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The power of lobbyists for pesticides 'harmful' to bees

Strong-arm tactics are being adopted by multinational companies to avoid a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, which could be causing the decline in the bee population, warns Martin Pigeon

» Health feature

Populism making euro crisis 'more combustible'

Beppe Grillo
The euro crisis has not caused European populism but is certainly fuelling it – and it is unlikely that politics will return to the staid two or three party systems of the post-war years, writes Katinka Barysch

» Trade, finance and markets analysis

EU says high unemployment a 'tragedy for Europe'

Unemployment
The eurozone's unemployment crisis has continued to deepen, with joblessness in the single currency area hitting 12 per cent in February, figures published today by Eurostat show

» Trade, finance and markets news

Cyprus is 'a failure' of the European project - Hannes Swoboda

In his most in-depth interview ever, the president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats talks exclusively to PublicServiceEurope.com about the problems in Cyprus and Italy – and the health of the European project

» Integration and enlargement news

'Extraordinary effort' needed to meet EU recycling target

A majority of European countries will have to make an 'extraordinary effort' to meet the target of recycling half of municipal waste by the end of this decade, a report says

» Environment news

Beppe Grillo has 'votes but no policies' says Herman Van Rompuy

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy attacks the Italian maverick Beppe Grillo, despite his groundswell of public support, in an exclusive interview with PublicServiceEurope.com

» Integration and enlargement news

Match-fixing 'threatens the fabric' of European football

Global investigation details the depth of corruption in the 'beautiful game' – implicating hundreds of players, match officials, club owners and staff across Europe and beyond

» Integration and enlargement news