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Eurocrats start search for cushy 'parachutes' into new jobs
As the European Commission starts the final lap of its mandate, many senior officials have one thing on their mind - their next job – reports Justin StaresMost British people 'would vote to leave EU' - says Tory MEP
Some 80 per cent of British citizens now want a vote on membership of the EU and the majority would opt to leave the union, claims David Campbell Bannerman MEP
Gangs, drugs, sex and violence - the pressures on young people
Despite the overall drop in UK crime rates, the British youth in inner city neighbourhoods still have to live within a landscape of violence, drugs and sexual harassment – writes Dr Jenny Parkes
Is the EU using Latin words to hide its illegality?
Lawyers in the institutions of the EU tell you in private that the union is working on the edge of illegality. And use of Latin in the Brussels lexicon means several meanings can be conveyed to different parties at once – writes writes our secret columnist in BrusselsNational sovereignty needs to be 'reconsidered' - says EU
Head of the European Commission in the UK admits that 'traditional notions of national sovereignty may need to be reconsidered' in order to align the country with globalisationEven Europhiles starting to turn against the EU project
When College of Europe graduates - traditionally the most loyal of all Europhiles - start to turn against Brussels you know the project is coming off the rails, writes Justin StaresChances of new era in Italian politics 'non-existent'
Despite Prime Minister Enrico Letta's rhetoric and Silvio Berlusconi's attempts to restyle himself as a statesman ready to compromise, there is little chance of a normalisation of Italian politics, writes Daniele Albertazzi-
The delicacy of First World War centenary commemorations in 2014
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The economic value of European golf
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Pessimism and populism on the rise in a Europe without hope
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Steep decline in number of Brits who can name their MP
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British Tories simply trying to be 'more UKIP than UKIP'
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Councils in UK 'not doing enough' to cut high pay
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EU saddles up for action after horsemeat scandal
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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