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Yes, Merkel won again. But the fires of European populism are still raging

Catalans are determined to vote in an independence referendum on Oct. 1 in defiance of the Spanish government

THE POPULIST WAVE OF 2017 MAY NOT HAVE DESTROYED the European order in the way some predicted, but there are still many Europeans who want to upend the status quo. Look at what happened in Germany’s elections on Sept. 24: Angela Merkel, a leader best known for prudence and experience, won a fourth term as Chancellor. But just as anti-E.U. firebrands Geert Wilders and Marine Le

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