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The spotlight is once again on Slovenia. Olli Rehn, the European commission’s economic chief is unhappy with economic progress in Slovenia and is threatening to put the country into an “excessive imbalances procedure” by the end of the month.
A nice interactive map by Slate addresses the question How Many People Around You Receive Food Stamps? In some parts of the country, as few as 1 in 20 people receive food stamps. In others, the figure is more than 1 in 3
This is a guest post by Ed Ring editor of Union Watch , a project of the California Public Policy Center.
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The Financial Times reports Greens and SPD close ranks in battle against Angela Merkel . Germany’s main centre-left opposition parties closed ranks over the weekend in their uphill battle against Angela Merkel, with the Greens signalling a decisive shift to the left. During a three-day party congress in Berlin five months before national elections, the Greens positioned themselves to the left of the Social Democrats (SPD) with calls for higher income tax and a property levy on the rich