José Manuel Fernandes
Portuguese journalist José Manuel Fernandes (b. 1957), ex-director of the daily Público, is now one of its columnists.
Updated: 5 July 2010
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By José Manuel Fernandes
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Portugal: Young generation robbed of its future
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Where is the Union headed? (8): More Europe? No thanks.
5 July 2010351 Público Lisbon
So that one section of the population can benefit from long-standing social entitlements, another — that is to say the young people who are our children — is deprived of all its rights. 
To stave off the risk of overindebted member states going bust, the EU 27 have taken steps – e.g. euro stabilisation plan, outline of economic governance – tending towards tighter integration. But once again they’ve done it without asking the European public’s opinion, bemoans Público.