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

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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...

05.11.2024 8

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

23.10.2024 10

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

21.10.2024 10

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In Europe, speeding while wealthy can mean big fines

09.10.2024 6

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A rape trial with 51 defendants challenges French sexual mores

03.10.2024 5

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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 7

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The losing strategy of underestimating Russia

19.09.2024 20

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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 20

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

29.08.2024 6

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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...

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...

10.08.2024 20

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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...

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...

31.07.2024 60

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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...

26.07.2024 7

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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...

24.07.2024 7

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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...

18.07.2024 20

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In France, relief and elation at a ‘victory’ that might be Pyrrhic

The center and left celebrated, but their triumph might be short-lived. Celebrations after the release of early results in the second round of...

08.07.2024 10

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Britain and France: A tale of two follies?

Brits punish the Tories, who brought them Brexit and stagnation. Will France be deaf to the lesson? Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and his...

05.07.2024 20

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How Macron delivered the coup de grâce to his own political movement

His failures in the areas of collaboration, focus and follow-through have proved fatal. France's President Emmanuel Macron casts his vote in...

01.07.2024 10

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Denmark’s model for assimilation: Send in the bulldozers

The Danish plan has drawn criticism as ethnic discrimination. Others in Europe may be watching. A woman holding a child enters a residential...

01.07.2024 20

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Why the Paris Olympics are strictly bring-your-own-AC for U.S. athletes

25.06.2024 10

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France, teetering on the brink

France’s hard-right National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, might grasp reins of power next month. Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, leaders...

19.06.2024 7

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Why Europe’s new political turmoil will delight Putin

For Vladimir Putin, the right-wing surge in France and Germany is a gift. In this photo distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik,...

12.06.2024 20

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Macron will struggle to stem France’s ethnocentric tide

His humiliation in E.U. elections might not be the last. French President Emmanuel Macron attends an event commemorating World War II in...

10.06.2024 6

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Giorgia Meloni, the belle of Europe’s electoral ball

Europeans are voting for a Parliament to represent 450 million people in 27 countries. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the...

06.06.2024 30

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Will ‘boots on the ground’ be the next red line crossed in Ukraine?

Until now, the West has ruled out sending troops to Ukraine. France’s Emmanuel Macron has other ideas. French President Emmanuel Macron...

03.06.2024 60

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Russian disinformation in Europe sounds an alarm for U.S. elections

With European parliamentary elections coming in June, Moscow has jumped into action. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Kremlin...

27.05.2024 100

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In Europe, politicians eye Gen Z — to fight

For decades conscription has been shrinking in Europe. That might now be changing as the threat from Moscow mounts. Spanish, German and Dutch...

20.05.2024 20

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Emmanuel Macron has the right message but is the wrong messenger

The French leader is wisely warning about Europe’s vulnerabilities, but is anyone listening? French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese...

08.05.2024 30

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Like much of Europe, Spain has a birth dearth. But it’s coping.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez speaks during a media conference at an E.U. summit in Brussels on July 2, 2019. (Virginia Mayo/AP) ...

22.04.2024 10

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Carnage and competition: Russia vs. the Olympics

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday. (Gavriil Grigorov/AP) Listen 5 min Share ...

11.04.2024 30

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NATO chief’s ‘Trump-proofing’ proposal is a half-step forward

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a news conference in Brussels on April 3. (Omar Havana/Getty...

04.04.2024 20

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What’s behind Europe’s surly mood? ‘Whaddya got?’

As a form of protest, farmers unload potatoes outside the European Council building in Brussels on Tuesday. (Harry Nakos/AP) Listen 4...

01.04.2024 10

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A Russian Nobel laureate, living on a knife’s edge

Dmitry Muratov, then-editor of Novaya Gazeta, sits in Moscow City Court during an appeal of a ruling against the newspaper on Feb. 7, 2023. (AP) (AP) ...

21.03.2024 20

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In Haiti, the toxic effects of apathy and naiveté

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Guyana President Irfaan Ali at an emergency meeting on Haiti in Kingston, Jamaica, on Monday. (Andrew...

13.03.2024 4

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Europe bickers while the Russian threat grows

French President Emmanuel Macron, next to Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, speaks at a conference on Ukraine in Paris on Feb. 26. (Gonzalo...

11.03.2024 30

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France’s lionized, and reviled, guillotine terminator

Opinion France’s lionized, and reviled, guillotine terminator By Lee Hockstader Columnist, European Affairs | Follow...

16.02.2024 9

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Are the Paris Olympics jilting security in favor of spectacle?

The Olympic flag is seen at the Élysée Palace on Monday in Paris. (Aurelien Morissard/AP) Listen 5 min Share ...

14.02.2024 10

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In exile, Russian journalists battle the Kremlin’s Goliath

A journalist works in a newsroom of TV Rain in Moscow in 2021. (Denis Kaminev/AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this...

12.02.2024 8

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Paris’s embattled mayor puts her stamp on the Olympic spectacle

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo at the Hotel des Invalides on Jan. 5. (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images) Listen 5 min Share ...

07.02.2024 10

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The real obstacle to rebuilding Ukraine is not Viktor Orban

Firefighters work in a destroyed building hit by recent shelling in a residential area in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, Jan. 29. (AFP via Getty...

02.02.2024 3

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A soft-bellied Europe, shuffling toward Russia’s rising threat

British soldiers on a Jackal 2 high-mobility weapons platform on Jan. 26 near Oakham, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Listen 5 min ...

01.02.2024 10

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NATO ramps up for twin challenges, Russia and ... maybe Trump

Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands during a session at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17. (Fabrice...

24.01.2024 9

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Poland is a test case for reviving a corrupted democracy

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks in Gdansk on Jan. 13. (Lukasz Glowala/REUTERS) Listen 4 min Share Comment...

18.01.2024 10

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France’s new prime minister arrives with the right to ‘l’indifférence’

Newly appointed French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives for his first weekly cabinet meeting at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Friday following a...

12.01.2024 10

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How the West’s waffling undermines Ukraine’s war effort

Protesters urge the German government to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles in Berlin on Saturday. (Omer Messinger/Getty Images) ...

10.01.2024 10

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Macron’s political straddling goes too far in ‘l’affaire Depardieu’

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a television screen during an interview on Dec. 20. (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images) Listen...

04.01.2024 10

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