For two centuries, modern European history had largely revolved around the “German Question”: what external borders would a German state have, and what political order would prevail in this pivotal Central European state? The peaceful and democratic unification of 1990 seemed to provide..…
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On Wednesday, it was the turn of Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, Social Democrat. She was reprimanded in European Parliament, meeting Strasbourg, France, limit the independence of judges and prosecutors while also strangling nation's fight against corruption.. ..…
Vatican diplomacy has been singularly ineffective, and in some cases actually counterproductive, in dealing with leftist authoritarians and dictators in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, where it has succeeded primarily in demoralizing the democratic opposition. Just a year ago, a senior..…
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