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Debates and articles from across the openDemocracy website that discuss or are relevant to Europe

Judith Herrin unearths the roots of the "cosmopolitan" and finds a vital source for understanding the globalised present
The political and legal crisis in Turkey highlights a vital European interest
A lively London market offers a fresh view of the old story of England as a "heritage in danger"
Why the third coming of Silvio Berlusconi is bad news for Italy, for Europe and for democracy
A legal case against Turkey's ruling party reopens the country's secular-Islamist argument
The Italian state's crisis of legitimacy is ready to propel its leading political showman back to power
 A re-elected government faces challenges rooted in the very architecture of the state
A court hearing over the legality of Turkey's ruling party imperils the country's progress
How refreshing the public realm can unlock climate-change solutions
United States military systems in Poland and the Czech Republic will provoke a new arms race
Turkey's campaign against PKK militants in northern Iraq is linked to the "Kurdish question" at home
A venerable Serbian politician and historian embodied the best of his country
Two great empires and faiths in decades-long confrontation. But as conflict receded, so the vision of the enemy changed...
A Christian leader in a multicultural land endorses sharia law. But why not go further - and give Muslims a parliament? (archive) 
France's pioneering feminist still shines on her centenary (archive)
The easing of an internal crisis leaves the big questions unresolved
The inspirational composer, who died on 13 December 1981, remains a rich resource for fellow-musicians
A night-time police-check in Sweden, and a wider lesson
The EU's counter-terror strategy is lost in cyberspace
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