Capping the population at 10 million is a far-right fantasy. It would dismantle the openness that has made the country rich
Zürich on a Sunday morning can feel like the day after Armageddon: so empty,…
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Angela Merkel won’t be negotiating with Putin – but the rumour reflects a truth about the Ukraine war | Nathalie Tocci ⊖⊖
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In Kyiv, I found a mood of confidence. Ukrainians know that Russia is creaking and that Europe has their back
Discussions are said to be under way as to which former European heavyweights should repre…
34 days ago
Trump and his oil-and-coal oligarchy should face sanctions for its war on the environment | Alexander Hurst ⊖⊖
Europe punished Russian billionaires over the war in Ukraine. It should do the same to those abetting an ecocidal regime
The ecological disasters of the US-Israel war with Iran are already bad enough.…
47 days ago
To be human is to live with friction. That’s something AI boosters will never understand | Alexander Hurst ⊕
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We’re being sold a world where there’s no room for reflection or spontaneity. This is the Black Mirror stage of capitalism
How fast do you have to strike a match to get it to light? Not the chemistry …
61 days ago
Iran is a turning point for Europe’s liberation – from Donald Trump ⊖
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The US president’s cry-wolf threats are losing their effect while European leaders are, at last, shifting from sycophancy to opposition
Europeans are on what might be called “a journey” when it comes …
62 days ago
A new generation of politicians of colour is emerging in France. The backlash speaks volumes ⊕
Local elections have led to a surge of racism in a country that still struggles to see itself as anything other than white
Saint-Denis is just over 9km from the centre of Paris but is in the poorest d…
74 days ago
Progressive Paris has many weapons to fight the far right, but the best? Spaces where you can simply hang out | Alexander Hurst ⊕⊕
Drop into any of the French capital’s ‘third places’ and you’ll find food, culture, community – and an antidote to the disaffection extremists feed on
Paris’s success in removing cars from its streets…
85 days ago
Europe’s reaction to Trump’s war on Iran is a disaster – for Europe itself | Nathalie Tocci ⊖⊖⊖
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Prevarication on the war’s legality stands in sharp contrast to the outcry from France and Germany when Bush invaded Iraq
When crisis strikes, we divide, and division breeds inaction. This is the assu…
2 months ago
Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir ⊖⊖
First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking
There is a particular kind of danger that smells like paper and dust. You…
3 months ago
Worried about the demise of reading? Come to France, where we’re up to our eyes in print | Alexander Hurst ⊕
From hefty literary magazines to thriving newspaper kiosks and book sales, the French publishing industry refuses to let printed matter die
It took me nine months of 20-hours-a-week French language in…