


Europe’s top court nixes Italy’s plan to expel migrants, for now
Countries must be completely safe before asylum-seekers can be sent back
Italian politicians rarely agree on much, but they were unanimous in finding a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on August 1st hugely important. They differed, however, as to whether it was good or bad. A “watershed”, declared an opposition deputy. A judgment that blocked the government from “combating illegal immigration and defending the nation’s borders”, thundered the office of the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Safety first”

Why the Germans are falling out of love with beer
In the land of biergartens and Oktoberfest, Helles increasingly for other people

Europe’s Hogwarts has a new Dumbledore
Patrizia Nanz is trying to make the European University Institute relevant

Moldova’s election will test its resistance to Russia
Pro-EU President Maia Sandu faces off against disinformation and oligarchs
Albania’s new anti-corruption unit is taking down bigwigs
Prime Minister Edi Rama is not always amused
On Ukraine’s front lines the kill zone is getting deeper
Medium-range drones could make the no-go area dozens of kilometres deep
A tariff avalanche catches Switzerland unawares
The soaring rate is based on exports of Trump’s favourite metal