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Right-wing cooperation in the EU faces challenges

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EU

Polls suggest far-right groups may make significant gains in the EP elections, which could give the centre- and far-right a collective majority in the EP for the first time.

Prospects for the EU to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for the EU to end-2019.

EU leaders will be constrained by deepening divisions

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EU

EU institutions.

Hungarian EU presidency will promote right-wing agenda

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HUNGARY

The Hungarian presidency will begin amid rising support for nationalist forces in the bloc. The power of the EU Council presidency is limited to setting the bloc’s order of…

European elections will test new Greek leftist leader

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GREECE

The new leader of the left-wing Syriza party, Stefanos Kasselakis, has until then to establish himself as Greece’s leading oppositionist. He has not been helped by the…

New three-party Estonian government will defy critics

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ESTONIA

The stability of Estonia's new coalition.

Moscow's interference in Europe will force responses

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EUROPE

Russia is contending with the West for influence in Serbia, a candidate for EU membership. For Belgrade, integration with the EU is economically advantageous but like several…

German foreign policy faces testing waters

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GERMANY

Germany's foreign policy.

Nuclear weapons complicate South China Sea disputes

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CHINA

However, China's navy already has an operational sea-based nuclear deterrent based on Hainan Island. The deployment of nuclear-armed submarines, and their need to reach the…

US South China Sea patrols have complex aims

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CHINA/US

US 'freedom of navigation' patrols in the South China Sea.