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Spain: Outraged, but still sat at home
27 April 20111273 El País Madrid -
Netherlands: No work, no home
27 April 2011715 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Netherlands: Who will pick your tulips?
27 April 201117310 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Sweden: Ombudsman demands more protection for Roma
27 April 20111PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
France-Italy: Italian bombs for French bombast
27 April 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
Freedom of movement: The temptation to retrench
26 April 20111381 Presseurop -
Estonia: Expats reluctant to return
21 April 20111342 Eesti Päevaleht Tallinn -
Belgium: Fraudsters from east caught red-handed
21 April 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
United Kingdom: Poles going bust in Britain
21 April 20112PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Privacy: The dubious blessings of the EU Commission
20 April 201117513 Der Standard Vienna -
Netherlands: Unemployed foreigners under threat
15 April 20112PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
United Kingdom: Immigrants should learn English, says PM
14 April 20112PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Netherlands: European rabbis defend ritual slaughter
13 April 20111PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Immigration: Malta fears new rights for migrants
13 April 2011PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
Immigration: Italy talks up its immigrant burden
12 April 2011295 Libération Paris -
Opinion: Burqa ban — a false move
11 April 20111119 The Independent London -
Burqa ban: Islam in Europe - a real problem
11 April 20111752 Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
Immigration: Berlin unwilling to accept refugees
11 April 20111PresseuropDie Welt -
Netherlands: Killing prompts gun-license debate
11 April 20111PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
France-Italy: Standoff on migrants sours further
8 April 20111PresseuropLa Stampa -
Asylum: Single entry point is tough to get open
6 April 201175 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
Hungary: Roma hunting season set to continue
6 April 20113784 Le Monde Paris -
Immigration : Lampedusa: mirror of European impotence
5 April 2011322PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Lifestyle: Hour of the hypocrites
4 April 2011208 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Italy-Tunisia: Italy's mission to stem the migrant flow
4 April 20111PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Food: Europe “in a state of nuclear emergency”
31 March 20111152PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Immigration : France and Italy's refugee ping-pong
30 March 20112332 La Stampa Turin -
Italy: Lampedusa immigrant crisis worsens
28 March 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Poland: Government better than Santa?
28 March 20111PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Education: Slovakia, land of doctorate tourism
25 March 20111PresseuropSME -
Belgium: Refugees prompt "humanitarian crisis"
25 March 20111PresseuropLe Soir -
Greece: Give the young a chance
15 March 201194 I Kathimerini Athens -
Immigration: Lampedusa protests Le Pen visit
15 March 2011PresseuropLa Repubblica -
IDEAS: The West, past its best
15 March 20111PresseuropCourrier international -
Interview: Saviano: Mafia has conquered Balkans
11 March 20112572 Foreign Policy România Bucarest -
Denmark: Minister fired over Palestinian refugees
9 March 2011PresseuropPolitiken -
Denmark: End of line for Christiania’s flower children
7 March 20112107 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Bulgaria: Return of a nation's gilded youth
3 March 2011901 Tema Sofia -
Netherlands: Dutch back down over Polish immigrant slur
2 March 201131PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Czech Republic: Police call for more moonlighting
2 March 2011PresseuropLidové noviny -
Czech Republic: Schoolkids taught to "compete" with China
1 March 20111PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
A town in Europe: How Palomares survived the bomb
28 February 201177 Público Madrid -
United Kingdom: Why drugs are on a downer
25 February 2011224 The Guardian London -
Immigration: Lampedusa, an outpost in the storm
24 February 2011623 La Stampa Turin -
Austria: Immigrants face obstacle course
23 February 2011PresseuropDer Standard -
Sweden: Death of a Scandinavian myth
22 February 20111942 Svenska Dagbladet Stockholm -
EU-Libya: High noon with Gaddafi
21 February 201167PresseuropPresseurop -
Immigration: What to do? Give them a job!
18 February 20111142 La Repubblica Rome -
Emigration: Dutch find paradise in Sweden
18 February 2011277 Trouw Amsterdam -
Czech Republic: Doctor exodus averted
17 February 2011PresseuropHospodářské Noviny
Unemployment, precariousness, an uncertain future: Spanish youth has been hit hard by the economic crisis. And that’s why they won’t revolt, writes El País.
Why should a country not have the right to reinforce its legislation on economic immigration? Even if it goes against European law, a columnist argues that this principle should apply in the context of the political row between the Hague and Warsaw over the fate of unemployed Polish migrants. 
The Dutch government wants to tighten up the rules on migrant workers from EU countries. The first victims: the many Poles already living in Holland. That could cost the local economy dear, warns Gazeta Wyborcza. 
Battered by the crisis between France and Italy over the north African immigrants who landed on Lampedusa and were blocked at the French border, the Schengen agreements are now being openly questioned by Paris and Rome. On April 26, Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi announced they are in favour of “changes” to the accord on the freedom of movement. 
Recently launched by the government in Tallinn, an initiative that aims to bring home some of the 200,000 Estonians who have recently left the country to work abroad has been greeted with scepticism by expatriates from the Baltic state. 
Yesterday the energy saving lamp, today data retention. Tomorrow: recording your frequent flyer points and what hotel you stay in. Its highly questionable and intrusive meddling is costing the EU the trust of the public. 
Confronted with thousands of North African migrants arriving on its shores, Italy has gone begging for a show of solidarity from its EU partners. On April 11, however, the Ministers of Interior and Justice of the Twenty-Seven reminded Rome that when it comes to migration, each country enforces its own rules. 
Wearing the burqa in public places is now forbidden in France. For the Independent, the new law is a piece of electioneering from an embattled Nicolas Sarkozy, and will worsen the condition of Muslims in Europe. 
The debate about secularism organised in France by the ruling right-wing UMP party has been decried by the Muslim community as a brutal attack on Islam, while the Left has seen it as a disguised attempt to curry favour with the supporters of the National Front. But no debate at all is a victory for extremism, argues a Polish editorialist. 
The EU intends to set up some common rules on asylum. The surge in the polls of xenophobic parties in several countries and the influx of migrants from north Africa, however, have combined to make the debate an explosive one. 
At a time when the EU has called on member states to make greater efforts to integrate Roma living on their territories, Viktor Orbán’s government, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, continues to turn a blind eye to the ongoing campaign to intimidate "Gypsy criminals" conducted by far-right Magyar groups. 
Can we reconcile a Western lifestyle with respecting the environment? Hardly, says the "Sueddeutsche Zeitung". Voting for Green parties is not enough to resolve the contradictions faced by a growing number of Europeans, as evidenced by the Green surge in Germany. 
Hundreds of North African refugees are continuing to land on the Italian island of Lampedusa off the Tunisian coast, provoking a humanitarian and political crisis. At the same time, hundreds of others are attempting, usually without success, to cross the border between Italy and France, which is their final destination. 
In spite of a softening of the conditions of the rescue package, decided by the Eurozone states on 11 March, the Greek population is increasingly pessimistic about the capacity of their leaders to overcome the ongoing financial crisis. A Kathimerini columnist points out that debate on the issue has overlooked the country’s major resource — its young people, who have been sadly neglected. 
The Italian Mafia has succeeded in colonising the Balkans and Eastern Europe, announces Roberto Saviano, the author of the novel Gomorrah. In Romania, it manages prostitution networks, which are also linked to drug trafficking and money laundering. 
Freetown Christiania is no longer free. After forty years, the last hippie enclave in Europe is bowing to the laws of the free market, writes Gazeta Wyborcza. 
The brain drain is a serious issue for Bulgarians. But not all of the country’s young people leave for good. Those who have opted to return home after studies abroad have even created an association to build bridges with the rest of Bulgarian society. 
Victim of the accidental fall on its soil of four American nuclear bombs in 1966, Palomares in Spain is trying to make a fresh start and to get back onto the tourist trail by opening a museum. But a question remains: what to do with the irradiated earth? 
In Britain, the number of young people taking drugs has fallen by 30% in the last fifteen years. Is the drop due to declining quality, or tales of celebrity breakdown? 
Since the middle of February, the Italian island of Lampedusa has welcomed several thousand migrants who have made the crossing from Tunisia. Battling with bad weather and without political support, local people have made the best of limited resources in their attempt to deal with the situation. La Stampa reports from an island on a war footing. 
For years, Sweden has benefited from a flattering reputation for equality, freedom and simplicity. However, criticism voiced by supporters of Julian Assange paints a more sombre image of the country akin to the stark backdrop for Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. 
Italy has requested financial assistance from the EU to cope with the wave of migrants from north Africa. Instead of increasing the budget of Frontex, the border security agency, the EU should rather reform its asylum policy to foster economic integration of immigrants. 
Every day, 305 Dutch citizens leave the Netherlands to live abroad. Sweden, which offers tranquility and a life that is close to nature, is one of their favourite destinations.