In this Issue:

• New HTML Version Available
• Alternatives to the European Union
• The Hijacking of History
• Hot Discussion Topics
• Upcomming Events

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Alternatives to the European Union

This past month, as Belgium's six-month presidency of the European Union came to term, the city of Brussels hosted a crucial inter-governmental EU Summit. The Laeken Summit sought to push the EU's grand scheme of centralization and trade liberalization forward. Some items on the agenda included public services and privatisation, arranging a common asylum, unemployment, education, immigration, and enlarging the Union to the East. With no surprise, the ever-growing movement against profit-driven globalization met the Laeken Summit with large-scale protests questioning the EU's agenda.

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