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![Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162426041.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162426041.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Dozens of other democracies have short election cycles. Can the Democrats learn something from them?
![Why the far right is surging all over the world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1958487562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.650390625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the far right is surging all over the world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1958487562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment.
![France’s elections showed a polarized country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160460575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66091160221%2C0%2C66.67817679558%2C100&w=2400)
![France’s elections showed a polarized country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160460575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0086311065078561%2C100%2C99.982737786984&w=2400)
France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
![What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160473917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660319878142%2C0%2C66.679360243717%2C100&w=2400)
![What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160473917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0095183704549768%2C100%2C99.98096325909&w=2400)
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
![Why Europe is lurching to the right](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2156790155.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.650390625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Europe is lurching to the right](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2156790155.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
Far-right parties made big gains in EU Parliament elections — and that’s already having an effect.
![Eurovision says it’s “apolitical.” History says otherwise.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25437393/2151203720.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Eurovision says it’s “apolitical.” History says otherwise.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25437393/2151203720.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Politics on Eurovision isn’t new. It’s been part of it almost from the start.
![How the overturn of Roe v. Wade sparked a new campaign for abortion rights across Europe](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25406562/1cbc30447105535266056b2a4b28215e594ff9df9425f3f8b07e8ebdd1e1617c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.69921875%2C0%2C66.6015625%2C100&w=2400)
![How the overturn of Roe v. Wade sparked a new campaign for abortion rights across Europe](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25406562/1cbc30447105535266056b2a4b28215e594ff9df9425f3f8b07e8ebdd1e1617c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.048828125%2C0%2C99.90234375%2C100&w=2400)
A massive effort to expand access throughout Europe launches today.
![How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25382561/2141961039.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663223140496%2C0%2C66.673553719008%2C100&w=2400)
![How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25382561/2141961039.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0051647557070567%2C100%2C99.989670488586&w=2400)
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Switzerland’s failures on climate are a human rights violation.
![The dangerous resurgence of Germany’s far right, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25299185/2018744757.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Like in the US, the right is driving and capitalizing on fears about immigration.
![The French farmers’ protests are more complex than they seem](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25264149/1969447975.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.645653279105%2C0%2C68.70869344179%2C100&w=2400)
![The French farmers’ protests are more complex than they seem](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25264149/1969447975.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.486003206314%2C100%2C97.027993587372&w=2400)
Farmers’ frustration over French and EU regulations are a new dimension in a longstanding problem.
![Rishi Sunak’s cabinet shuffle won’t fix the UK’s Tories’ problems](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25096530/1250689077.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.659101225601%2C0%2C66.681797548797%2C100&w=2400)
![Rishi Sunak’s cabinet shuffle won’t fix the UK’s Tories’ problems](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25096530/1250689077.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.011345586566833%2C100%2C99.977308826866&w=2400)
Suella Braverman is out, and David Cameron is back. Conservatives are still bitterly divided.
![The Israel-Hamas war is exposing Europe’s divisions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25074814/1750247000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![The Israel-Hamas war is exposing Europe’s divisions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25074814/1750247000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
Brussels is on the sidelines, but it’s not insulated from the conflict’s fallout.
![European Jews face a surge of antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25065403/GettyImages_1718291197.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669595782074%2C0%2C66.660808435852%2C100&w=2400)
![European Jews face a surge of antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25065403/GettyImages_1718291197.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0043936731107195%2C0%2C99.991212653779%2C100&w=2400)
Antisemitic incidents are on the rise in France, Germany, and the UK.
![Elon Musk’s Israel disinformation investigation, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25010848/GettyImages_1678296935.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672401927047%2C0%2C66.655196145905%2C100&w=2400)
![Elon Musk’s Israel disinformation investigation, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25010848/GettyImages_1678296935.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0086028905712325%2C0%2C99.982794218858%2C100&w=2400)
Europe’s probe into harmful content on X about the Israel-Hamas war tests a new law that could reshape the internet.
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![Poland’s democracy is on the brink. Can these elections save it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25000615/1721948310.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.021797889964255%2C100%2C99.956404220071&w=2400)
The high stakes of Poland’s elections, explained.
![Europe might abandon its animal welfare revolution](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24962063/WAM10589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.712962962963%2C0%2C66.574074074074%2C100&w=2400)
![Europe might abandon its animal welfare revolution](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24962063/WAM10589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.06944444444445%2C0%2C99.861111111111%2C100&w=2400)
The EU could backslide on its cage-free farming initiative and more. Billions of animals hang in the balance.
![The extra step you’ll need to take before flying to Europe next year](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24819633/1237545810.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.25%2C0%2C67.5%2C100&w=2400)
![The extra step you’ll need to take before flying to Europe next year](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24819633/1237545810.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.61728395061728%2C100%2C98.765432098765&w=2400)
The EU has a new travel authorization program, ETIAS, set to roll out in 2024 that will affect travelers across the globe.
![Why Europe is so angry about Biden’s signature climate bill](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24799137/1523175798.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Europe is so angry about Biden’s signature climate bill](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24799137/1523175798.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Almost a year on, the Inflation Reduction Act still doesn’t sit well with the EU.
![What the Dutch parliament collapse reveals about European migration](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24777521/1487730722.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.664482306684%2C0%2C66.671035386632%2C100&w=2400)
![What the Dutch parliament collapse reveals about European migration](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24777521/1487730722.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0032763252735748%2C100%2C99.993447349453&w=2400)
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s resignation could be a bellwether for European Parliament elections.
![What Europe showed the world about renewable energy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24440462/GettyImages_1246193531.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.553767993226%2C0%2C66.892464013548%2C100&w=2400)
![What Europe showed the world about renewable energy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24440462/GettyImages_1246193531.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.16877637130801%2C100%2C99.662447257384&w=2400)
It’s possible to do hard things for the climate — and the US isn’t that far behind.
![EU leaders agree to deeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by 2030](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22163761/1230063918.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.280019135704%2C0%2C71.439961728592%2C100&w=2400)
![EU leaders agree to deeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by 2030](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22163761/1230063918.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.3407738095238%2C100%2C93.318452380952&w=2400)
The plan confirms Europe’s status as a global leader on climate change.
![The EU’s biggest oil producer has taken a huge step: It’s ending oil production by 2050](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22146581/1228525917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.03616636528%2C0%2C59.927667269439%2C100&w=2400)
![The EU’s biggest oil producer has taken a huge step: It’s ending oil production by 2050](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22146581/1228525917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=5.0542495479204%2C0%2C89.891500904159%2C100&w=2400)
Denmark’s significant move makes EU climate change targets actionable.
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![The former CEO of Google has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019893/476451856.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Eric Schmidt is effectively buying a passport that he can use to enter the European Union.
![European countries with spiraling Covid-19 outbreaks are shutting back down](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21972740/GettyImages_1229168832.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Europe’s new coronavirus wave may be worse than the first.
![The 4 simple reasons Germany is managing Covid-19 better than its neighbors](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21957898/1229060352.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66299801893%2C0%2C66.67400396214%2C100&w=2400)
![The 4 simple reasons Germany is managing Covid-19 better than its neighbors](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21957898/1229060352.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0055023660173887%2C100%2C99.988995267965&w=2400)
Coronavirus is surging in Europe — but less so in Germany. Here’s why.
![Why every website wants you to accept its cookies](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19443603/cookies_explained_lead_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.861111111111%2C0%2C56.277777777778%2C100&w=2400)
Cookies alerts are supposed to improve our privacy online. But are they?
![Pete Buttigieg says Americans should have the right to hide personal details from the internet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/18304363/3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C72.6069695633%2C100&w=2400)
![Pete Buttigieg says Americans should have the right to hide personal details from the internet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/18304363/3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C4.0907249898744%2C100%2C91.818550020251&w=2400)
On an upcoming episode of Recode Decode, he told Kara Swisher that it’s time for a “national debate” about the so-called “right to be forgotten.”
![The “Green wave” and 4 other takeaways from the European parliamentary elections](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16304425/GettyImages_1140064899.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The “Green wave” and 4 other takeaways from the European parliamentary elections](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16304425/GettyImages_1140064899.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Greens and far-right populists gained as Europe’s center caved.
![Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s dramatic ouster from power, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16303448/GettyImages_1137533819.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663490853659%2C0%2C66.673018292683%2C100&w=2400)
![Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s dramatic ouster from power, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16303448/GettyImages_1137533819.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0047632656949617%2C100%2C99.99047346861&w=2400)
This is the first removal of an Austrian leader since before World War II.
![How will AI change your life? AI Now Institute founders Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker explain.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16015262/crawford_whittaker.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=43.971354166667%2C27.734375%2C42.291666666667%2C63.4375&w=2400)
![How will AI change your life? AI Now Institute founders Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker explain.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16015262/crawford_whittaker.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=35.286458333333%2C27.734375%2C59.661458333333%2C59.661458333333&w=2400)
AI Now Institute founders Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker explain everything you need to know on the latest Recode Decode.
![Full Q&A: European commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager on Recode Decode](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/15968882/1058591202.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.661641541039%2C0%2C68.676716917923%2C100&w=2400)
![Full Q&A: European commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager on Recode Decode](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/15968882/1058591202.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.4634146341463%2C100%2C97.073170731707&w=2400)
Vestager spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South By Southwest.
![President Trump says tech giants could be an ‘antitrust situation.’ His Justice Department’s antitrust lawyer isn’t so sure.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12765487/170616_ATR_Makan_Delrahim_Official_Port__003_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.177777777778%2C10.6625%2C69.933333333333%2C78.675&w=2400)
![President Trump says tech giants could be an ‘antitrust situation.’ His Justice Department’s antitrust lawyer isn’t so sure.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12765487/170616_ATR_Makan_Delrahim_Official_Port__003_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.177777777778%2C18.456875%2C69.933333333333%2C52.45&w=2400)
Makan Delrahim tells Recode’s Kara Swisher that “these things are very fact-specific.”
![Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Tuesday before European Union regulators will be livestreamed](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10850939/944719852.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Tuesday before European Union regulators will be livestreamed](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10850939/944719852.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Facebook CEO is going abroad.
![A practical guide to the European Union’s GDPR for American businesses](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10851489/gdpr_banner_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![A practical guide to the European Union’s GDPR for American businesses](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10851489/gdpr_banner_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
American businesses operating or serving customers in the EU need to understand what they need to do to prepare for a new reality — which begins on May 25.
![Facebook is taking its first steps to comply with Europe’s strict data privacy rules](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10672067/944726076.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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The EU’s data privacy rules — the GDPR — kick in on May 25. Since the U.S. Congress is unlikely to act, the EU rules will become the prevailing standard.
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A five-times rise in value isn’t normal — but it’s a hot startup.
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“We know the paradox of a free market is that sometimes you have to intervene. You have to make sure that it’s not the law of the jungle but the laws of democracy that works.”
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Vestager is No. 10 on the Recode 100.
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Europe’s commissioner for competition explains why the world’s governments must fight “greed and fear” on the latest Recode Decode.
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It’s poached Monique Meche from Amazon.