Mogherini: There is a growing feeling about the need to change EU

“I think that the secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. And this is why I decided to go forward with the Global Strategy, even a few days after the result of the referendum, to send this message: that even in the moment when we understand that our citizens are calling for something new, there is a moment – instead of posing and taking a break – you engage even more in constructing the future work.”

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The vicious cycle of corruption

We call Vicious Circle the reasoning and thus the practices, where the outcome is perceived as the cause. With such a “logical process” is impossible to understand and finally solve a problem, because we limit our efforts to minimize the effects (symptoms), while the real cause is still going and remains intact. A typical example is the treatment of the Memorandum of the loan agreement, no as a result, but as a cause.

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Interest in EU policies grew, says Eurobarometre poll

More people are generally interested in EU policies (54%, up by 11 points since 2013) and more Europeans feel their countries have benefited from EU membership (60%, up 6% since June 2013), according to the latest Eurobarometer poll.More people are generally interested in EU policies (54%, up by 11 points since 2013) and more Europeans feel their countries have benefited from EU membership (60%, up 6% since June 2013), according to the latest Eurobarometer poll.

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