It also has to counter a wave of apathy, make the workings of the EU seem relevant and interesting to people's lives, especially to the young.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is joining Citigroup and Mastercard to set up a mobile payment system that would let Android users wave their phones in front of a small reader at a checkout counter to pay for something.

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