Europe
Germany
The man on the bench
Spain
Locked horns
France
A headache
Switzerland
Backlash?
From the archives
Migrants have posed a challenge to Schengen from its very inception
Two decades ago, The Economist looked at Europe's conflicted relationship with outsiders
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The ascent of British man
We looked at a cross-section of Britain's ruling class, and compared it with the same cross-section 20 years ago. The results are shocking
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Talking to Gaidar: From the hot seat
From 1992: Yegor Gaidar, number two in the Russian government, is in charge of the second-biggest economic experiment in history, his country's reconversion to market forces. The Economist found him relaxed about the prospects of overcoming resistance to reform, of beating inflation and of successful privatisation
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How to get good marks, or ecus
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