Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Feeling the "Pulse of Europe," Tens of Thousands are Protesting To Save the E.U.
"It's that dream of a United States of Europe. People don't seem to know how precious the E.U. is."
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6 Ways Emmanuel Macron Rewrote The Script Of European Politics
France's new president – its youngest ever – got where he is by breaking with the conventions that have recently defined politics in Europe.
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Macron wins presidency as France rejects Le Pen and her right-wing populist tide
The landslide was just the latest blow in 2017 for far-right movements that had seemed to be on the march last year, but have suffered a series of setbacks in recent months across continental Europe.
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"A Choice Between Hate and Finance": French Weigh Anxieties On Eve Of Historic Vote
"Now we have to choose between a neo-liberal and a fascist,” said Philippe Marlière. "If you’re faced with a stark choice between two people you dislike then you have to realize one is far worse than the other. Le Pen might just manage to get in."
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In Tight French Elections, A Showdown Between Right-wing Firebrand and Unconventional Centrist
Anger has been the overwhelming sentiment at rallies across the country in recent weeks, and early voting results from Sunday set up a sharp confrontation between those who embrace globalization and those who want to roll it back.
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The Resistance In Europe: Can People Push Back Against the Rise of the Far-Right?
By all accounts it seems Europe is headed back to the bad old days of Euroskepticism and guarded isolationism. Yet some core areas of resistance remain and could be poised to pull Europe back from the brink.
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Quebec City Mosque Killings Were Fuelled By Trump's and Le Pen's Racist Rhetoric
Alexandre Bissonette was a recent convert to rightwing nationalist ideology following Marine Le Pen's visit to Quebec City in March, and became known online for defending Trump’s nativist, anti-immigrant positions.
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A Message From the Dispossessed: What Charlie Hebdo Really Means
The terrorist attack in France isn't about free speech, or about justice, or about the war on terror, or about liberty or democracy. It is about the mad scramble by the privileged to survive at the expense of the poor, and the poor know it.