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Across Europe, far-right actors and their anti-politics cousins are regrouping, writes Michael McTernan The eurozone crisis has prompted many dark predictions about the impending danger of populist far-right parties gaining significant footholds on Europe’s political...

The return of the political centre René Cuperus on the dramatic comeback of the Dutch Labour party in last month‘s general election The story of the Dutch general election last month is a tale in two dramatic chapters. The first, of polls predicting a historic...

This year's Hands Lecture on Europe delivered by Peter Mandelson last week contains both a declaration of confidence in the future of the eurozone a time when its fortunes seem precarious and a bold call for a referendum on Britain's role in Europe at a time when the...

France likes to surprise. Three months ago it seemed so obvious a re-election for Sarkozy that David Cameron and Angela Merkel couldn't wait to endorse him. Three weeks ago it was Hollande who was gliding faultlessly if unexcitingly to power. Three days ago all the...