The world Australia’s phoney election campaign has finally turned into the real thing. Voters will head to the polls on 18 May—joining the citizens of a number of countries that are holding elections now or …
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There have never been more populist governments in place than today. Until now, populists haven’t been voted out of power in any Western country. Even though the president of Slovakia has only symbolic power, anti-corruption …
More often than not, Europe is invoked in abstract terms, such as when politicians argue that European sovereignty is the only path to security in a world dominated by great powers. But as the original …
French President Emmanuel Macron recently launched his platform for the upcoming European parliament elections. Official reactions to his approach—outlined in a commentary published simultaneously in every European Union country—were mostly positive, with even the Eurosceptic …
Britain’s The Economist is renowned for its measure, sobriety and understatement. So when the lead editorial in its 16 March 2019 edition solemnly announced that ‘the country is lost … it is a laughing-stock’, clearly …