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EU needs to stop multinationals 'blacklisting' workers
Corporations operating in the UK, France, Ireland and Sweden have been accused of 'blacklisting' so it is time for the EU to legislate to outlaw the practice - says Claude Moraes MEPPopulism making euro crisis 'more combustible'
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
No more corruption in mining and oil industries - says MEP
The European Parliament has finally secured a deal on new transparency rules for the extractive industries, writes Arlene McCarthy MEP
Hard times push EU into spring hibernation
Our secret columnist surveys the scene in Brussels and finds that the EU – with the question of 'what next in the financial crisis' still hanging over it – has recently been starved of good news on all frontsTroika's master plan for Europe is 'financial dictatorship'
It is time to resist the Troika's austerity master plan for European governance in light of the unfolding events in Cyprus, argues Marisa Matias MEPWhat price will Europe pay for a Russian rescue of Cyprus?
Steady on. Taxing savings is the moral equivalent of breaking into the kid's piggy bank to pay the gas bill and there will be severe consequences – warns our secret columnist in Brussels'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-
Pessimism and populism on the rise in a Europe without hope
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First citizens' initiative puts water on EU agenda
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Leaders need to stop 'pandering to the banks' - Gabi Zimmer
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Irish EU presidency can drive European recovery
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The sound of silence, the dangers associated with electric cars
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Spain may still need full bail-out, think-tank warns
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EU growth plans extends British taxpayer risk through EIB
Should an independent cost-benefits study into Britain's membership of the EU be commissioned to elevate the 'in/out' debate above scaremongering?
Is the criticism of Catherine Ashton fair given that the European External Action Service has been denuded of power by the institutional turf wars in Brussels?
yes
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no
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