In Belgium, there has always been a divide between the Dutch- and the French-speaking community. Now the separatists are at an all-time high. Two Belgians exchange letters.
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Kosovo heads towards a contradictory future. After visiting judges and rebels, our author concludes:  The price for stability in Kosovo is the rule of law, the EU wanted to achieve.
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He was unknown to most of the people whom he now represents: Now Britain's Vice Prime Minister Nick Clegg could use his pressure against conservative confrontationalism.
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Europe benefits from charismatic visionaries. Angela Merkel, however, avoids any contestation of European topics. For her politics is domestic or international.
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Contrary to usual history of parliaments, the European Parlia- ment is not a result of democracy but of power politics. It was supposed to balance the weight of the different institutions.
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