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Series Details 5.2.09
Publication Date 05/02/2009
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Major feature looks at the signs of the rise of protectionism in EU Member States in the context of the global economic crunch - for example, strikes against the use of foreign workers in the UK; French carmakers told to buy domestic components and not close factories in France; a minister in Spain urging consumers to buy Spanish.

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EurActiv, 10.2.09: EU heavyweights warned against protectionism http://www.euractiv.com/priorities/eu-heavyweights-warned-protectio-news-221165
ESO: Background information: EU schedules emergency summits http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-schedules-emergency-summits/
EurActiv, 9.2.09: Czechs call extraordinary EU summit on protectionism http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/czechs-call-extraordinary-eu-sum-news-221117

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