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'The EU is like a fish tank - we can see what is happening, but only from the outside', says Fruzsina Szep, head of Sziget music festival (Photo: Xose Castro)

'Europe projects coldness'

Over recent days Berlin has been filled with artists and writers discussing how culture can counter the rise of populism and euroscepticism in Europe.

On Monday (3 March), EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and three of the lead candidates trying to succeed him - Jean-Claude Juncker, Martin Schulz and Guy Verhofstadt - debated with movie directors, art festival organisers and writers on how to find "a soul for Europe."

Two days earlier, Barroso and German Chancellor Merkel we...

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'The EU is like a fish tank - we can see what is happening, but only from the outside', says Fruzsina Szep, head of Sziget music festival (Photo: Xose Castro)

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