EU interventionism in national elections: Who’s next?
General relief in Brussels after the unexpected victory of Nicușor Dan in Romania, against George Simion, his opponent who had led the first round by a wide margin.
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German government refuses to publish secret ‘proof’ that AfD is an extremist organisation
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