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Why Europe’s green parties are still not in season

Also on the daily podcast: EssilorLuxxotica and Gabriel García Márquez’s new book

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Melting ski slopes, floods and droughts are enraging the continent’s citizens, but not quite enough for them to consider voting differently. Our correspondent explains what the electorate is weighing up. The world’s largest maker of glasses is branching out into tech (10:41). And Gabriel García Márquez’s new novella that he did not want published (16:32). Runtime: 24 min

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