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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe affairs correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from an earlier column in NRC.
Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe affairs correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from an earlier column in NRC.