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The Spanish government is dealing with the Catalonian secession movement in entirely the wrong way. But what would getting it right look like?
Andrej Babiš, riding high.
EPA/Martin Divisek
A lurch to the right in central Europe runs into a familiar obstacle: the tricky maths of coalition.
Murdered investigative journalist Daphne Carauna Galizia, outside the Libyan embassy in Valletta, Malta.
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Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been killed in Malta – but we must accept that corruption is a problem for all of Europe.
A young girl wearing the Spanish flag (right) walks with another young girl wearing an ‘estelada,’ or independence flag.
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An expert explains why the EU is ill-equipped to handle a problem like Catalonia.
A banner held up during a general strike in Catalonia on October 3.
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Here are the EU’s options.
EPA/Quique Garcia
The referendum that wasn’t a referendum can’t have a winner.
AfD’s , Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel will enter the federal parliament.
EPA/Felipe Trueba
Angela Merkel must continue to resist the temptation to cede political ground to the populists.
The signs are there for those who care to look.
EPA/Carsten Rehder
Follow the money to see if Angela Merkel is on course for a fourth term as chancellor after the September vote.
Vetëvendosje founder Albin Kurti takes the stage.
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After years of propping up corrupt parties in the name of ‘order’, Kosovo’s international backers have a very different partner to deal with.
Electoral posters of a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Marseille, France.
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Emmanuel Macron may have won the presidential election, but his agenda could fail if his party doesn’t get a majority in Parliament.
EPA/Maja Zlatecska
If the western Balkan countries can’t join the EU, their complicated ethnic politics might boil over once again.
Marine Le Pen at a political rally in Metz, France.
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What does it mean to be French? The two standing presidential candidates hope voters will agree with their version of the answer.
En Marche! candidate Emmanuel Macron is favoured to become France’s next president.
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Both Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have gained from the very deep disaffection of the French electorate with its traditional political representatives.
EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga
British business will be hoping that, by shrouding herself in the Union Jack, Theresa May has not overplayed her hand.
Not exactly Mr Popular: Paolo Gentiloni.
EPA/Ettore Ferrari
Paolo Gentiloni’s government is barely distinct from his predecessor’s, and its mandate is desperately thin.
Austrian presidential candidate Van der Bellen, reacts on Sunday night as he defeats his rival from the far-right Freedom Party.
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The Italian referendum and the Austrian vote are shaping up to be a seminal moment for European politics and the future of the European Union.
EPA/Giuseppe Lami
The PM came to power as the anti-establishment candidate. Now he could be the next victim of populist ire.
President Elect Trump has pulled off a remarkable victory.
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Trump has won the White House by offering a vision of a bygone era, in favour of a more cosmopolitan, sophisticated future.
That sinking feeling.
EPA/Armin Weigel
The suggested start of Brexit negotiations doesn’t do Britain any favours, nor Germany, France or Italy.
The union is not an à la carte system.
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If free movement of people is not on the table, then neither is single market access.