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As the Front National licks its post-2017 wounds, anti-immigrant parties make gains across Western Europe

By Elizabeth Strassner on March 13, 2018 Europe, European Union, far right, France, front national, Germany, Italy

France’s far-right party, the Front National, may have been decisively defeated at the polls last May, but the anti-immigrant policies it supports are still attracting voters across Western Europe.

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After murder of Slovak reporter, an uncertain future for Central European media

By Elizabeth Strassner on March 8, 2018 Human Rights

The murder of a Slovak journalist is the second in the EU in less than a year. Does Jan Kuciak’s murder reflect a change for the worse in terms of press freedom, or is it a single tragic blip?

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Congressmen clash over separation of defense budget at Brookings talk

By Elizabeth Strassner on October 11, 2017November 1, 2017 Armed Services Committee, Brookings, Don Bacon, House Armed Services Committee, Rick Larsen

At a Brookings Institution talk Wednesday, Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., proposed that military spending be separated from other spending in the budget, while Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., advocated a more holistic approach to budget reconciliation.

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