Hello and welcome to the intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Syria's civil war has driven millions out of the country, many of them into neighboring

Turkey. It seemed for a while that those refugees were faring better than their

countrymen who journeyed onward to Europe. But as the war has dragged on,

Syrians and Turkey are feeling less and less welcome. And a contest between

nations is unfolding across Europe and a bit beyond.

National pride is at stake.

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As the final of the Eurovision Song Contest approaches,

we take a look at the competition's tricky politics.

But first...

After a simmering hiatus, punctuated by cross-party talks and local elections, Brexit is once more bubbling to the surface in Britain.

As was clear in Parliament yesterday,

Prime Minister Theresa May doesn't exactly enjoy the full support of her party.

They've lost confidence in the Prime Minister and wish her to resign before the European

elections. Mrs May, not for the first time, blamed Parliament for the quagmire of Brexit delays.

This is a government that wants to deliver Brexit and has been working to deliver Brexit.

Sadly, so far, so far, the House of Commons has not found a majority to do that.

Today, she'll meet a group of parliamentarians from her Conservative Party called the 1922 Committee.

On the docket, Mrs May's political future. And she wants to get Parliament to approve tweaked legislation on her plan for leaving the European Union.

So having already failed three times to get her withdrawal agreement through the Commons,

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