl Kate,’ an Olympic emblem of Ukraine’s survival

A Ukrainian breakdancer rallied for the Olympics as her country did after Russia’s invasion. Ukraine's Kateryna Pavlenko competes in the women's...

10.08.2024 4

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In Paris, the Olympics feast isn’t just moveable. It’s everywhere.

In the 2024 Olympics, a transformed Paris is the main event, not just a backdrop. People celebrate Olympic medal-winners near the Eiffel Tower in...

06.08.2024 30

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Behind Russia’s absence at the Olympics, a deepening fury

After the war in Ukraine ends, the Kremlin might seek revenge against the United States and Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the...

31.07.2024 30

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‘Always audacity!’ In Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Paris goes for gold.

Pageantry, history and risk combine for what might be an indelible new chapter in the city’s history. The Eiffel Tower on Thursday, ahead of the...

26.07.2024 2

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The Olympic torch arrives in Paris, lighting up a political mess

France and President Macron, beset by political paralysis, turn their attention to the Olympics. French President Emmanuel Macron meets with French...

24.07.2024 2

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If Europe’s anti-tourism protesters think it’s bad now, just wait

Post-pandemic ‘revenge tourism’ keeps surging in European hotspots, and the problem may soon worsen. Demonstrators outside a restaurant protest...

18.07.2024 9

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