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What's cooking in Paris? A victory for Macron

French MEPs have re-elected Yaël Braun-Pivet, a candidate from Emmanuel Macron's camp, as President of the National Assembly. And things are also going surprisingly well for the president in other respects.

By Claire Stam

How the Chinese public sees its country’s foreign aid 

Our "China Perspective" column is written by authors from the People's Republic. Today's article is about the development aid that China grants to other countries. It is largely criticized by its own citizens, who view it as a vanity project while the country still struggles with poverty

By Experts Table.Briefings

An adapted cohesion policy is indispensable

The EU has many tasks but little money: Ahead of the negotiations on the future EU financial framework, structural policy is therefore taking center stage. A strong but adapted cohesion policy is indispensable, argues Thomas Schwab, an economist at the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

By Redaktion Table

The Green Deal will secure Europe's future

It is expected that European competitiveness, defence, the internal market and the multilateral legal order will be priorities in Ursula von der Leyen's program. But what about the European Green Deal, Marc Weissgerber from the think tank E3G wants to know.

By Experts Table.Briefings

Stephen S. Roach

Don't be fooled by China's Third Plenum

China's leadership will define the political framework for the coming years at the Third Plenum. However, the West has unrealistic expectations. Because our answer to problems is not China's answer.

By Amelie Richter

What's cooking in Paris? No new government in sight

The parliamentary elections have not brought the political clarity desired by President Emmanuel Macron. On the contrary: France's party landscape is more divided than ever, regardless of political direction. This makes it extremely difficult to form a government.

By Claire Stam

Pseudonyms: How Beijing secretly steers discourse

The leadership in Beijing operates an intricate propaganda apparatus that keeps an eye on China's public opinion. To guide it in the desired direction, so-called writing groups 写作组 publish influential articles in the party media under pseudonyms pretending to be individual authors.

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