Weber the Enabler

Manfred Weber's reluctance to boot Viktor Orban from the European People's Party | Heather Grabbe, Axel Voss, Anett Bősz, Judith Sargentini, Laurent Pech on Fidesz and Europe | James and Tom on nicknames for Michel Barnier and Matteo Renzi

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Keep an Open Mind

Heather Grabbe presents survey findings showing the wide range of values European have in common | Soundous Boualam talks to James and Tom about confronting prejudice and giving the European Union more of a human face

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Eur♀pe

Corinna Hörst on Angela Merkel and Brussels policymaking | Jeanne Ponté on #MeTooEP and German conservative pushback | Joanna Maycock on feminist satire and the far-right's agenda for women | "Love Yodel! Hate Fascism!"

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Trade Storms

Arancha Gonzalez says "conscious consumers" can help save trade | Reinhard Bütikofer expects Donald Trump to slap tariffs on Europe's cars | Lorenzo Marsili reimagines the EU-Canada deal | James and Tom get the munchies

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Good Riddance

Mujtaba Rahman says nationalist populists are poised to infiltrate democratic decision-making in Brussels | Roland Freudenstein and Martin Mycielski reflect on hate and violence in Poland | James and Tom say good riddance to far-right UK lawmakers

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Let It Go

Corina Stratulat assesses Macron-style participatory democracy | Laura Sullivan says the process of consulting citizens only works if authorities Let It Go | James and Tom on EU acronyms and abbreviations

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