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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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EU’s grinding of Balkan claws: Pejorative linguistic connotations at EU enlargement to Western Balkans0
- Analysis
- 06/04/2012
INTRODUCTION Three years ago I took part in a youth exchange in Subotica, Vojvodina, Serbia where future challenges and opportunities of Western Balkans’s EU membership were the main issue. Slovenia was already the EU member and I pointed out some critical approaches to the topic. When naming EU as a kind of mythological community, my
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EU VAT reform, hit or miss1
On the 4th of October 2017, the EU released its proposals for the change of the value added tax (VAT) rules, which included key reforms for cross-border trade between businesses in Member States. The initiative promised to decrease the EU VAT gap, in other words, the difference between expected VAT revenues and actual member state collections. While broad questions remain about the new system, the EU is convinced that the VAT fraud is to be reduced by 80% by 2022 thanks to the proposed reform.
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EU should focus on integration of minorities as an anti-terror measure0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 23/03/2015
The start of 2015 has already seen acts of terror being perpetrated on European soil, reminding us that the threat of terror remains strong. However, the response of the EU and its member states is inadequate.
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EU Member States struggle in teaching local language to refugees0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 22/02/2016
Many European countries are facing the problems of lacking experience, quality materials and budget for teaching local language to asylum seekers.
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EU humanitarian aid: Is Nepal on the radar?1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 15/06/2015
Although the EU is one of the biggest aid donors in the world, it is often inhibited in its strives by grand political and economic pursuits.
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EU climate policy: Energy market integration as political disintegration?0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 29/03/2016
Climate and energy policy are no match made in heaven. For Poland the EU’s climate policy ambitions are particularly hard to swallow. The government’s reluctance to transform its coal-based electricity sector puts the EU climate policy and energy market integration to the test.
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