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7th June 2014 / Politics /

Politics: Heated backroom discussions on power distribution in new EP

Ahead of the first session of the new European Parliament on 1 July, the process of formation of the political groups is in progress. This heated background talks could affect the power balance of the new Parliament substantially. As expected, many eurosceptic and anti-EU parties had good election r...

26th May 2014 / Politics /

Politics: China cuts off U.S. consulting companies

China´s state owned companies will cease cooperation with US consulting companies such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain & Company, and Strategy&, formerly Booz & Co. The reason is that China fears the firms are providing trade secrets to the U.S. government. According to the statement from last Th...

26th May 2014 / Politics / Elections

Politics: Elections are over, tough times ahead for the EP

On Sunday 25 May at 23:00, the last ballot room closed in Italy and the much anticipated preliminary results of the EP elections were published. According to the still unofficial results, the biggest group in the new European Parliament will be again the center-right European People´s Party which wo...