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A two-faced EU | Corriere della Sera - Italy

Fri, 12/14/2018 - 12:26
Categories: European Union

Debate: Denmark: Aarhus on the vegan avant-garde?

Fri, 12/14/2018 - 12:26
The municipal government of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus plans to introduce a vegan menu option in public institutions such as kindergartens and retirement homes. It says the step is aimed at helping to reduce CO2 emissions. Danish media take a critical view of the plan and lament that what people eat has become a political issue.
Categories: European Union

Debate: Bitter victory for May in no-confidence vote

Thu, 12/13/2018 - 12:31
Theresa May won yesterday's vote of no-confidence by 200 votes to 117. But the number of votes against her was still high in view of the fact that previously the talk had been of there being 60 to 80 Brexit hardliners among the Tory MPs. This, coupled with her party's slim majority in the House of Commons, doesn't bode well for May's political future. Has the vote nonetheless strengthened her position?
Categories: European Union

Debate: France rocked by Strasbourg attack

Thu, 12/13/2018 - 12:31
After the fatal attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg in which two people were killed and several more wounded, investigators continue to search for the chief suspect, a 29-year-old who had previously been identified as a threat to public safety. The investigators suspect it was a terrorist attack driven by Islamist motives. What repercussions will it have for the already divided country?
Categories: European Union

Debate: What does the yellow vests' anger tell us?

Thu, 12/13/2018 - 12:31
French politicians have called on the yellow vests to end their protests following the attack in Strasbourg. However, the protesters seem to be sticking to their guns and plan to demonstrate again this coming Saturday. A look at Europe's press indicates that their anger won't evaporate so quickly because it is a symptom of profound social disparities in Europe.
Categories: European Union

Debate: Protests against Hungary's "slave law"

Thu, 12/13/2018 - 12:31
A new law in Hungary will allow employers to raise the amount of overtime they can demand from their employees to 400 hours per year and give them up to three years to pay for it. The opposition is calling the new regulation a slave law and tried to prevent the parliamentary vote on it. Trade unions are demonstrating against the legislation in Budapest. Commentators also fail to see anything good about it.
Categories: European Union

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