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The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...

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While Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is already plagued by criticism and sinking poll numbers at home, his EU ...

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True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.

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The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

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