... ? This is particularly relevant when you consider the following statement issued by the European Commission itself: "The original and essential source of the success of European Integration is that the eu's executive body, the Commission, is supranational and independent from national, sectoral, or other influences (my italics). This is at the heart of its ability to advance the interests of the European Union." Perhaps the Czech population has already realized such ... a threat against national interests. A recent poll indicated that only 39% of Czechs would currently vote to join the E...

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... hazards describing risk perceptions of more than 40 000 individuals (familiarity as vertical dimension and possibility of control as horizontal dimension), pesticides lie in the upper right quadrant of the space reflecting that the respondents of the study characterised pesticides as poorly known or understood, delayed in effect, relatively new, uncontrollable, evoking dread, catastrophic, fatal, inequitable and posing ... the European Commission. The suggested limit value would have ended the fishing industry from Baltic Sea, as the dioxin levels of Baltic herring were way too high. Fin...

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