Best Columns - Europe
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United Kingdom: Can the BBC still be trusted?
feature The Jimmy Savile horror is still unfolding, and new scandals have come to light.
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Spain: Catalonia isn’t leaving yet
feature The call for Catalonia’s secession didn’t quite work out as planned.
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U.K. and Australia: Trading blame for a nurse’s suicide
feature A British nurse is dead thanks to two Australian DJs who called a hospital and pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles inquiring after the health of the Duchess of Cambridge.
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Hungary: Unfairly punishing soccer fans
feature Hungarian soccer fans are being punished en masse for the actions of a few.
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Italy: Voters reject austerity and elites
feature Italian voters delivered a “nightmare scenario” of divided results in the parliamentary elections.
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Turkey: Crackdown strains ties with Europe
feature Will Turkey crackdown's on anti-government protesters hurt its chances of joining the European Union?
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EU: The tragic toll of a faulty asylum policy
feature In the past 25 years, nearly 20,000 people have died trying to get across the Mediterranean to Europe.
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Croatia: Latecomers to Europe’s big party
feature Croatia has been in the European Union for more than three months now—with nothing to show for it.
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Turkey: Mass trial ends in mass convictions
feature Many Turkish lawmakers say the Ergenekon trial was nothing but an excuse for the prime minister to put away his rivals and silence his critics.
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United Kingdom: Blame the U.S. for our high energy costs
feature The U.S. is unfairly hoarding its cheap gas, and we British pay the price in high heating costs.
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Germany: Another triumph for Angela Merkel
feature With her decisive win, Angela Merkel became the only major European leader to be re-elected twice since the 2008 global financial crash.
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United Kingdom: Will it leave the EU?
feature When the U.K. first joined it, the EU was simply a trading bloc, but it has since morphed into a super-government.
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Turkey: Crackdown prompts nationwide movement
feature An environmental sit-in has turned into an open revolt against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Belgium: A king who can’t level with us
feature King Albert II can no longer ignore allegations that he had a child out of wedlock.
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