Author: James Kanter

Viktor Orbán's smear campaigns | Stories and analysis from Márta Pardavi and Péter Krekó in Hungary | European Parliamentarian Judith Sargentini still under pressure from Budapest | How to pronounce foie gras

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

Barry Eichengreen discusses The Populist Temptation | The eminent economic historian sees strong links between austerity and rise of far-right | Brussels advised to pare back fiscal rules and IMF dinged for being supine

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

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!"

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

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

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

Bas Eickhout on how smarter climate policies can avoid more protest movements like the Yellow Vests | A lawmaker in charge of writing opinions for a European Parliament committee denies climate science | Poland pushes Big Coal at UN climate conference

Volt Europa says citizen-focused democracy can help tame populism | Tom describes an evening with DiEM25 and James warns against direct democracy | Pelle Christy tells upstart progressive parties get ready to make compromises