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Election
fever takes hold in the first Parliament Magazine of the new
year, with Declan Ganley of
Libertas and
ALDE leader
Graham Watson
waxing lyrical on everything from Euroscepticism to EU
decision-making.
"As Eurosceptic winds gather
strength, we need a president who will reach across the aisle
and build a coalition for European democracy," writes Watson,
who has just launched a public campaign for parliament's
presidency and says he would "relish" a job at the
organisation's helm.
Also concerned with the growth of
Euroscepticism, Ganley says that Libertas will campaign for "a
Europe for and of the people" and laments
the EU's "current disregard for democracy".
Morocco is the scene of our special
report, with
Martin Jay reporting from the EU's close neighbour on the eve
of the signing of a historic advanced status agreement between
Rabat and Brussels - a relation
Morocco's foreign minister Taieb
Fassi-Fihri describes as "optimal
proximity".
We
also take a look at Bulgaria and Romania two years on from
joining the EU and find out from Renate Weber and Rumiana
Jeleva that the picture is more complicated than at first
glance. "There are two sides to the EU for Romanians working
in other member states," writes Renate
Weber. "Some feel
they can now fulfil their dreams, while others face
discrimination on a daily basis."
Rumiana
Jeleva, meanwhile,
is calling for a "fresh wind on the political scene" to free
Bulgarian politics from the "egoism, arrogance and nepotism"
that is damaging its reputation.
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