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  <title>Public Service Europe - Editor's Blog</title>
  <updated>2013-05-22T09:51:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Time for a cost-benefits analysis of UK's membership of the EU]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Despite the toxic debate, the blinkered UK government is refusing to commission an independent study into the pros and cons of being in the EU club - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/209/time-for-a-cost-benefits-analysis-of-uks-membership-of-the-eu</id>
    <updated>2013-05-22T09:51:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Institutional turf wars still dominate the EU's agenda]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/208/institutional-turf-wars-still-dominate-the-eus-agenda" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Catherine Ashton and the much-maligned EEAS are casualties of the institutional tug of war that still blights supranational policy-making in Brussels - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/208/institutional-turf-wars-still-dominate-the-eus-agenda</id>
    <updated>2013-05-14T18:23:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Devotion and loyalty at Man Utd - is Alex Ferguson the last of his kind?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/207/devotion-and-loyalty-at-man-utd-is-alex-ferguson-the-last-of-his-kind" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Staying power is no longer seen as a positive character trait in today's throwaway society and Sir Alex Ferguson's record tenure is unlikely ever to be matched - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/207/devotion-and-loyalty-at-man-utd-is-alex-ferguson-the-last-of-his-kind</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T10:48:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Political leaders have no solution to terrorism, as Guantanamo shows]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Neither the US Congress nor the CIA will allow Obama to shut down the Cuban detention centre when America is under increased threat, despite his fine words - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i> ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/206/political-leaders-have-no-solutions-to-terrorism-as-guantanamo-shows</id>
    <updated>2013-05-01T10:36:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Social networks and the EU - the untapped potential for citizen engagement]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/205/social-networks-and-the-eu-the-untapped-potential-for-citizen-engagement" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Anti-EU movements in member states like the UK and Italy will continue to gain momentum if the European project fails to make its case on social networks - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i> ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/205/social-networks-and-the-eu-the-untapped-potential-for-citizen-engagement</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T09:45:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Bitcoin bubble - an alternative investment to gold and the euro?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/204/the-bitcoin-bubble-an-alternative-investment-to-gold-and-the-euro" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At a time when the gold price has collapsed and the euro and dollar look far from healthy, are we seeing a virtual investment opportunity coming to the fore - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i> ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/204/the-bitcoin-bubble-an-alternative-investment-to-gold-and-the-euro</id>
    <updated>2013-04-16T16:53:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher's true legacy is the 'selfish society']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/203/margaret-thatchers-true-legacy-is-the-selfish-society" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Opinion is polarised over the former British prime minister's legacy but the truth is that she helped to facilitate unstoppable globalisation and consumerism - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i> ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/203/margaret-thatchers-true-legacy-is-the-selfish-society</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T16:30:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Serbia and Kosovo: so close but yet so far]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/202/serbia-and-kosovo-so-close-but-yet-so-far" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Talks between Serbia and Kosovo may have ended without a deal, but bringing the two sides so close to a historic agreement shows how powerful the lure of EU membership can still be, writes <i>Daniel Mason</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/202/serbia-and-kosovo-so-close-but-yet-so-far</id>
    <updated>2013-04-03T10:44:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Europe's weak military strategy could leave it exposed]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/201/europes-weak-military-strategy-could-leave-it-exposed" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As the US withdraws its defence focus from Europe and EU member states reduce military spending, the failure to share resources could leave us in peril - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i> ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/201/europes-weak-military-strategy-could-leave-it-exposed</id>
    <updated>2013-03-27T10:20:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Will EU hubris mean 2013 is the year that breaks Europe?]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Complacency over the economic crisis and a lack of interest in the will of the people may mean EU technocrats are driving the union down the road to ruin - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i> ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/200/will-eu-hubris-mean-2013-is-the-year-that-breaks-europe</id>
    <updated>2013-03-19T12:11:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Is the EU really ignoring citizens and funding propaganda groups instead?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/199/is-the-eu-really-ignoring-citizens-and-funding-propaganda-groups-instead" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The chosen 'civil society' groups, which receive EU funding, are 'sock puppets' for the European project while critical bodies are ignored says think-tank – <i>Dean Carroll</i> reports]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/199/is-the-eu-really-ignoring-citizens-and-funding-propaganda-groups-instead</id>
    <updated>2013-03-12T14:20:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[The coming energy crunch and transition from fossil fuels to renewables]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/198/the-coming-energy-crunch-and-transition-from-fossil-fuels-to-renewables" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Growing demand for oil and coal in emerging nations like China and India could mean that the energy transition to renewables is less than peaceful – writes <i>Dean Carroll</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/198/the-coming-energy-crunch-and-transition-from-fossil-fuels-to-renewables</id>
    <updated>2013-03-06T10:17:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Beppe Grillo and the birth of the Twitter election: a game-changer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/197/beppe-grillo-and-the-birth-of-the-twitter-election-a-game-changer" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Events in Italy have shown that young people and the disenfranchised do have a voice and they are increasingly willing to use it at the ballot box – writes <i>Dean Carroll</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/197/beppe-grillo-and-the-birth-of-the-twitter-election-a-game-changer</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T10:32:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[The EU: corporate conspiracy or project for the greater good?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/196/the-eu-corporate-conspiracy-or-project-for-the-greater-good" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Democracy and transparency are notable by their absence when it comes to the EU but are those in power working for citizens or corporate paymasters – asks <i>Dean Carroll</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/196/the-eu-corporate-conspiracy-or-project-for-the-greater-good</id>
    <updated>2013-02-20T10:36:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Free trade across Europe and America: prize or penalty?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/editor-blog/195/free-trade-across-europe-and-america-prize-or-penalty" />
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union speech, has tentatively agreed to a round of free trade discussions between the EU and America - writes <i>Dean Carroll</i>]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-29:/195/free-trade-across-europe-and-america-prize-or-penalty</id>
    <updated>2013-02-13T10:14:00+00:00</updated>
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