I am also noting that the wording flagged a couple of days ago is spreading:
Fresh dispute threatens deal on services (FT) Last week senior MEPs from the centre-right European People's party and the Socialists agreed to water down plans to liberalise the European services market in an attempt to end two years of fighting over the proposal. (...) The disagreement highlights the deep division between protectionist and liberal lawmakers, as well as broader tensions between the European Union's old and new member states.
Last week senior MEPs from the centre-right European People's party and the Socialists agreed to water down plans to liberalise the European services market in an attempt to end two years of fighting over the proposal.
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The disagreement highlights the deep division between protectionist and liberal lawmakers, as well as broader tensions between the European Union's old and new member states.
liberal = good, but sadly being "diluted" by the opposition, which is no longer social, or socialist, but "protectionist". Where's the Protectionist (Bogeyman) Party.
JEROME NOTCH TECHNOLOGY. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
"Exploding rubbish" I found new and refreshing.
