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Joaquin Almunia - EU Competition Commissioner

Stephen Sackur talks to the EU's competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia, and asks, short term or long term, is there reason to be confident about the European Union?

EU officials in Brussels insist the worst of the Eurozone crisis is over, but is that relief premature? Europe's debt mountain still casts a long shadow. Rising unemployment is fuelling anger on the streets. And Europe's biggest nations are divided on the basic question - where next for the EU? Amid this uncertainty, big practical challenges remain - not least for the EU's Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. Short term or long term, is there reason to be confident about the European Union?

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