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When Brexit does not mean Brexit
No matter what Britons voted for in the 2016 referendum, no-one can be happy with the draft Brexit agreement.
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The race to succeed Merkel
The way it is going, Germany’s chancellor in early 2019 would no longer be called Merkel but Merz. That may sound similar. They even belong to the same party. But it would be a markedly different government.
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Merkel’s method has run its course
German leader Angela Merkel rose from obscurity with no clear ideological platform thanks to a skill at jumping on and off bandwagons, but her run of luck is over.
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Brexit: an experiment in game theory
Britain will inevitably exit the European Union, but hopes of a “smooth Brexit” are likely to be thwarted by the EU’s realisation that it’s in its interests to make it as messy as possible.
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The EU’s reverse Annie Hall problem
“I’d never join a club that would accept me as a member,” says Woody Allen’s character in Annie Hall. With the European Union, it is the other way around: The EU would reject new members as anti-democratic as itself.
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Why the Old Continent still matters
It is a daring experiment for Newsroom to let me explore the state of Europe. And it is ray of hope in our media environment to dedicate more space to international affairs.