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Joaquin Almunia EU Competition Commissioner

Published: Jan. 16, 2013, 1 a.m.

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 \u2013 where next for the EU? Amid this uncertainty, big practical challenges remain \u2013 not least for the EU's Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. Short term or long term, is there reason to be confident about the EU?

(Image: Joaquin Almunia \u2013 EU Competition Commissioner, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)