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Welcome to the Eurosphere

Welcome to the Eurosphere

How can an EU of 36 be a deliberative democracy? + Conversation with Fiona Hill on Russia and Ukraine + Upcoming: Ferrara, Rome, Lviv

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History of the Present (fortnight ending 23 September 2023)

Europe needs multilingualism, but also translation and Euro-English

Welcome to the Eurosphere

How can anyone govern a country with 246 different kinds of cheese?” Charles de Gaulle, the founding president of France’s Fifth Republic, is said to have asked. As it prepares for European elections next…

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