Politics

The EU Godfather’s Wall Street roots

Adam LeBor traces the American influences behind Jean Monnet, the man who reshaped Europe

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The rise of Mrs Europe

A new EU is emerging. Will Ursula von der Leyen lead it to triumph or failure?

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The Polish Government’s animal welfare plans have created a political crisis

Poland votes to ban fur farming and ritual slaughter

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Rich and red: The USSR’s prize assets

The wealthy young Americans who laboured for decades to help the communist cause

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Africa’s Covid-19 response has humbled the Western world

Why is it that Africa has seemingly dealt with the coronavirus pandemic better than the rest of the world?

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Eugenics and the intellectual left

To what extent should we separate an artist’s work from their period, character and ideas?

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Public exams are the only fair way to test pupils

Cancelling exams would only widen educational inequality

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Cuties: how Netflix normalised the sexualisation of children

Netflix’s latest controversy has highlighted another troubling conflict between the Right and the Left

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The Internal Market Bill doesn’t do a lot

There is much more to legislate to ensure Britain’s sovereignty

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Internal Dissent

A rolling list of the Internal Market Bill’s Brexit rebels

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