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The law can both make and break criminals.
The Working Time Directive is designed to stop this kind of behaviour.
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The Working Time Directive enshrines legal rights to rest periods, paid holidays and a maximum 48-hour working week.
Imported laptop housings, Guiyu, China.
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China, which recycles much of the world’s waste material, is slashing its scrap imports. This move could force the United States and Europe to boost recycling instead of shipping trash overseas.
Trying to keep everybody happy.
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It depends on whether you look at the politics or the law.
More of this to come.
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The UK government surprised everyone by meeting the criteria to progress to the next phase of talks. Here’s what that actually means.
May and Juncker: reaching for agreement.
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December 8, 2017
Katy Hayward , Queen's University Belfast ; Alan Wager , King's College London ; Brendan Ciarán Browne , Trinity College Dublin ; David Phinnemore , Queen's University Belfast ; Feargal Cochrane , University of Kent ; Gavin Barrett , University College Dublin ; Patricia Hogwood , University of Westminster , and Stijn Smismans , Cardiff University
Theresa May has reached an agreement with the EU that will enable her to proceed to the second stage of Brexit negotiations. Here’s what it all means.
Free flowing trade across Ireland’s border should not be taken for granted.
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After decades of diplomacy and development the two economies of Ireland are more integrated than they have been in a century.
A storm is brewing.
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There are some huge issues at stake – and many of them are being ignored.
In a supermarket candy and cookie aisle. October 31, France adopted the NutriScore, a labelling system designed to inform consumers about the nutritional value of food choices.
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France recently adopted NutriScore, a series of simple colour codes that will allow consumers to easily identify the healthiest foods. But some of the biggest food conglomerates are fighting back.
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Worries about the loss of low-skilled labour risk obscuring a genuine flaw in the UK economy at the upper end of the scale.
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon is in a quandary.
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Barcelona has become the test case for separatists Europe over.
Rajoy leaves the Spanish Parliament in Madrid on Oct. 25, 2017.
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Why the Spanish Prime Minister keeps choosing a strategy of confrontation.
Protestors on a Stop Brexit march in Manchester during the Conservative Party conference.
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New research shows that not all young people are totally devastated by the referendum result.
May cannot depend on distracted Merkel and Macron.
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Stalemate in the Brexit negotiations is linked to a crisis of representation in Europe.
Let’s get on with it.
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Is there light at the end of the Brexit talks tunnel?
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Winning an independence referendum is the simple bit – It’s no easy trick to assert yourself on the world stage.
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It is up to the EU to decide when Brexit negotiations can move on to the next phase.
A young girl wearing the Spanish flag (right) walks with another young girl wearing an ‘estelada,’ or independence flag.
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An expert explains why the EU is ill-equipped to handle a problem like Catalonia.
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Should we care about the loss of an industry that normally lives in the shadows?
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The 31-year-old looks set to form a coaltion between his conservative party and the far right.