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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisHow the European Union has always preferred power grabs to democracy
A series of ‘coups’ across decades allowed European institutions to take more and more power, always undermining the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionWhat has killed more people in France since 2000? Islamic terrorism or ‘la chasse’?
Playing to the gallery of anti-Muslim prejudice is something that successive French presidents have engaged in since...
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Published in: Home: FeatureOne year after the Hanau massacre, victims’ families fight for justice
Although it was eclipsed by the pandemic, last February’s mass shooting revealed Germany’s failure to confront the...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisAs Norway’s far Right declines in popularity, a new populist force rises
The pandemic hasn't given Fremskrittspartiet many chances to shine, and it has fallen dramatically in the polls. In...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?‘One of the problems in France is distrust’, Macron warns. Why might that be?
When it comes to selling things that kill, France is the rising star, when it comes to those that save lives, such...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsNot so ‘macho’ now? Fewer Italians than Swedes hold anti-feminist views, survey says
New research from anti-extremism charities reveals ‘unexpected patterns’ of opinions towards feminism across Europe
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?National risk assessments: a political vaccine against the next disaster?
How do we prevent and prepare for future disasters, natural or man-made? Introducing National Risk Assessments as a...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy we’re suing the Spanish government
Spain is the only EU country to block Women on Web, which offers vital abortion information that the state has long...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What is offensive is these governments’ housing arrangements for asylum seekers
Brexit or not, Britain has a lot in common with the continent in terms of hostility to ‘outsiders’
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Kosova’s Valentine Day: towards radical change on the day of love
The party of the ousted government hopes that the February 14 election results will defend Kosova’s democratic...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A shrinking space: media capture in Orbán’s Hungary
The demise of a once thriving independent broadcaster is yet another signpost in Hungary's deteriorating democracy...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Could the Kosovo story end in Greater Albania?
If Kosovo makes practical moves towards unification with Albania, the government in Belgrade will come under strong...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismGlobal transformation: the precariat overcoming populism
A contribution to debate urging the mainstream left not to be distracted by populism. Aim instead for what we know...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Facing the antiestablishment challenge: three remedies, but only one solution
The regeneration of the traditionally mainstream political parties is the only solution.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Vicious circle: will ageing populations lock the EU into immigrant exclusion?
There is an urgent need for Europe to engage with the self-defeating politics of ageing.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhat’s at stake for women in Italy’s political crisis
Matteo Salvini says the ‘Italy of the future’ must restrict abortions – but they are already hard to access. We...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spain’s political laboratory – from 15-M to Podemos: an interview
From the Spanish left’s response to financial crisis against austerity, to Black Lives Matter and reclaiming the...
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Published in: 50.50How our feminist investigative journalism fellows are shaking up the media
openDemocracy is training women and LGBTIQ people around the world in investigations and storytelling. Meet our...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightA fascist authoritarian Utopia: the Eurosiberian ethnostate for native Europeans
Meet Guillaume Faye’s ‘destined space’, an ethnocentric, inegalitarian, aristocratic, imperial confederation.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From keystroke to brushstroke: where’s the art in modern work?
Does the internet rob us of the pleasure of being together, acting together, making the future together?