"Because there are no resources, we are not able to enforce the laws, " said Khair Mohammad Niru, director general of labor regulations at the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled.

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But it also happens because we no longer have the energy and resources to understand what sentiment means as a democratic force.

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However the author of one of the reports, Dutch green MEP Marije Cornelissen said that there would be no growth in the EU because resources were focused on dealing with the ongoing crisis in the eurozone.

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"France chose nuclear because we have no oil, gas or coal resources, and recent events have only reinforced the wisdom of our choice, " says Laurent Striker, senior vice president at Electricite de France, the world's largest power company.

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About one third added that they felt no need to talk to a person face to face about their problems because of the resources available online.

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That having been said, obviously if there was -- if we were coming in a weather emergency like yesterday and needed to have that happen, I have no doubt that that could easily happen because, again, it just was a matter of the resources that you move out there and then ultimately how quickly those resources you might need to get back.

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