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Katherine Butler @ButlerKatherine

Associate Editor, Europe, The Guardian

Joined August 2010
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Part 3 of our series on how the EU's rich half exploits low-paid workers from the other half. Saša Uhlova goes undercover as an agency care worker in France. Sent into dementia patients homes with no training theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Undercover as a home care worker in France: 'The family count on me. The emotional strain makes me...

In Marseille, I find agency bosses desperate to fill shifts – and families desperate to secure care for loved ones, says Czech journalist Saša Uhlová

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Next time you stay in an Irish hotel, think of this as you walk past the women with the cleaning carts. Thanks @A_Rychlikova who kindly let us use a clip from her film Limits of Europe to illustrate the series theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Undercover as a hotel cleaner in Ireland: ‘Lifting the heavy mattress, I cry tears of rage and...

We struggle to secure payslips or a schedule – and in an 11-hour shift I barely have time for a bathroom break, says Czech journalist Saša Uhlová

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Part 2 of our series in which Czech journalist Saša Uhlová goes undercover in low paid jobs in the rich side of the EU. ‘As a hotel cleaner in Ireland: Lifting the heavy mattress, I cry tears of rage and exhaustion’ theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Undercover as a hotel cleaner in Ireland: ‘Lifting the heavy mattress, I cry tears of rage and...

We struggle to secure payslips or a schedule – and in an 11-hour shift I barely have time for a bathroom break, says Czech journalist Saša Uhlová

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Thanks to Saša Uhlova for going undercover as a farm worker in Germany to give us the raw reality of migrant labour in the EU economy. Tomorrow: a hotel in Ireland theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Undercover as a farm worker in Germany: ‘My hands are numb. No one knows when the shift will end’ |...

The organic farm shop is a paradise for wealthy Germans. Behind the scenes, we pick and chop vegetables until we’re on the point of collapse, says Czech journalist Saša Uhlová

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Big thanks also to Apolena Rychlíková who made the accompanying and very powerful documentary Limits of Europe with Saša. Apolena kindly let us use a clip in the piece
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Direct link between NHS/local GP closures and support for Reform UK: similar pattern in Italy, France and NL, Catherine de Vries on new research @Keir_Starmer @wesstreeting theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Europe’s far-right surge has a lesson for Labour: fix the NHS to see off Farage | Catherine De Vries

Our research shows how the far right exploits voter discontent with crumbling public services – and what Keir Starmer must do to stop it, says Catherine De Vries of Bocconi University

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This by Patrick Cockburn is so accurate: Kim Sengupta was took brave risks but calculated ones: he 'made his own luck' independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…

Kim Sengupta was brave and determined, but also smart and resilient

Patrick Cockburn – a longtime colleague of Kim – remembers a courageous correspondent always determined to get as much fun as possible out of the direst situation

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16 Jul 2024
Thank you to all who joined the insightful discussion on the rise of the far-right in Europe, hosted by @frontline @ninakwatson It was an honour to speak alongside brilliant @ButlerKatherine @BarbaraGSerra, with strong moderation by @PaulMossJourno Special🙏🏻🌟@KasiaMadera 📸💙
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Thanks to our French and Euro panellists for decoding the second round of the French elections @Mij_Europe @NathalieTocci @RymMomtaz @Shahinvallee @MarionVanR and Dr Françoise Boucek theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Le Pen has been defeated by the left, but who will govern France? Our panel responds

Tactical voting kept the far right from election victory – but with gridlock in parliament the future is unclear, say Rym Momtaz and others

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«France can argue later– now everyone who cares about our democracy must unite to keep the far right out. (…) Time is running out, and only putting aside petty party squabbles will stop the disaster of the National Rally taking power» my @guardian pièce theguardian.com/commentisfre…

France can argue later – now everyone who cares about our democracy must unite to keep the far...

Time is running out, and only putting aside petty party squabbles will stop the disaster of the National Rally taking power, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

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'Macron called for on voters to back 'republican and democratic candidates' against the extreme right. But few people are listening. The Macron era is over' theguardian.com/commentisfre…

In France, it’s now only a matter of time before the far right takes power | Paul Taylor

Emmanuel Macron’s snap election gamble has backfired spectacularly as voters of the left and right united to reject him, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

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Powerful piece of writing by Justine McCarthy on Natasha O'Brien who was punched unconscious by a serving soldier who walked free from court: 'Ireland loves its strong women, as long as they’re dead or they never lived at all.' theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The shocking case of Natasha O'Brien shows that Ireland is still a cold country for women | Justine...

We thought our country had become tolerant and inclusive, but the state still regards a woman’s safety as secondary to a man’s job, says Irish journalist Justine McCarthy

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Tommie Gorman found humanity in everyone and once told Martin McGuinness ‘that generosity was the greatest weapon’. A beautiful tribute from his son Joe lifted the sadness as we said farewell to Tommie today in the stunning Sligo countryside he loved rte.ie/news/2024/0629/145726…

Funeral of former RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman held

The funeral of former RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman has been held in Co Sligo.

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Big thanks to @annettedittert @mariaramirezNY @antoguerrera @JakubKrupa @tessaszy our Euro panellists on the UK election. Brexit amnesia, surreal Farage revival and overwhelming fatalism. No wonder they feel pity for British voters theguardian.com/commentisfre…

‘I feel sorry for British voters’: our panel on how the UK election is seen around Europe

Britain may be about to buck a European trend and elect a progressive government – but correspondents find Brexit amnesia bemusing and Nigel Farage’s return surreal

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Guardian’s ⁦@NiranjanAjit⁩ asking panellists including Magid Magid former UK MEP, and Anna Cavazzini German Green MEP how to combat climate disinformation and if hope can go as viral as fear #PGS2024
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Great conversation on ‘cultural security’ as Guardian columnist ⁦@pollytoynbee⁩ prods Olaf Scholz’s chief adviser Wolfgang Schmidt and ex-Obama WH official Patrick Gaspard at the Progressive Governance Summit Berlin
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Olaf Scholz: giving young voters hope is best way to win them back from far right | Olaf Scholz | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/articl…

Olaf Scholz: giving young voters hope is best way to win them back from far right

Speaking at a summit in Berlin, the German chancellor said it was necessary to address young people’s anxieties

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'The next arrival was Macron, the gelignite still on his suit from just having blown up French politics'. Patrick Wintour sketches Meloni's G7 parade of the living dead theguardian.com/politics/art…

Meloni in the pink as she consoles procession of dead men walking | Patrick Wintour

Italian PM was all smiles at start of G7 summit as she met parade of haunted-looking statesmen, most of whose days in power are numbered

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Four days of European election fallout mayhem in France. In Ireland the count continues ... irishtimes.com/politics/2024…
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