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Europe’s ‘firewall’ against the extreme right is holding – but the US election could change everything
More than halfway through this year of momentous elections, liberal democratic parties have mostly managed to hold the line against the advance of the dark forces of nationalist populism in Europe. Yet it is too early to declare victory for this firewall …