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February 10, 2010
EU slammed for 'propaganda'
Published: 27 Jul 09 08:31 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20924/20090727/
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The European Union spends millions every year on publicity material about itself that can only be described as propaganda, a Swedish think-tank has said.
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"The EU's propaganda apparatus has until now gone uncriticised, despite the fact that it acts in a way that would not be tolerated in any member state. In Sweden we have had a broad debate about the way government agencies and publicly-owned companies push political agendas," the report's authors Philip Thomasson-Leruf and Hannes Kataja write in a joint article with Timbro's managing director, Maria Rankka, in Monday's Dagens Nyheter.
"The fact that the commissioner responsible, Margot Wallström, is Swedish, doesn't improve matters," the trio write.
The report's authors stress that they think it's essentially positive that the EU wants to inform the public about its work, but add that "the money we give to the EU should not be spent on persuading people in an intrusive manner of the Union's virtues."
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Ask them what is the opinion of your American Masters who oppose any form of European unity on this issue?
In plain language if someone is purely aligned with something outside Europe, please state so in your articles.
They oppose bank regulation, oppose welfare spending and basically want what the US republicans want.
For the record, I am a capitalist, but not at the expense of the entire nation.
I've been thinking recently about the notion that writers seem to be more content in their careers, when they let the reader/consumer find and choose their work to read, rather than when they seek to press their ideas upon a society using a platform like a newspaper (or, I guess in this case, the auspices of an EU agency).
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we will do what we are gonna do and until u chicken EU boys grow some balls,we may listen. stop crying and blaming america.either do something or shut up!