Inside Europe 8 May 2025

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Germany’s new chancellor gets off to a bumpy start. Is Google helping Turkey to strangle independent media?
And Malta is forced to abandon a lucrative business model. Then a VE Day Special: Nathalie Tocci on Europe, a look at Britain and France’s “coalition of the willing”, and a very personal tour of synagogues in the Netherlands.
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