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Europe’s regional question

Will Freddy Heineken be proven right after all? Will Europe function better, both politically and economically, if divided into smaller, autonomous regions? In 1992, the Dutch beer magnate published a book called The United States of Europe…

La Germania che va verso destra

Le elezioni tedesche ci dicono due cose: l’armonia interna del paese è piĂą fragile di quanto si pensasse, e la Germania tende verso destra. Confermando comunque per la quarta volta Angela Merkel alla Cancelleria, i tedeschi sembrano aver…

A political earthquake, German style

The term “political earthquake” may be in overuse in Western democracies in recent years, but it is certainly not an overstatement when describing what happened during the German elections on September 24, 2017. The political turmoil…