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Monocle magazine April 2025
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Journalist and author Barbie Latza Nadeau discusses the challenges ahead for Italy as two non-centrist parties try to form a government.
Monocle’s Chiara Rimella explains a proposal that could see Italy adopt a caretaker government.
The former Greek finance minister talks to us about democracy, prospects after Brexit and what it’s like negotiating with the EU.
Monocle's Chiara Rimella considers whether Italians could soon be heading back to the polls.
As Donald Tusk asks for more from the UK, we examine the lack of ideas in British politics.
French political expert Philippe Marlière explains Marine Le Pen’s attempts to rebrand the National Front.
Stefanie Bolzen from ‘Die Welt’ explains why Germany’s SPD has cast doubt on a coalition deal with the country’s chancellor.
Marie Billon explains how France’s Front National is looking to broaden its appeal.
German chancellor Angela Merkel has been expectedly re-elected for a fourth term but what complications will the rise of the nationalist AfD party bring her?
The German election is nearly upon us and we thought that this would be a great opportunity to explore the country’s culture. Here Sebastian Borger, London correspondent for the ‘Berliner Zeitung’, gives us his take on how German society has changed since he left the country and since Angela Merkel came to power.
Description: In the final episode of our series on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Andrew Mueller is joined by Istvan Rev, Oana Serafim and Cerstin Gammelin to explore the legacy left by the Soviet Union in its former satellite states.
In the third episode of our series reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Andrew Mueller explores the forms of resistance from within the Eastern Bloc. Whether led by peaceful playwrights, powerful trade unions or mutinous soldiers, how did people trapped behind the Iron Curtain fight back against the system? Andrew is joined by Andrei Codrescu, Michael Žantovský and Krzysztof Bobinski.
*Special episode in association with the Nordic Council of Ministers* 'The Foreign Desk' has teamed up with the Nordic Council of Ministers for a series of five special episodes delving deeper into topics of global importance from the region. This episode looks at sustainability in the region’s cities. What happens when a capital goes car-free? How are Swedes reacting to the Greta Thunberg phenomenon? And which Nordic city is claiming to be the world’s ‘most functional’? Michael Booth finds out how Nordic cities are planning to save the world.
For a centrist, Emmanuel Macron has divided opinions and/or confirmed that you can’t please of all of the people all of the time. But it doesn’t seem to be deterring him, a year into his presidency, from attempting to reform French institutions and make his mark internationally. But what else does he have planned for France at home and abroad? And are the French – and the world - ready to welcome it?
As Italians head to the polls this weekend, Andrew Mueller is joined by Gianni Riotta, Enrico Franceschini and Stephanie Kirchgaessner to discuss what’s at stake for Italy and Europe, and why Silvio Berlusconi is back in the political limelight.
When Hungary and Poland joined the EU in 2004 hopes were high for the newest members. But as Europe itself goes through a troubled period they have started to lean away from the liberalism they once craved during Soviet rule. Is this a sign of things to come or will the pendulum swing back in Europe’s favour?
What’s at stake in this month’s German federal election – for the country, for European institutions, for investors and for the world?
After talks to form a new coalition government collapsed, the chancellor of Germany is facing the biggest crisis of her political career. Andrew Mueller asks what’s next for Angela Merkel?
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