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“Tear down the walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told graduates at the 368th commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 30, 2019.

From ‘mein Mädchen’ to ‘leader of the free world,’ Angela Merkel is winding down her political career

Leaders

Since the election of Donald Trump, Germany’s leader Angela Merkel has been seen as an important global voice for Western liberal values. Her legacy is mixed, and it’s unclear who will fill her shoes on the global political stage.

Margrethe Vestager

Europe is not afraid to regulate Big Tech. EU Competition Commissioner Vestager explains why.

Environment
A woman looks at photographs on the wall.

It was once easier to go unnoticed, but some DACA recipients from Europe and Canada say they are ready to join the immigration fight

Justice
Protesters in Prague show symbolic red cards to Czech President Milos Zeman on the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in 2014.

Things just got shaky for the last liberal democracy in Central Europe

Global Politics
Spain unemployment Malaga

Why far-right populism hasn’t caught on in Spain

Economics
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Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders campaigns for the 2017 Dutch election in Spijkenisse, a suburb of Rotterdam, on February 18.

Why some immigrants in the Netherlands plan to vote for the ‘Dutch Donald Trump’

Global Politics

The Dutch suburb of Spijkenisse is a center of support for the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders.

President Obama reminded Europeans Wednesday that "freedom isn't free," while visiting a US World War One Cemetery in Waregem, Belgium. He is flanked by Belgium's King Philippe (R) and Belgium's Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo.

The crisis in Ukraine is testing the limits of the US relationship with Europe

Global Politics

President Obama in Europe this week has been rallying the nations of Europe to oppose Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, and to try to deter further aggression. But despite all the talk of unity, there are serious limits to what the US and Europe are willing to do together. Host Marco Werman speaks with Judy Dempsey, senior associate at Carnegie-Europe. President Obama in Europe this week has been rallying the nations of Europe to oppose Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, and to try to deter further aggression. But despite all the talk of unity, there are serious limits to what the US and Europe are willing to do together. Host Marco Werman speaks with Judy Dempsey, senior associate at Carnegie-Europe.

An old Ferris wheel in Pripyat. An amusement park was set to be opened May 1st, 1986, just days after the Chernobyl disaster.

My tour of Chernobyl that never (officially) happened

Arts, Culture & Media

The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster is turning into something of a tourist destination.

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