She said that she and others had been wearing the masks, not only to protect their identity but also because it has become a symbol of the movement against corporate greed.

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EU. Yet forging a common policy is hard, and centre-right governments may prove no better than have those of the left at balancing the benefits offered by the free movement of labour against voters' fears, often irrational, about threats to national identity.

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