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    Is youth unemployment the biggest threat facing Europe?

    One fifth of young people in the European Union are currently without a job. However, at an EU summit on jobs…

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    Should “zero-hour contracts” be banned across Europe?

    You get a phone call from your boss. He wants you to work over the weekend – which is great…

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    Are young Europeans becoming racist and bigoted?

    “United in Diversity” is the official motto of the European Union. Despite this, Eurostat polling suggests that only 22% of European…

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    Should Europe’s politicians start listening to the “populists”?

    On 9 October 2014, leading European politicians, civil society actors, business leaders and policy-makers gathered in Brussels for the annual State…

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    Should Europeans fighting in Iraq and Syria have their citizenship removed?

    The EU’s counter-terrorism co-ordinator recently warned of the threat of “huge numbers” of European citizens returning from fighting in Iraq…

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    Do you have to be a genius to code? Or should all Europeans learn?

    Why don’t more Europeans know how to code? In the past, we’ve debated why Europe is lagging behind the US…

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    Should European human rights rulings be non-binding on governments?

    Should the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) be reduced to an advisory body? As well as renegotiating Britain’s relationship…

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    Is the idea of world peace an impossible dream?

    The First World War was supposed to be the “war to end war”. Over one hundred years ago, millions were…

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    Is the EU turning into “Fortress Europe” for migrants?

    On 3 October 2013, a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank with the loss of over 360 lives….

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