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‘People buy spectacularly less’: inflation-hit Europe weighs costs ahead of elections

Governments have tried to ease the pain from record-high inflation that has swept Europe. But they failed to tame a major inflation driver in corporate 'greedflation'. Now European elections approach with the cost of living crisis high on agendas.

16 May 2024

Pascal Hansens, Attila Kálmán

Rural Europe turns to the far-right triggered by 'political neglect'

11 April 2024

Lorenzo Buzzoni, Marta Portocarrero, Paulo Pena

Russian interference unnerves Europe as elections near

21 March 2024

Amund Trellevik, Wojciech Cieśla

‘People buy spectacularly less’: inflation-hit Europe weighs costs ahead of elections

16 May 2024

Pascal Hansens, Attila Kálmán

Rural Europe turns to the far-right triggered by 'political neglect'

Far-right parties are set to win big in June’s European elections. Populist support is on the rise, not least in rural communities, as a “geography of discontent” sweeps the continent.

11 April 2024

Lorenzo Buzzoni, Marta Portocarrero, Paulo Pena

Russian interference unnerves Europe as elections near

The Kremlin wants to “sow divisions” across Europe before June’s parliamentary elections using a playbook of old and new tricks.

21 March 2024

Amund Trellevik, Wojciech Cieśla

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Europe's hunt for critical raw materials

Rare earths are to the 21st century what coal was to the 19th and oil to the 20th. Our everyday electronics - and Europe's climate goals - depend on them. But China controls almost all supply chains. Can Europe free itself from this dependence?

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Mining in my backyard: Europe’s new mines divide communities

Europe will need greater quantities of critical minerals and rare earth metals to meet its climate targets. To achieve this, mining plans are being revived across the bloc. On the ground, locals are torn between the prospect of economic development and the loss of land and traditions.

8 November 2023

Marta Portocarrero