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Leave vote softens but UK still split down the middle on Brexit, says polling guru

The Leave vote may have softened, but most Britons would vote the same way again if the UK held another referendum on Brexit, says UK polling guru John Curtice.

TV debate to show Juncker-Schulz duel

Socialist and centre-right European parties have picked each other as prime targets for the EU election campaign, with new TV debates between Martin Schulz and Jean-Claude Juncker scheduled for May. 

Europeans see EU going in the wrong direction: Survey

Two weeks before EU leaders meet to discuss measures to tackle record youth unemployment, a majority of Europeans say things are going in the wrong direction. If leaders fail to restore trust in the European project, voters might slam current leadership at the next elections, a survey shows.

Citizens, EU experts offer damning assessment of Barroso II

EXCLUSIVE / The current European Commission administration is performing badly two years into its term, say more than half of respondents to a Burson-Marsteller and EURACTIV survey.

Ukraine’s quiet revolution, Part 1

The Ukrainian authorities bring to mind Napoleon's words about a person who fell asleep in a chair standing at the edge of a cliff. Unless the authorities understand the scale of the protest sentiments, they will be hit by a second wave of a tsunami, says Vadym Omelchenko.