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Brussels Briefing - A weekly round-up of the most interesting news from Europe
Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 00:00
Ann Cahill

Up all night to get lucky on data rules

Germany sees Ireland as representing big US IT companies in negotiations on a common set of EU rules on data protection.

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