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| Italy
Victory at FIATFIAT workers at Melfi, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, were involved in a 21 day industrial struggle in April-May which ended with the management being obliged to yield to their demands. -> read article... |
| Latvia
Chauvinism triumphsRepresenting more than a third of Latvia’s inhabitants, the Russian-speaking minority (less than half have Latvian nationality and civic rights) polarizes political life in Latvia. Fighting for civic rights, its political party, the PCTVL, made a remarkable breakthrough at the 2002 parliamentary elections. It won a seat in the European parliament at these European elections. -> read article... |
| European Union
A crisis of legitimacyFollowing its enlargement to incorporate central Europe on May 1, 2004, the European Union (EU) appears plunged into ever more serious crisis. The very high abstention rates at the European elections on June 13, 2004, especially in the new member states, accentuate a crisis of legitimacy. -> read article... |
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