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Tony Barber is European comment editor of the Financial Times. He is a former foreign correspondent in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, the former Soviet Union, the US and the former Yugoslavia.
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  • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
    Europe Express
    Putin’s Potemkin economy Premium content

    Misleading or suppressed official figures make it hard to assess Russia’s wartime economic record but strains are evident

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    Spain’s century: from dictatorship to modern European democracy

    Two books by leading historians do a fine job in charting the the path from fanaticism and violence to national reconciliation

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    German foreign policy moves into a new age Premium content

    National security strategy aims to reassure allies about Berlin’s role in European defence

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    Achieving democracy and genuine national independence may depend on the outcome of the war in Ukraine

  • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
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    Questions persist about whether the president would accept defeat and how the opposition might act in office

  • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
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    The tide of separatism appears to be receding, but history shows that Europe’s state system isn’t fixed in stone

  • Saturday, 8 April, 2023
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    Anna Grzymała-Busse’s fine book argues that the religious powers of the Middle Ages were fundamental in forging today’s secular institutions

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    Great power rivalries are intensifying on a continent with an enduring legacy of imperialism

  • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
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    Macron confronts a mistrustful France Premium content

    Battle over pensions reform points to deeper social and political cleavages in a discontented republic

  • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
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    Strongman rule, minority tensions and Russian intervention disrupt democracy in the south Caucasus state

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
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    Rain or shine, meteorological bulletins have tended to display neutrality hidden by clouds of bias

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
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  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
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    Comprehensive solutions are hard to devise, but illegal and inhumane measures are not the way forward

  • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
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  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
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    Moldova eyes the west as Russia’s war rages in Ukraine Premium content

    A troubled 20th-century history and the relationship with Romania will shape the young state’s future

  • Saturday, 11 February, 2023
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    Russia’s war reverses anti-Americanism in Europe Premium content

    Public attitudes towards the US are becoming more positive despite antipathies rooted in history and cultural outlook

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
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  • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
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    Corruption in Europe: a continent divided Premium content

    Western and northern states score better in Transparency International’s closely watched report than those to the east and south

  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
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    War is waking up western governments to the need for more vigorous diplomacy in the Balkans

  • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
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    Rasputin’s shadow spreads over Russia’s Wagner group Premium content

    The once secretive organisation plays a prominent role in the Ukraine war and is also blending into domestic politics

  • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
    Europe Express
    Charting a road map for the European Political Community Premium content

    Europe’s latest new organisation unites 44 states but its purpose and value remain open questions

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