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Dark autumn? Polls in Sweden show an increase in popularity of the hard-right Sweden Democrats party which admits to having a neo-Nazi past, while in Italy the far-right Brothers of Italy could be the next government

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Reforming migration requires tackling EU pride and prejudice

So far, so predictable. As Europe re-opens for business, the tragic death of a three-month old infant at the squalid and over-crowded Ter Apel refugee centre in the Netherlands has sparked shock, horror and recrimination.

Dutch Premier Mark Rutte says he is "ashamed" and his "shocked" minister for migration affairs has launched an investigation into the baby's de...

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Shada Islam is an independent EU analyst and commentator who runs her own strategy and advisory company New Horizons Project. She is also the editor of the EUobserver magazine.

Dark autumn? Polls in Sweden show an increase in popularity of the hard-right Sweden Democrats party which admits to having a neo-Nazi past, while in Italy the far-right Brothers of Italy could be the next government

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Shada Islam is an independent EU analyst and commentator who runs her own strategy and advisory company New Horizons Project. She is also the editor of the EUobserver magazine.

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