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May 9th 2012
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Following the EU in Crisis conference held in Brussels on 5-6 May, several participants have written short blogs to give personal perspectives on the debate and discussions over the two days.

 

 Stepping Stones Christina Laskaridis (researcher at CorporateWatch)"Environment is a solution to the crisis" Tomas Tomilinas (Campaigner from Lithuania)Face aux politiques d'austérités, inventer une alternative juste et soutenable Maxime Combes (member of Attac France  and Aitec)“The EU crisis is a governance issue” Virginia Lopez (activist with Occupy London)The greenest jobs of all Ewa Charkiewicz (Feminist Think Tank, Poland)Continuing campaigning on the European Union Gisela DüttingLet's beat the bastards! Diego Naranjo (activist with Grupo 17 de Marzo in Spain)El germen de un movimiento social paneuropeo Santi Quiñones (contributor to Periodismo Humano)Reunion with a twist: inheriting from Amsterdam and Seattle Gisela Dütting and Ailko van der Veen 
 

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