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20 percent of jobs in Europe were of 'poor quality' in 2017 — can the so-called European Semester change that? (Photo: Unsplash)

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20 percent of jobs in Europe were of 'poor quality' in 2017 — can the so-called European Semester change that? (Photo: Unsplash)

Every day, within the Brussels Bubble, dozens of arcane terms and unrecognisable acronyms are used, which to the ordinary citizen sound distant and complex. One of them is the European semester. What does this mean? Aren't all semesters European within the EU? And why is it called a semester if it is annual?

These are legitimate questions. Even some MEPs, elected...

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