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Now playing Next Europe News Central and Eastern Europe increasingly under-represented in EU jobs Central and Eastern Europeans are increasingly excluded from EU leadership positions while Western Europeans are entrenching their dominance in the bloc's institutions, new research shows. 09/04/2024
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